Monthly Archive for July, 2005

Sticky keys

New pc smell permates monki towers at the moment as I finally put together a new system over the weekend. It’s amazing what a 2GHz 64bit cpu and 1 gig of ram can do to spruce things up and there’s a 200 gig drive ready to be filled with Kims iTunes purchases. The laptop will be so relieved.

Now all I need is to get a keyboard whose “m” key doesn’t stick. Oh the trials we go through.

Phils geek cat

Proof, if any was ever needed that cats are smarter than dogs. Assuming we overlook the default Internet Explorer thing of course.

Back to Classes

I recently had to re-write the order form for my companies website. The previous version mixed HTML and PHP using lots of echo()’s and made sense when I orginally wrote it. It was only later, when my bosses wanted me to add new options to dropdown boxes and change things around that I realised what a pain this was.

The current version was written using templates and OOP. While, for what ever reason I still don’t quite get it I can see the advantages of using classes and templates when a project starts to get complicated.

It’s just going to take time for it to click completely.

Would you wood ipod?

Someone went to all the trouble of recreating the front of their ipod from wood. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Via Gui galaxy

Waiting

Possibly the saddest part of Thursdays attack is those waiting for news of loved ones who haven’t been in contact yet. As much as logic dictates otherwise, I don’t think I’d give up hope either. It’s what makes us human.