Category Archives: Computer
WAMP setup on Win XP Pro
My web hosting package is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP4), but my laptop runs Windows XP. Here is how I got a WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySql, PHP) environment for development at home. Continue reading
Firefox extensions
I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox browser for over a year now, and it’s my main browser. One of the key reasons is its extensibility, and here are the extensions I use (generated by the Listzilla extension):
Mid-rank Nerd
Followed the link on Heal Your Church Website to take the Nerd Quiz. And here’s the result:
Romney is a fraud
When updating this website caused me to re-install, I checked to see the Google rank of “Nick Romney”. I’m pleased to say that this site came up first. So, with my ego suitably stroked, I decided to do a little … Continue reading
Quicktime to AVI
My Kodak digital camera captures up to 2 minutes of video, with sound. However, a 2-minute clip is 30 mb in Quicktime’s .mov format. In order to edit it (either for timing or file size), I could have bought QuickTime … Continue reading
Bookmarklets
Read Eric Meyer’s roundup on SXSW 2004, and find that I too am a person mentioned in his SXSQ04i Wrap-Up: in that I hadn’t come across bookmarklets / favelets. Am pleased to say that I’ve now added in a few … Continue reading
Bloggar posting tool
Am just now testing out all the other features of blogging through WordPress and am trialling w.bloggar, which seems to work quite nicely for offline content generation, although doesn’t auto-generate the “Post Slug” for WordPress’s Permalinks, so I won’t be … Continue reading
Colour-blindness and the web designer
As I’ve been looking up more and more on accessibility (section 508 guidelines etc.) for some site redesigns, I’ve become increasingly aware of some of the other issues around it, and finally read up on some dedicated sites about the … Continue reading
How to write unmaintainable code
How to write unmaintainable code Amusing, and very in-depth. There’s a great deal about good coding practices written here, just in the inverse.
Goodle Good News
Goodle Good News Entertaining spoof of Google. Cheered me up when I read it!