Interfacing with MySQL via Excel
With the advancement of Open Source applications into closed source platforms, the integration of the two categories of development models become more and more intertwined. The weight of these different…
Coding Like a Girl
No, that’s not an insult. What I’m actually referring to is this post from Creating Passionate Users. I think that the captions for the first two pictures was accidentally switched, but don’t take…
Conference Call Services
In this age and time when people are getting more mobile, the traditional meeting is a near impossibility. Which is why I feel that conference calls are a godsend. Given the right…
Alternative to Using robots.txt
In my post Common Web Site Structuring Mistakes, I did mention that robots.txt tend to deceive its function of restricting access to certain areas of your web site by search engine…
Common Web Site Structuring Mistakes
When browsing through web sites, especially corporate web sites, there are a few things that make me go “Eurghh!”. Surprisingly though, not many of these things are aesthetics related, to me…
Google Blogsearch
Google has added another feature to it’s arsenal of web tools; Google Blog Search. This search engine wants to help you find blogs on your favourite topics. Results are pretty targetted… now…
Here’s Some Zombie Bitches for You
Believe it or not, scientists at Pittsburgh‘s Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a resuscitation technique in which the subject’s veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.…
Bill Hilf: Head of Microsoft’s Linux Lab
First of all, yes, Microsoft does have its own Linux lab. A memorable line from the article would be: “I am a non-Microsoft guy working at Microsoft,” Hilf said. An interesting insight…