Monday November 20, 2006 at 12:15 am
Want to turbocharge your exploration of dynamic webdesign? Would your own free, private webserver help?
I discovered WAMP through a blog that I’m subscribed to, and have found it immensely useful - and suggest that it would be useful also to others interested in PHP, dynamic website design (i.e. database-orientated forums, blogs, CMS), or designing themes for dynamic websites such as your WordPress blog.
WAMP installs the following to your Windows system:
- Apache 1.3.31 - an open source webserver;
- PHP 5 - a server-side scripting language;
- MySQL - a popular open source database service for web apps;
- Database management applications.
You could use WAMP to host a website - dynamic or otherwise - from your home PC, but I am using it to aid in my understanding of PHP, and also to assist in the design of the next incarnation of orangeacid.net.
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Saturday September 16, 2006 at 11:55 am
Yes, believe it or not, MySpace - the infamous profile and networking site, which has more than 90 million registered users - has been voted #1 on PC World’s list of 25 worst websites. Yes, believe it or not, I am right behind them. Yes, believe it or not, I know that I am turning myself into naked flamebait for saying this. It just seems like a justified time to vent my frustration.
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Sunday August 6, 2006 at 12:13 am
I bought a ‘pro’ account on photo-sharing site Flickr, and have become oh-so-slightly addicted to both the service and also photography.
When I should really be concentrating on planning for DiDA, my unfinished Geography coursework, I have been taking pictures and rearranging my Flickr area. Its actually really impressive. For about £14 per year, I get:
- Unlimited storage space;
- 2GB upload limit per month;
- Unlimited ’sets’ (non-pro users are limited to 3 ’sets’, or groups);
- Uploading of very large images;
- A few other miscellaneous benefits.
And all in all I am very impressed with it. The backend of the media section of orangeacid.net is also Flickr-powered, so as soon as I iron out a nasty bug which affects the way my photos refresh themselves, I should have a much improved gallery. Please note that the photos displaying in the media section and on the front page are constantly out of date; for the most up-to-date photos, see my photostream.
Anyway, if you want to check out my stuff, you can visit my Flickr homepage here, check out my profile here, and view my sets here. Enjoy!
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