Roger Davies

It’s been no secret that I think Obama is awesome…  I’ve been watching this guy carefully since his inauguration in day zero, and I’m not ashamed to say I admire his tireless energy, drive and dedication to the ideals he promised us. True, his approval has slipped very slightly in recent times according to a [...]

New UK Grand Theft Auto (GTA) San Andreas Multiplayer Server by Roger Davies
Well, I’m pleased to announce that after replacing a duff router, I’ve finally setup and host a UK GTA San Andreas Multiplayer Server (SAMP) at rogerdavies.org.uk which has live status updates on the server, a forum for discussion on any problems, suggestions or [...]

Here is a bit of PHP scripting hocus pocus that will be very useful to some people and very useless to the vast majority. I wrote it before realising that what I wanted to do could be more easily done from phpMyAdmin, but think it still may benefit someone.
Browse Table Structures, Export SQL Data [...]

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Encoding an HTML Document for Unicode or Multiple Languages
In 1998 I began experimenting with different languages both on the Web and in documents/applications stored on the PC itself. Back then it was literally impossible to ensure a document displayed all languages on [...]

Bathing in Japan – Hotsprings
One of my favourite aspects of Japanese life is how seriously they take bathing in Japan. To Westerners it is simply a means to an end – if it were possible to get clean quickly without bathing or showering I bet more than 50% of all Britons would give up showers [...]

Logical dance rhythms,
Like rhymes from a poets notebook,
Rules that describe the format,
Behaviour that defines life,
What more are you than a collection of beliefs?
Physical form is temporary
Except for our immortal influence on
The giant program which we are all a part.

More than a year after moving to the great city of Manchester, this progressive drum and bass / trance song was originally written by housemate and myself. At the time we called it ‘New Beginnings’.
It seems strange and fitting that I should dust it off a year later, re-engineer it the way [...]