love it…

January 17th, 2008 No Comments

“Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support
   it for the rest of your life”. (Michael Sinz)

The Downfall of HD-DVD

January 17th, 2008 No Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ

Just watch it, seriously.

Oh yeah, it might be considered NSFW within some (most?) organisations…

[Edit]

I’ve just been advised that this video has been pulled…

boooooo… :o(

Becta (the UK’s advisory body in IT in schools) has released a report entitled

 

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 - Final report with recommendations on adoption, deployment and interoperability.

 

In it, there are a number of interesting conclusions, including the fact that there is no real case for upgrading to Vista in the education sector. Read the rest of this entry »

Securing web sessions

January 15th, 2008 No Comments

Someone asked on the wdvl-talk email list (lists.wdvl.com) about securing your server to process sensitive information.

I’m not an expert by any means, however I thought I’d post my advice here in case anyone else wants it. Read the rest of this entry »

The first post

January 15th, 2008 1 Comment

Well, it had to be done, here is the first post.  Now that you’ve read it, I can get on with adding useful stuff to my blog.

Jog on…