Gary Pendergast

Category: Misc

  • Below the Line Voting Data: Roll Your Own Analysis

    I’ve had a few people ask where I got the data for my last couple of posts, so I thought I’d put together a quick how-to for performing the same analysis, or running your own queries. I’ve used MySQL for this, but you should be able to easily convert these statements to work with your…

  • Conroy and Fielding: The Battle for Last Place

    The 2010 Australian Federal Election saw a battleground being drawn – between those who advocated voting Stephen Conroy last (for his “insist[ence] on pressing ahead with a Mandatory Internet Filter for Australia”), and those advocating voting Steve Fielding last. As it turned out, voters were cool with letting them share last and second last places.…

  • Voting Below the Line: It’s the New Black

    Voting Below the Line. For a long time, it’s been the domain of the political nerds, the 3% of the population who know the policy of every party on any topic. However, thanks to the rise of sites like Below the Line, it’s suddenly become easier to plan your vote in advance, without the stress…

  • Tabs in Firefox 4 (aka, I can’t believe it’s not Chrome)

    First up, if you’re not sure how, Lifehacker has a great reference on where to find your userChrome.css file. One of the things I love about Google Chrome is that it shows all the tabs at once – even if it has to get really squishy. By default, Firefox limits them to 100px wide, then…

  • WordPress Shouldn’t Use nofollow

    In my random wandering across the internet today, I discovered that, by default, WordPress adds the rel=”nofollow” attribute to links in comments. Now, we all know the original purpose of nofollow, to try and discourage comment spam. This isn’t really relevant to WordPress anymore, though. Akismet has been supported in WordPress for quite some time.…

  • Fed Square Microbreweries Showcase

    Yesterday, I went to the Microbreweries Showcase, held at Federation Square. With 17 breweries showing their product, there were plenty to try from. Here are my notes from the variety I tasted: Brewery Brew Notes Arctic Fox Brewery Ice Cap Lager Light flavour, with a slightly fruity aftertaste. Drinkable, but not particularly exciting. Bridge Road…