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Review-tastic

by on December 5, 2006 in Writing

Shameless self-plug, not too dissimilar from my orange-haired friend: Practical PHP and MySQL has got a great review from Application Development Trends magazine. In summary, the review says “If you want to learn PHP and MySQL and follow along with some useful real-world examples in the process, this is the book for you”. Thanks folks! [...]

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Sensationalism takes a choke-hold

by on December 5, 2006 in Community, Random

Oh dear. I used to like reading Groklaw and admired it for its accuracy and straight-down-the-line reporting. Recently though, I have felt it has become too much of a pulpit, and this post is just sensationalist clutching at straws. Now take the story over to Slashdot and it seems the headline is more important than [...]

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Speaking engagements

by on December 5, 2006 in Community, Jokosher, Speaking, Ubuntu

Well, I have some speaking engagements lined up. Right now they are not on my speaking page, but I plan to add them soon. They are: Jokosher – Mon 11th Dec 2006 – West Yorkshire Linux User Group, Leeds, England – Aq and I are presenting the latest from the Jokosher project. How to Herd [...]

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