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Archive for January, 2007

New iPod Nano

28th Jan 2007

So, I’m a bit of an Apple fan… I work on Mac’s, I preach mac to those curious few, I lust for an iPhone and I own an iPod.

Unfortunately, my first generation iPod (which I ordered the day they were originally released) has packed it in. I’m not sure exactly why it has suddenly retired, but my guess is over-use and probably over-charging. :S (more…)

Advanced PHP Programming

24th Jan 2007

Hot on the back of finishing “PHP 5 in practice“, I recently bought “Advanced PHP Programming” by George Schlossnagle.

THIS is the book to buy! Seriously, this was exactly what I have been wanting to read  for ages (and I haven’t even finished it yet). George takes you through really good PHP code and best-practice, even to the point of explaining how the PHP interpreter compiles things, so you understand how to get the best performance out of your app! (more…)

Olympus Product Component

24th Jan 2007

A few select people would already know that I have been working on a rather large project at work since late November. Those same people may not, however, know that this very project will go live tonight at midnight tomorrow sometime.

SM2, the company I work for, have been getting A LOT of emails in recent times from companies wanting custom Joomla! components developed. One such email arrived in October of last year from the Olympus Imaging IT department. Their new website (which launches tonight) will be running on Joomla! and required a custom-developed “Product Catalogue” component. (more…)