Archive for August, 2008

Robert Kern of www.robertkern.com has found this great article about Project Management and the view from a web developer written by Brandon Ching. I think it is a great article.

2008 Olympix
Now, I didn’t watch that much of the Olympics, I watched a few events NZ were in, the Evers-Swindell sisters win gold and that about it.
Its not that i don’t support NZ, or any other country, but i’m just not that much in to sport or the olympics that I could sit and [...]

Today it was wet, wet and horrible. There was Thunder, lightening and heavy rain. It was Yuck! Not as bad as it has been many times this winter, but Yuck!
So, being bored out of my mind, and trying to give me internet a break over the weekends, I [...]

Backing up your site and files is a Must, and many servers have back-up options available to them. But one thing that is forgotten far too often when backing up your site, is backing up your database.
With a blog, like this and most wordpress blogs, the only part of the site [...]

This is a free WordPress theme available for download.
Is it a Clean, 2 Column Layout with a Left side Navigation / Sub Navigation. The Sub navigation uses Mootools to appear, and will display Posts under their Categories.
It has support for Gravatars and Widgets, includes the Header PSD and is fully xHTML and CSS [...]

Configuring my new Thomson TG8585v7
thanks to lightning on friday night that fried my previous modem ( DLink 604t ( No big loss)), My ISP Telescum sent me a replacement. Thanks you Telescum!
Contents
First Impressions
Digging Deeper
Account Connection
Port Settings
First Impressions:

Pretty
In the box: Modem 4-port 10/100, WiFi b/g, 2m Cat5 Cable, 3m RJ11 x RJ11 Telephone Cable, 2x [...]

I have just launched my site with a theme that I have made myself completely from scratch.
It uses multiple colour sets and some ‘grunge’ style imagery. Let me know how you like it, and if you come across any bits and pieces that aren’t working.
The site uses CSS 2/3 and xHTML code, [...]

I have had a concern brought to me that using .inc files is a security issue, people can access the xxx.inc file directly and read the full file contents.
While I agree, this can be fixed with a rule in your .htaccess file that will send a 403 Forbidden response to all requests .inc [...]