UPDATE: A new version of InvisionYourLife.com went live around Christmas 2008
I got my PHP/MySQL book – Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional by W. Jason Gilmore – in the mail at the weekend and I’m well into the nitty-gritty of development. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m using the TinyButStrong template engine, and [...]
Reading Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy I’m struck by his intellectual generosity and fairness. He goes out of his way to extract the best from all kinds of ideas, including those that are easily rejected in the modern era, in the light of science. The book is a classic but it is widely criticized [...]
I think I’ve noticed a contradiction. Paul and I were discussing religion recently, and I said that a religion is hardly worthy of the name unless it, and its followers, try to spread it. Paul said no: perhaps you can subscribe to a religion because it’s right for you, with no claim as to its [...]
I must record Brian’s apparently original theory as to why Glasgow is more friendly than Edinburgh. But first, some background. I have always enthused romantically and vaguely about Glasgow’s atmosphere, usually contrasting it with Edinburgh’s. I will say, whenever the subject arises, that Glasgow is more friendly, that it has an exciting edgy atmosphere, that [...]
First, a warning: I don’t have categories on this blog, so everything’s gotta go in the one place. So if you’re not remotely interested in how I decided between PHP and Ruby on Rails in planning the development of a website, scroll down to Buses for some commuter moaning.
A couple of weeks ago I agreed [...]
