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For the past few years I have been using the InstantRails package as my workhorse for developing PHP applications. Not sure why it started that way, but that’s how it has remained for quite some time. Today I took it in to my head to try out EasyPHP to see if it suited my needs…. Craving to get the remainder of “WordPress And EasyPHP on Windows 7?” Click this link!

This post isn’t about carpentry, it’s about Apple. A bad carpenter blames his tools. A good carpenter blames his tools, but for different reasons. A bad carpenter will blame his tools uncritically when he can’t achieve the end effect that he desires, because he lacks the skill, the know-how and the wherewithal to produce the… Continue reading the remainder of “Bad Workmanship Produces Bad Work.”

I have been trying, unsuccessfully, for two days to download the latest iPhone SDK and XCode IDE from the Apple Developer Center with absolutely no luck. I’ve recently moved in to a new house and the DSL connection we have, slow at the best of times, flakes out several dozen times per day. Connectivity problems… Yearning to read the rest of “Downloading iPhone & XCode SDK With WGET?” Use this link!

Just a quick note to say that this week I am in Las Vegas, city of sin, for of all things Microsoft. I will be at the DevConnections Developer Conference and the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Should be an interesting time with all of the fantastic new features that are being promoted. I’m… Thirsting to get the rest of “Las Vegas Bound?” Click this link!

I read today over on Engadget that InstantAction announced their new technology for streaming games to any web browser and I feel sickened. For me, this is the third time in my life that I have created a technology, showed it to companies and people,and had them be disinterested in it. It really is disheartening… Click to continue reading the rest of “Streaming Games To The Web Browser.”

What happens when your message isn’t congruent with your actions? I just got around to installing Windows 7 (an absolutely terrible operating system if you do anything more than email and web browsing) on one of the workstations at the office and I needed to read through a PDF document but didn’t yet have Adobe… Continue reading the remainder of “Incongruent Message.”

Look, I need you to listen to this very carefully because your future career as a software developer or domain expert relies on you not doing this stuff. I know it is really difficult to come up with your own content at times, and really, why bother when anything you want to say or write… Looking to get the rest of “The Finest Plagiarism?” Click the link!

I have been tinkering around with the software I use for image feature extraction in my large collection of SenseCam images. Using OpenCV, a SURF algorithm and Python I have been able to create a small command-line application that can accurately determine places I have visited before based on the captured images. The Python script… Craving to read the rest of “SenseCam Image Recognition?” Use this link!

Are games engines worth it for casual games? Should you purchase a game engine to create your latest casual game? Or will you just need to throw it all away once you realise the game engine doesn’t live up to expectations? Will you have to start all over from scratch in 6 months time? Most… Continue reading the remainder of “Game Engines and Casual Games.”

If you develop software either professionally or as a hobby using a modern version control package is a no brainer. Even if you only work on hobby projects by yourself and nobody else ever gets to touch the source code or binary assets there is little excuse to not use version control for your projects…. Continue reading the rest of “A Dozen Rules for Effective Version Control.”