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British Airways Executive Club earnings calculator
Filed under: — orudge @ 22/01/2012 5:22 pm
As some of you know, I have become a bit of a frequent flyer over the past few years, and created an earnings calculator for bmi Diamond Club a couple of years ago. With bmi’s impending sale to British Airways, I’ve now created an earnings calculator for the British Airways Executive Club, showing how many Avios and tier points you’ll earn on any given itinerary. There may be some bugs or incorrect values in it – let me know if you spot anything that’s wrong, or if you have any other comments about it.
Happy new year!
Filed under: — orudge @ 01/01/2012 1:27 pm
I’d just like to wish all visitors to owenrudge.net a happy new year. I hope you all have a great 2012!
New music page added, several new recordings of TTD music
Filed under: — orudge @ 28/12/2011 6:29 pm
Two updates in 4 days? I know, a rarity these days! I’ve completely rewritten the music page, and you can now browse a selection of recordings of Transport Tycoon music, including some new OPL-2 and OPL-3 recordings by Jezulkim on the forums. You can also choose to download most of these recordings, either from the music pages themselves or from the Downloads page.
Plus, don’t forget about the new version of the Saved Game Manager!
Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager 2.3 released!
Filed under: — orudge @ 24/12/2011 11:58 pm
First of all, Merry Christmas!
Well, believe it or not, I’ve released a new version of the Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager, nearly 10 years after the last version was released! For those of you who still enjoy playing TTDPatch, or even the original TT or TTD, the Manager helps you organise your saved games and scenarios with ease. I’ve updated it so that it works well on modern versions of Windows, as well as implementing a number of new features, including:
- Support for modern versions of Windows and user restrictions
- Win32 DLL plug-ins supported
- More detailed game information available
- More currencies
- Refresh option
- Plug-in installation improvements
- New “Play with OpenTTD” plug-in
- Assorted new plug-in functions
- Updated TTDIR utility
- New Setup program
- Plus other bug fixes and improvements
Check it out and download it on the Saved Game Manager page!
Firefox 8 is out
Filed under: — orudge @ 09/11/2011 3:27 pm
Firefox 8 has been released today, and it seems that Foxamp should still work with this version. (I gave it a compatibility setting up to version 9 this time round.) So I’ll have to release a new version sometime after 9 is released in December, assuming Mozilla don’t fix that silly bug by then, but for now things should be OK. If anybody does have any problems, please let me know.
OK, I spoke too soon…
Filed under: — orudge @ 28/09/2011 7:45 pm
It seems that bug actually hasn’t been fixed, rather irritatingly. I still don’t know why, but Firefox just seems to refuse to remember that Foxamp is compatible with the new version of Firefox after a restart. So, Foxamp 0.3.15 has been released. I’ve made this version support 7.0 – 9.0 – if there are any actual compatibility issues when 8.0 and 9.0 are released, I’ll provide a new version of course. The version on the Mozilla Add-ons site will be updated over the next few days.
Foxamp and Firefox 7.0
Filed under: — orudge @ 27/09/2011 4:09 pm
So, Mozilla have today released Firefox 7.0. As far as I can tell, Foxamp 0.3.14 should continue to work both as an upgrade and as a new install. It looks like Mozilla’s compatibility updates are finally working (it’s never worked for Foxamp before, even though they claim it should). If anybody does have any problems, please let me know.
Foxamp 0.3.14 released
Filed under: — orudge @ 14/08/2011 5:33 pm
Well, with Firefox 6.0 on the horizon, it’s time for a new Foxamp release. This version actually has something new in it other than a compatibility update, though – Unicode support. If you’ve tried to play songs with Unicode characters in their name, you may have noticed they didn’t render properly in Foxamp. This should now be fixed. Unfortunately, this does now mean that if anybody’s using Firefox 1.5 or below, they will no longer be able to use Foxamp, but, well, time moves on, I suppose! Also, anybody still on Windows 95/98/Me won’t be able to use the application, either. (If anybody *does* actually still use those versions, please let me know!)
Anyway, you can grab the new version in the usual location, or you should get an automatic update in the next day or two whenever the editors approve it. And I do have some plans for new features and improvements in the next versions (as well as an intention to bump the version number up to 1.0.0!), so hopefully you’ll see more progress soon. 
