Another CodeIgniter book review on the way
I’ll be posting another CodeIgniter book review for Packt Publishing shortly: ‘CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development’ by Adam Griffiths. ...
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Beautiful time lapse video of Tokyo
I just saw this great time lapse video of Tokyo! I especially like 1:56 when the planes are coming in. Great choice of music too! Nice work! Get up and go from Stefan Werc on Vimeo.
Android 2.1 (Eclair) for T-Mobile G2 Touch (HTC Hero) possibly coming soon?
Well, it’s now April and many T-Mobile G2 Touch owners are waiting for the Android 2.1 update for their handsets, although all is still quiet on the news front. The last update from T-Mobile I saw was back in February when T-Mobile announced that they will be releasing “a firmware upgrade in April for the T-Mobile G2 Touch”. We’re all hoping that this will indeed be the Android 2.1 Eclair update we’ve been waiting for. There are some rumours out there as to the exact date and content of this release, but none of these are confirmed, so all we can do is play the waiting game for now. ...
Trying out Mollom for Drupal
I’ve decided to give the web service, Mollom, a try since my CAPTCHA, which I kept tweaking to the point where I nearly couldn’t read it, was letting me down. The problem with CAPTCHA is it logs how many form submissions it blocks, which is great, but this doesn’t necessarily mean SPAM submissions; it could be frustrated people not being able to post a comment on your blog. Mollom works by analysing the form submission for SPAM patterns, then determining whether it is suitable or not. It’s quite strange to see my forms without a CAPTCHA underneath, but I should know soon enough how well the service works as I have many form submissions blocked by CAPTCHA each day. ...
Book review: CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upton (Packt Publishing)
The CodeIgniter framework is a secret weapon for many web developers as it allows you to quickly build complex web applications in a structured and organised way. I started using CodeIgniter over a year ago now so I’ve approached Packt’s CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upson as a way of expanding upon when I’ve already learnt from the user guide, forums and a book which I had previously read from Wrox called Professional CodeIgniter by Thomas Myer. ...