Ageing Gracefully Might Be Possible
Getting old is a fact of life. However, it’s possible that we might be able to slow down the ageing process according to a report from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The first...
View ArticleGetting Started WIth Laravel PHP
If you code for the web, you’ll most likely have seen all the fuss about the Laravel PHP framework. I’ve decided to take a look and see what all the fuss is about. Like many developers, I’ve spent...
View ArticleAn iPhone 5 Review
I upgraded to an iPhone 5 a few months back, so I thought I’d share a few notes about the experience. The first thing you notice when taking if out of the box, is how light it is. My previous handset...
View ArticleHow to Paginate Search Results With CodeIgniter 2.1
This article shows you how to go about paginating search results with CodeIgniter. The paginate library available in the CodeIgniter framework is very useful. It is also straightforward to implement....
View ArticleReligion was Culpable in Woolwich
Religion was Culpable in Woolwich. Denying it is avoiding the core of the problem. That dreadful event in Woolwich this week were bound to incite some heated debate. The trouble is, that debate is in...
View ArticleApp Review – iA Writer
iA Writer for Mac is now at version 1.4. It adds two of the most sought after features I have been looking for in this app. Now they are there, it puts iA Writer firmly in the position of my favourite...
View ArticlePagination With MySQL and Sinatra
I came across a situation the other day, where I needed to do some work with MySQL. The web app in question was originally written in PHP, but the stuff I was doing needed some rapid prototyping. Enter...
View Articlea Kindle Review
I’ve been using either my iPhone or an iPad as an e-book reader. I decided that it was time to try a Kindle, since I do a lot of reading. Here’s what I found. To explain, I was perfectly happy reading...
View ArticleSetting Up CentOS 6.4 For Web Development
CentOS 6.4 has been out for a while, and two production servers I use frequently both run CentOS. Where Linux is concerned, I’ve tended to stick with Ubuntu. So, I decided to have a go at setting up...
View ArticleCentOS 6.4 and PHP 5.3
In the first article, I described how I set up CentOS 6.4 including with Apache to get ready for web development. In this article, I’ll describe what I did to get CentOS and PHP 5.3 up and running....
View ArticleIntroducing Jump Start Rails
I’ve written a book called “Jump Start Rails” that covers getting up and running with Rails 4.0. The book is already available from my publisher’s e-learning site, along with a video course to support...
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Setting Up a LAMP Stack On Ubuntu
Local web development on a Ubuntu Linux powered computer needs a LAMP stack installation. That is, the Apache web server, PHP for coding, and the MySQL database. Here is a method for setting it all up...
View ArticleCodeIgniter And Twitter Bootstrap
CodeIgniter and Twitter Bootstrap work well together. Especially if we add a layout library from the CodeIgniter Sparks repository. I’ll cover creating a simple web app using Twitter bootstrap and...
View ArticleInstalling Rails On Ubuntu 12.10
Installing Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu 12.10/13.04 can throw up some errors. I’ve found a method that worked, and wrote a few notes about it. Please note _This is a fresh copy of a post I wrote some time...
View ArticleWorking With MySQL And Ubuntu
I recently had reason to be shunting large amounts of MySQL data around on my Ubuntu 12.10 powered laptop. The data was exported from MySQL in .sql files, and they had a file size in excess of 50Mb....
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Installing The Kindle App on Ubuntu 13.04
I’ve just upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 and decided to try and get the Kindle app working. It was surprisingly easy, here’s what I did. First, there is no Ubuntu version of the Kindle app. I find that a bit...
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Using The CodeIgniter Calendar Class
The CodeIgniter calendar class is available for creating data-driven calendars for your web apps. What follows is a walk through on how you can implement the calendar class for a simple tasks web app....
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Setting Up CentOS 6.4 For Web Development
CentOS 6.4 has been out for a while, and two production servers I use frequently both run CentOS. Where Linux is concerned, I’ve tended to stick with Ubuntu. So, I decided to have a go at setting up...
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CentOS 6.4 and PHP 5.3
In the first article, I described how I set up CentOS 6.4 including with Apache to get ready for web development. In this article, I’ll describe what I did to get CentOS and PHP 5.3 up and running....
View ArticleThe Different One
A new person. Bill was fairly sure he was new. And he looked especially angry. Some of the new guys were angry because the didn’t understand why they had to die, or they felt it wasn’t there fault....
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