This is the second part in a series of entries looking at local election websites run by various county councils across Wales. Previously I examined the county of Monmouthshire. In this entry, I take a look at the website run by Swansea City Council. Swansea City Council has taken a very different approach to that [...]
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Local Election Websites: Monmouthshire County Council
May 3rd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
This is part of a series of blog entries looking at local election websites run by various county council’s across Wales. In this entry I look at the live election site run by Monmouthshire County Council. MCC made use of a piece of software by Associated Knowledge Systems Ltd to show the results from each [...]
Local Election Websites
May 3rd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
The latest round of local elections were held last Thursday (May 1st 2008) which resulted in huge losses for Labour, and great wins for the Conservatives. This latest set of elections was of particular importance to me, for reasons I’ll discuss at a later date. This meant I spent a large amount of time on [...]
New Keyboard
February 20th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
After I lost the bluetooth dongle for my keyboard in the move to the new flat 2 weeks ago, i decided to take the leap and buy myself a brand new keyboard. Of course, I never do things easily. So it wasn’t just a case of buying any old keyboard (If I did that, I’d [...]
windows home server
February 19th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
My new HP Windows Home Server has arrived. This will replace the existing Windows 2003 server that is running the network at the moment. Once i’m home later in the week, i’ll get it unpacked and set up. If the reviews are anything to go by, it should be a doddle, and with any luck, [...]
Lone Server
January 10th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Someone at Microsoft really has too much time on their hands: http://www.loneserver.com
Bleh
March 24th, 2007 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Well, unfortunately the Student General Meeting that I talked about in my last blog entry was cancelled at the last minute which means my website accessibility motion didn’t get heard. However, it will be making an appearance at the next SGM which will be happening in the first week of term – giving me more [...]
Dissertation
October 15th, 2006 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
I’ve been having a lot of fun this weekend. I’ve had a 20 page initial document for my dissertation on Web Services to write. I’m still not there, but I’m getting close. It is actually a quite nice topic to research (especially since it directly relates to my job and what I want to do [...]