News
Filed under: — orudge @ 12/08/2011 6:45 pm
I know I’ve promised news for quite some time – alas, I have been quite busy! I was in Australia and New Zealand in late June and early July, then I’ve been back here working, and then away to Aviemore for a weekend, and then doing more work. I’ll try to post photos from my trip at some point in the near future, along with some kind of description or trip report, hopefully! Just need to find the time to do so, though. It’s the 5th annual Transport Tycoon Forums meet in a couple of weeks, so I need to get things ready for that, as well as keep up with everything else that’s going on!
Ah well, until next time…
Random thoughts on Firefox
Filed under: — orudge @ 6:39 pm
The number of people who use Firefox to surf the web hasn’t changed much in the past five years, but that doesn’t mean to say that browser statistics haven’t changed or the use of Firefox itself hasn’t altered. In this post we’re going to have a quick look at how the use of Firefox has changed.
Incidentally, the number of Firefox users has hovered around the 25 percent mark since at least mid-2008. However, since version 5 of the browser came out in June 2011, there have been a few changes within those numbers. Firstly the number of people opting to choose the Do Not Track button has increased from around 1% to 6% – although, with the number of users still using earlier versions of the browser means that the average number of people opting to choose this setting is still around 4%. This is believed to be solely down to the ease with which the Do-Not-Track header can now be found.
The latest rumours state that Firefox 7 will have 20% to 30% improved memory handling capabilities. Of course, when just checking our bills on O2 or reading Craigslist memory isn’t too much of a problem, but on heavier sites Firefox can seriously foul up. We just have to wait until the end of September to get the new version.
Finally, the other potentially big story regarding Firefox is the end of their contract with Google in November 2011. End of contract, you whimper? Well, their contract expires, but will most probably be reviewed and renewed. Firefox get 97% of their revenue from their search box and that comes straight from Google itself. That is a lot for Firefox to lose, but they supply Google with a lot of customers so it’s hard to see the search giant dropping them.
Foxamp 0.3.13 released
Filed under: — orudge @ 18/07/2011 1:26 pm
I’ve released a new version of Foxamp which should now have proper Firefox 5.0 compatibility. While I did update the version identifier on the Mozilla Add-ons site, it seemed that for some users, the add-on would disable itself upon restart after the initial update. Hopefully releasing a completely new version will fix that. If people still have problems, please let me know.
You can download the new version from the Foxamp web site, and it should also be available on the Mozilla Add-ons site in the next few days.
Foxamp updated for Firefox 5.0
Filed under: — orudge @ 05/07/2011 11:05 pm
OK, so I managed to get the opportunity to test Foxamp on a Windows machine with Firefox 5, and it seems it works OK. I’ve therefore updated the compatibility identifier on the Mozilla Add-ons site. I’ve not yet updated the version on this site; I’ll do that once I’m back in the UK!
Sorry for the delay, and thanks for using Foxamp!
Foxamp update coming soon
Filed under: — orudge @ 2:25 am
For those of you who have upgraded to Firefox 5.0 and are awaiting a Foxamp upgrade, there will be one coming soon, just as soon as I get back to the UK – expect it in the next couple of weeks.
(Alas, I fear delays while I update the add-on may become a regular occurrence, with Mozilla’s stupid new release/versioning schedule, but I shall try to keep on top of it!)
Hello!
Filed under: — orudge @ 13/06/2011 9:29 pm
Really need to remember that this thing exists. I’ll post something about my recent and future exploits in the near future. Honestly.
Foxamp 0.3.12 released
Filed under: — orudge @ 15/01/2011 1:09 pm
So, it turns out that Firefox 4.0 hasn’t actually broken Foxamp as much as I thought, and I’ve now released a new version with support for Firefox 4.0. Click here to download it, or if you’re already a Foxamp user, you should receive an update notification through the Mozilla add-ons service soon.
Happy new year!
Filed under: — orudge @ 09/01/2011 2:35 pm
A happy new year to you all, and with a new year comes a new update! Nothing much, admittedly, but a few new links on the links page, and a couple of small updates elsewhere. Enjoy!
