A look at an example PHP programme as a means of producing an XHTML weighted list, both in the form of a 'Tag Cloud', where the information is ordered alphabetically and weight is given by visual styling and as a 'Tag Wedge' where a styled ordered list is used to convey the information in a more semantic manner.
A command-line calculator, written in Perl, SmiffyCalc offers persistence between sessions. This is a step-up from doing calculations from the command line using perl -e
An ever-growing amount of Web content is being generated dynamically. With this increased use of software comes an increased number of errors and error messages - things that should not be on public display. This article suggests better things to say when things go wrong.
Smiffy reproduces a previously good gluten-free recipe with disastrous results.
Smiffy bakes a gluten and dairy free fruitcake, with a reasonable degree of success.
I wanted to use a MySQL datasource from OpenOffice Calc and wasn't getting very far with the OpenOffice documentation. This article from MySQL staffer, Roland Bouman, was exactly what I needed.
After the previous days disasters, Smiffy gets waffles working.
Gluten-free waffles - how hard could it be? Smiffy tries it out and finds that a non-stick waffle maker can be anything but, and discovers a good naan bread recipe in the process.
A very useful resource from Wageningen University which includes a multi-lingual food allergy dictionary and numeric food additives data (E numbers).
Today is St Padraig's (Patrick's) Day. Smiffy looks forward to his annual Guinness, reflects on past visits to Eire and notes that Autumn really does seem to be upon us.
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