There's a couple of great events happening this month; barcamp London [http://barcamp.org/BarCampLondon], d.Construct [http://2006.dconstruct.org/] etc. Where will I be whilst all of this is going on? I will be dissappearing down to the South of France for a well-earnt break. I…
Yesterday was Emma's third birthday party. Emma had a great day, she loved opening all her presents and playing with her cousin at her birthday party in the afternoon. I can't believe she's three already, Emma's grown-up so much in the last…
Note: It is likely you will need root access to carry out apache config alterations 12-02-07: Fixed mistake in the directory comparison line. If you want to be able to redirect blah.domain.com to domain.com/blah/ so that blah.domain.com is shown in the address bar here&…
I was interested to see a post over on Boing Boing [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/18/dalai_lama_issues_su.html], Xeni Jardin reporting that the Dalai Lama has issued a letter of support for the Air Jaldi Summit which is being held in Dharamsala (the home of…
Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake under Parallels Desktop is really easy to do so here's a few pointers how to do it and to customise it to be easier to use via the mac keyboard: The installation 1. Download the Desktop CD .iso image from the Ubuntu…
You can watch the WorldWide Developers Conference Keynote address from apple's site (requires quicktime) [http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/aug_2006/event/index.html]. Having gone through the highlight's on many of the apple blogs, the most exciting news for leopard is that it'…
A big annoyance when using windows under Parallels for browser testing is that if you are using an apple keyboard you will find that the apple key, which as an apple user you are used to using for copying and pasting, is now mapped to the windows key. This is…
The Midlands based Multipack [http://www.multipack.co.uk/] have organised a fantastic al fresco event [http://www.geekinthepark.co.uk/] for Sunday 27th August in Leamington Spa. So for those of you who fancy heading on up for a picnic followed by a few jars with your fellow geeks…