Belated update
Filed under: — orudge @ 04/12/2010 3:00 pm
As usual, I’ve been rather busy lately, and neglecting this site. Sorry! I even missed owenrudge.net’s 11th birthday, which happened on the 28th of November. (I was somewhat busy flying across the Atlantic that day, not helped by all the snow in Scotland at the time!)
I in theory should have a new version of Foxamp, compatible with Firefox 4.0, at some point in the near future. Other than that, I will try to post a blog with a bit more of an update sometime in the near future, but I have another traversal of the Atlantic next weekend, before settling down for Christmas in the UK.
Catch you in another few months…
EDIT: Ugh, after having just installed the latest Firefox beta to play around with, I’m really, really, not liking the UI changes they’ve made. Looks like there may be quite a bit of work to update Foxamp, too, and I’m in no rush to do that with this horrible new UI. Inevitably I’ll have to migrate eventually, I suppose. I do wish people would stop messing up perfectly good UIs, or at least removing the options that allow old UI features to continue to be used (e.g., completely removing the status bar in Firefox 4.0; removing the classic Start menu in Windows 7; the entire UI in Office 2007/2010 – which, admittedly, I do find to be quite handy for most things now that I’ve got used to it, but it can still be a puzzle to find some random old command I use once in a blue moon, but I digress.) But anyway…
Ten years of Owen’s Transport Tycoon Station!
Filed under: — orudge @ 05/09/2010 2:11 am
Well, ten and a bit years ago, my Transport Tycoon Station was launched! (The anniversary was actually in July, but I’ve been a bit busy lately and didn’t notice, I’m afraid.) Since then, the site has grown enormously, with the development of several useful Transport Tycoon utilities, a comprehensive strategy guide and reference, saved games and scenarios, and, of course, The Transport Tycoon Forums, which originated as an offshoot of the site. The Transport Tycoon “scene” has also changed significantly, with the rise of TTDPatch in the early 2000s, and then the creation, release and further development of OpenTTD in the second half of the decade. Will we still be playing Transport Tycoon in 2020? I’ve no doubt the game will live on, and I’m sure the Transport Tycoon Station will still be here then too. And who knows, maybe I’ll have even finished the new Repository by then! 
EDIT: And, as a little tenth birthday present, I’ve updated some of the pages on the site, and even finished a couple of those pages that weren’t yet finished. Enjoy!
A busy bee…
Filed under: — orudge @ 31/08/2010 1:55 am
… is what I’ve been lately. Quite a lot has happened since my last blog entry – I was back in the UK for about a month, seeing Olivia, who is doing really well. She’d grown a huge amount since I was last there, and is now incredibly aware and active and just itching to start moving around a bit more! She’s been teething for a while now, which has sadly been bothering her; hopefully her teeth will come through soon and stop bothering her so much. And I’m sure that it won’t be long now until she’s crawling (or even more) – no doubt the fun will really start then! I’ll be back in the UK for a bit in November, and then, as many of you know, I will be moving back for the foreseeable future come December, to be significantly closer to Olivia than I am at the moment. So there’s lots to look forward to, and lots to sort out as I get the fun of another transatlantic move to organise!
For the moment, though, I’m back in Minneapolis, where it is currently quite hot. We’ve not yet moved into our new office, but we should, fingers crossed, be doing that next week! It’s also the Minnesota State Fair this week, so that should be fun to go and have a look around. Nothing else going on that’s too exciting at the moment (I spent most of the weekend doing accounts – fun, eh?). Just keeping busy, as is usual.
Well, I’d best go and stick some washing in the dryer, and then I shall watch some Angel, which I am slowly working my way through after my Buffy marathon this time last year (well, it took me 6 months to watch it all, so perhaps “marathon” isn’t the term, but it was quicker than taking 7 years to watch it all I guess!). Catch you later, peeps.
Yes, I’m still alive!
Filed under: — orudge @ 26/06/2010 6:44 pm
I haven’t blogged in ages, I know – things have been a bit busy lately! I headed back to the US in April, and have been enjoying the Minnesota summer (except when it’s been far too hot). Just a few weeks now until I head back to the UK for a month or so – lots of travelling this year! But anyway, at some point between now and then, I shall write a more extensive blog! Promise!