Who Needs Actions Web Development and Software Blog by James Riley

My Development Environment

Occasionally I meet other Web Developers, despite my efforts to avoid them – and one of the very first questions I am asked is what set up I use for developing my websites. After a quick glance around me to check for the presence of any females, I launch into my well rehearsed explanation, and here I share it with the world:

Set Alert per Email Account in Thunderbird with Mailbox Alert

If you’re like me then there’s a high possibility you have more than one account set up within Thunderbird – none of which ever receive any email of any importance, other than your main account. You also may be using Thunderbird as your RSS Reader; with multiple subscriptions in place that alert you of articles that still go without being read.

The issue I had here is that I did not want an audio alert when an RSS feed was updated, or when one of my Admin email address for a website of mine received an enquiry via a contact form. Far too many times I heard the Thunderbird audio alert, ran into my room, each step being like a journey up the stairs to heaven as I anticipate hearing from a loved one – only to trip and fall to the depths of below as I realise it was a mere ‘undelivered email’ notification from my server.

A journey of a thousand miles…

Dear internet - this is the start of my journey.

The last 21 years are irrelevant.

Welcome to a blog of software, internet and life lessons.

As a computer science graduate who is about to start a masters in Web Technology, I'll be writing guides of computing and web development. As a fitness freak I'll be posting about my workouts and progress. As a lover of all things music I'll be posting on my findings and thoughts. But most importantly, as a person, I'll document events that we all go through - maybe my accounts will aid you in some way, at least to help you realise that life could be so much worse.  Hah, lets see where this takes us...

"sometimes life isn't the party we hoped for
but since we're here, we should dance"

I have just decided to learn a new language. Wanting to give myself a tough time, it's not a common one.  More info to follow!

Update:  With Software and Web Develop to be such a large focus of this blog, I've decided to focus on those topics - and have launched my personal blog which will cover other aspects of my life such as fitness and music.