Technology: Business Asset or Business Risk?
Do you consider technology an asset to your business? Are there technologies that you cannot work without? If so, your assets may be exposing you to risk. This article gives a simple guide on how to identify and minimise those risks to help protect your business and that of your clients who rely on it.
Audience:
Small business owners;
Published:
Tuesday, 15th December 2009
Welcome to the Wheeling Gourmet!
New food-related site from Smiffy's friend, Nicolas Steenhout.
Published:
Monday, 14th December 2009
Smiffy's (Gourmet) Bacon and Egg Pie
When I was a child, we called this type of dish bacon and egg pie. Others might call it quiche. This recipe is gluten-free and low-carbohydrate (unless served with chips.) Can even be meat-free, if that takes your fancy.
Published:
Tuesday, 8th December 2009
Getting Better 2009
The last six years have been a tale of chronic ill-health resulting in varying degrees of incapacity. January/February 2007 was pretty much the nadir of all of this - scarcely able to get out of a chair or work more than 2-3 hours per week. This article is a story of hope - how things have improved since then and what I have done to aid those improvements. A good doctor, weight training and life management have been three of the key factors in getting where I am today.
Audience:
Those who have, know or care for those who have chronic illness.
Published:
Tuesday, 8th December 2009
Extensible Metadata for Your CMS
How many Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) have an extensible system that can allow the creation, maintenance and display of metadata such as Dublin Core? Very few, if any. Now over 2 years in the making, this article explains concepts that may be used to extend CMS to accommodate this.
Audience:
CMS developers; CMS users; metadata enthusiasts.
Published:
Monday, 7th December 2009
Blue Hat for a Blue Day
Smiffy's Twitter avatar gains a blue hat - nothing to do with Nick Heyward, everything to do with web standards and social inclusion.
Published:
Monday, 30th November 2009
What Gives - Smiffy's Corollary
"We’re all freaking killing ourselves" says Derek Featherstone in a blog post, essential reading for those wrestling with the work/life balance - and losing. This article presents a couple of related lessons that I have learned regarding Quality of Work and Quality of Life.
Published:
Tuesday, 6th October 2009
Base Conversions in MySQL
Want to convert between number bases in MySQL? Here are a couple of stored procedures to let you convert to/from any base you fancy.
Audience:
MySQL users; people who think that the 16 digits of hexadecimal just aren't enough;
Published:
Friday, 18th September 2009
Vodafone Australia Mobile Broadband - On Linux
What it takes to get a Vodafone Australia prepaid mobile broadband connection working on Linux.
Published:
Thursday, 10th September 2009
In and Out of SVG
Whilst SVG is a great graphics format to work with, sometimes there is a need to import other formats into it or to export it to the likes of PDF. This article details a real-life application and techniques I used to import to and export from SVG.
Published:
Tuesday, 4th August 2009