Recently, I went through the process of setting up a new development environment on Windows for my playground projects at home. My work is usually done and hosted on Linux with a standard LAMP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)] stack, so using an ubuntu virtual machine lets…
This is a totally random post full of linux commands that I find useful but am always forgetting. I use linux at work and also on a command-line-only VM at home. I'm always battling with it, largely because I'm a noob. Usually after a couple of…
Despite the current economic turmoil, many people are warning that the technology market is falling foul of another bubble [http://techmeme.com/search/query?q=bubble&wm=false]. I've been following the discussion with fascination, and last week this article from TNW [http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/…
[http://git-scm.com/]I've been working with SVN [http://subversion.tigris.org/] for a couple of years. I'm familiar with it now, it no longer seems like a militant policing system that enforces rules on my way of working, and instead feels like a reliable old…
[http://res.cloudinary.com/hannahwf/image/upload/v1392491830/uudeview_start_bsfo2x.png] Have you ever had a minor developmental nightmare and needed quick access to a Plesk [http://www.parallels.com/uk/products/plesk/] backup? Lost some data or needed a reference point and just wanted to get at a…
Since the start of ExplicitWeb [http://explicitweb.co.uk] I have been using this cheap-as-chips headset [http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-pcl-mh36-pc-headset-00776223-pdt.html]. It's done me proud, so I thought they deserved a super quick review before I replace them.Top marks for sound quality The proof…
[caption id="attachment_980" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Shht!"] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/shht/][/caption] I've already filed a report on the Apple website & am about to go phone them for help. I'm…