Ruby is an open-source programming language that can be used as a server-side preprocessor, similar to PHP, Perl, Python and so on. What sets it apart is that it is surprisingly user-friendly and programmer-orientated. The official description from the Ruby website is: A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. […]
Category Archives: Geekery
Some things just don’t get done
At the end of the day, as I empty my locker and pack my diary, I decide that once I am home I will concentrate on just perhaps one or two broad tasks before I sleep. Usually I have something specific in mind – installing a new hard-drive, learning more about PHP and finishing my […]
My own personal blog
Half an hour I installed a personal blog. It’s like orangeacid.net – it has a vague and undefined purpose, and by its very definition will be created, redesigned before the end of its natural lifespan, rebuilt from scratch every 6 months, and will in be generally even more incomplete than this site you are on […]
Boost your WiFi reception with a homemade antenna dish
I found a very interesting article on MetaFilter earlier on how to boost your WiFi reception – or, how to make a WiFi antenna out of a cheap USB WiFi dongle, an extension cable, and Chinese cooking utensils. During my last holiday, I discovered that I could log in to a free WiFi hotspot from […]
Banish your MSN Viruses
There appears to be an epidemic of MSN-bourne viruses plaguing LFC students. Perhaps more tragic than that people are gullible enough to download these viruses is that once infected, no-one who I have talked to has known how to remove them. The virus itself (technically a ‘worm‘ in virus terminology) works by hijacking your MSN […]
WAMP – your own personal Apache, PHP5, MySQL
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 […]