I started out with web development using wysiwyg tools, such as Dreamweaver, but reliance on these tools often make you lose touch with the code. It's convenient to drag and drop, but debugging the code get's tricky when your not conversant in it. So I decided to switch to a purely code solution that was portable. Welcome to Vim!

When you look back on subjects taught in school at the turn of the century, you wouldn't be surprised to see topics like "Rhetoric" and "Ethics". This got me thinking about how they relate to todays world.

Its funny that when you look at web developers who work daily with a CMS, unless they are designers they have the worst web pages (mine being a prime example.). When I finish work at the end of the day, I just don't fancy blogging or tweaking my website. So I thought about redesigning my website streamlining my content types and changing it's focus to a blog.

It's a never ending quest (or curse) the pursuit of the ultimate productivity tool. Like the knights of the round table, I have quested for the perfect system and towards the end of my long journey discovered, I had it all along...

The problem is Mime Types on your web server, The document is being served with an unknown mime type so the web server passes it on to the browser which then tries to figure out what type of document it is. IE often gets it wrong and tries to deliver it as a zip archive.

A random encounter at a coffee where two geeks discuss matters arcane and obscure. A discussion that got me thinking about being flexible in my choice of development tools and languages. It's very easy to overspecialise and find yourself out of work.

According to Nielsen Online, social networks and blogs are now the 4th most popular kinds of online activities. 67% of the world online population are now visiting them and the time they’re spending on them is growing by three times the overall growth rate of the internet.

Wait a minute, this is 2013? Where’s my flying car? I was promised a flying car by now!. A mate of mine recently blogged about how we are living in the future and it got me thinking to how much things have changed since I was a nipper.

Living in America was something of a culture shock for me when I first arrived. Trivial things for the most part, like missing that brand of biscuits you like with your tea or Cadbury’s chocolate. All small things and easily remedied. The one thing which still stands out in my mind is the difference in the health care systems between the US and the UK and how little each country knows about the other.