Category Archives: Review

Yes, Open Source Is Important

February 13, 2009 – 5:07 pm

I have a bit of a rant in me right now so you may want to duck and cover. Although I tend to disagree with some of the rabid and rather constraining ideologies in the open source community, I have always agreed with the basic issue that the source code should be open so that [...]

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Laconica – OpenSource microBlogging

August 27, 2008 – 5:49 pm

I had fun today adding a microBlog to this site at /laconica/. It is called Laconica and is the basis for identi.ca which is an alternative to Twitter which I have mentioned in earlier posts.

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Review: WordPress for iPhone

July 23, 2008 – 10:46 am

I am writing this review on my iPhone using the free WordPress app. Athough it certainly will not become my primary posting platform, I can see me using it more often than I initially thought before downloading it. With this I will be able to post to the blog while sitting out on the patio [...]

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Book Review: Learning PHP Data Objects

July 18, 2008 – 10:56 am

Learning PHP Data Objects by Dennis Popel, published by Packt Publishing (© 2007) ISBN-13: 978-1847192660
This is a good start for PDO. The examples and methodology used to present the concepts for using PDO were very useful. The book steps you from the basic use of PDO in chapter 2, through error handling and a good [...]

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