Welcome Again

Welcome to the latest version of skiffie.com. As you can tell I have decided to move over to Worpress as it seems a lot less maintenance than Drupal and, well, you have probably heard about the 5 minute installs – this is not a joke.

I intend to bring over some of the previous articles that [...]

BBC – Questionable Content

I have always been an admirer of the BBC and it’s web sites. For me it has always been the first place that I have gone to get reliable and up-to-the-minute news and information about world news, entertainment, technology and sport – especially football. I believe their coverage has been second to none.

KISS

Social networking sites have added a new dimension to community based media. Previously most communities, such as forums or message boards, required some sort of sign-up and the acceptance of some basic rules. With the inception of fan pages on Facebook, for example, these rules fly out the window.

Absence

After promises of constant updates I slipped a disc in my back an was not able to really be near a computer for about 6 weeks.

I am back now, but perhaps my tact has changes slightly. I was thinking about mobile, mobile web and accessibility but now I have really been taken by the Apple TV and even more by my Mac-Mini.

Software Update for Wii

I was ranting a bit the other day about beta software. Another gripe of mine is when you update software and then it doesn’t work or you are given no indication of what the update will really involve. I’ll bet we have all experienced this at one time or another.

Betas – Good or Bad?

For some time now I have been ranting about quality of certain goods: be it software; hardware or everyday goods. Is it just me or are we accepting crap? By this it appears that many products are now released in Beta state – is this just an excuse for companies to release products that are sub-standard?

Ovi Revisited

Perhaps I am in a difficult position as I have seen Alpha versions as well as public Betas, but I have tried many of the Ovi services a while back and was quite frustrated by the whole thing.

Top 10 Apps

I have been a proud N95 8GB user for over a year. In the past couple of weeks I have found some excellent new (to me at least) applications that have made the phone even more enjoyable. To start this new sub section of the site off, I have decided to list my favorites. All are at least available as Beta (?) and are mostly free to use!

Loop through Array with Alternating Colors

This PHP snippet shows 2 methods for displaying alternative row colors while looping through an array. In the examples listed here only the font colors are changed. In reality you can change anything you like based on the outcome of the calculations.

Show Apache’s Loaded Modules

This little extract was posted on the original skiffie.com and had some positive feedback – we print out the Apache modules that are running on the server.

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