Category Archives: Computers and Internet

What do I have to contribute?

Posted on 29/1/2009 by Ian

It has struck me over the last couple of days and it’s a reflection of my attitude to being interested in geeky things in general. I’m an elitist. When I started my blog back in 2003, I loved the fact … Continue reading →

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Sweetcron is pretty sweet at Lifestreaming

Posted on 31/8/2008 by Ian

For people like myself who are fairly erratic at posting regular updates to their blogs, you might do well to pass your eyes over to Sweetcron. Sweetcron does very well at pulling your content from other places on the web … Continue reading →

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Cardiff Web Meetup #3

Posted on 31/5/2008 by Ian

Just a quick note to remind people that this coming week is the third Cardiff meetup for web types in wales. It’s in 10 Feet Tall on Church St on Wednesday 4th June from 6.30pm. Featured speakers include Matthew Cashmore … Continue reading →

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Johnny Lee’s Innovative Uses of Common Technology

Posted on 30/5/2008 by Ian

I’m not sure how many visitors have caught this ted talk before, but I’d thought I’d post it anyway. Johnny Chung Lee is amazing, turning a $40 wii remote into use an interactive whiteboard or a new way to interact … Continue reading →

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Fair and Bare – Bringing Design to Fairtrade

Posted on 6/5/2008 by Ian

Some of the visitors to this site might be aware that I like my t shirts, each with their bold and awesome illustrations. I’m also quite an avid supporter of fairtrade, being involved with fairdos and purchasing fairtrade options such … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Code Igniter for Rapid PHP Application Development

Posted on 31/1/2008 by Ian

In this book, author David Upton walks you through use of the Code Igniter framework, which is essentially PHP’s answer to Ruby on Rails. I’ve been a avid user of Code Igniter since I discovered it last year, which is … Continue reading →

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Location Based Job Boards

Posted on 30/1/2008 by Ian

One of the most frustrating things I find about hearing about possible web development jobs on certain sites is the sheer amount of them which are simply unviable due to my UK location. Previously I decided to post all those … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Learning jQuery

Posted on 9/1/2008 by Ian

Learning jQuery takes a look at the JavaScript library jQuery by Jonathan Chaffer and Karl Swedberg, whom run learningjquery.com, a popular resource to jQuery developers. Jonathan and Karl work through a example based approach of common problems in web application … Continue reading →

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Stick to your guns – You’ll be rewarded

Posted on 20/12/2007 by Ian

I’m a firm believer that by upholding my own principles, I’ll be rewarded. It’s a tag line I adopted for the small hosting company that I’ve been running for a while now. It also has been reflected this year in … Continue reading →

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First Cardiff Geek Meetup

Posted on 20/9/2007 by Ian

The Cardiff geeks will be having its first ever face to face on Wednesday 17th October from 7pm at Cafe Floyd, just opposite the castle. Props to Dan Zambonini for organising the venue. This is an informal, introduction between us … Continue reading →

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