Getting work done with Perl

15th October 2010 8:39 pm

After my initial struggles with Perl, I now think I'm really starting to get to grips with the language. I generally find it a pain when you…

What makes a good programming textbook?

22nd August 2010 5:15 pm

I own a lot of programming textbooks. I went through a long phase of buying ones about virtually any technology I was even remotely…

Perl after Python

16th August 2010 9:50 pm

I'm currently studying for the CIW Web Developer qualification, and having passed the exams for database design and JavaScript, I'm now on…

Moving away from OS X

8th August 2010 12:47 am

I bought my MacBook two years ago, and at first I was cynical about how I would find it compared to Ubuntu, but over time I found myself…

Staying productive in summer

10th July 2010 1:21 am

Unless you live in the southern hemisphere, summer's here. Right now it's gone midnight but it's still very hot, and being in the UK, where…