Let me start out by showing you a snippet of Ben Lipkowitz’s life log from the last 5 years.
I first found out about Ben’s project through kk.org which came through my Google Reader recommended items. I was instantly intrigued. Watch the video for a full explanation of the project, but it basically started out when [...]
Back in October, I was lucky enough to speak on the Sunday at PHPNW09. Personally I think it was a mediocre presentation and needs lots of work – but it was my first “proper” speaking gig. I received a lot of feedback and know what I’d do differently in future (Less about myself, more flowing [...]
It’s been a while! After my busy end to 2009 with conferences and barcamps, things around here kind of dried up. It’s not that I’ve not had anything to say, it’s that I’ve had nothing interesting to say. I’ve been spending a lot of time gaming (racking up over 400 hours on Call of Duty: [...]
I can’t think of any practical applications apart from the one given over at Web Developer Plus – but this is too cool not to share.
The basic example was that if you’re running a movie review blog, categories for genre and tags for actors/actresses may work, it would be nicer to have a taxonomy of [...]
I’ve been fortunate enough to be asked to hold an informal workshoppy session kinda thing at PHPNW09 on the Sunday. Lorna dropped me an email asking if I was willing to do a jQuery session similar to what I presented at UnSheffield and I jumped at the chance.
Then it really began to sink in. I’ve [...]
I found my old minidisc player the other day, and I can’t stop listening to it. The sound it produces is so much better than what I’m used to nowadays. I checked out my itunes library and as I expected, a lot of songs in there were at 128kbps. That’s bearable but I also discovered [...]
