More lists!

450+ apps that will make your life a whole lot easier!

http://www.econsultant.com/..../index.html

Enjoy

C

(I've not tried any of these so I can't guarantee any of them work or are reliable)

Programming Books!

Evenin,

Whilst foraging through the magnificent interweb I came across this and thought I'd share it with my reader base :)

195 free programming books:
http://www.techtoolblog.com/.....programming-books

Stay Safe peeps,

Enjoy!

C.

aarrgghhh which is the best!

Evenin,

I'm having REAL difficulties at the moment choosing a programming language to specialize in. I can code in most web languages to a profession standard but time after time I find myself wondering which I should delve deeper into, which should I become an "expert" in?

Lets see what we're talking about here:

• Php
• Asp.NET (C#)
• Ruby on Rails
• Java Server Pages

Those are the four really. They can all do the same thing, some with several lines of code, some with no so many. They all can connect to databases, they are all made by different people with different views on where the web, or the "Web 2.0", is headed and they all boast features that are (to a programmer) awesome!

For those of you that end up reading this post any guidance as your a choice and indeed a reason for that choice would be most welcome!

I'm by far more experienced in Php than any of the above, Asp.NET would be next then JSP and Ruby. Saying this I'm entering the "I think I'll learn Rails this week" phase.

aarrgghhh It's so annoying! Not knowing!

Stay safe peeps,

C.

Broadband

Evenin Campers!

Picture this, there I was happily surfing the interweb and I saw one of those flashy adverts for "Dungeons and Dragons Online". Thinking to myself "oooh I like the sound of that" I click the banner, find the 7 day free trial (1.7gb) and click the download button. To my horror I see the line next to my download speed (56k) 65 hours!

Who honestly would wait 65 hours for a download? I appreciate that I'm being slight elitist with that statement but Force9 (my ISP) offer broadband for the same cost as other ISPs offer dial up!

Thank the all mighty I'm on 2mb lol I've got a more realistic 2hrs to wait...Thankfully my download window looks like this. For those that are interested, all 4 of you that read this blog, I'll report on my opinion of DDO after a brief (yet hopefully exciting) gaming experience.

Stay safe campers!

C.

Welcome to Ubuntu Linux

Installed this recently, for the third time over the last year but this time it's really taken it's hold of my machine. I'm lovin it. For those of you that don't know what Ubuntu is, take a look here: http://www.ubuntulinux.org

Ubuntu has everything that windows has and does things in such a logical way (in my opinion!)

Cool little things I've installed/setup on my Ubuntu OS:

• Weather for London on the toolbar at the top,
• Open Office (Comparable to MS Office, but free!)
• Evolution Mail (Comparable to MS Outlook, but free!)
• Transgaming, run windows games on Ubuntu Linux
  

I'm really pleased with Ubuntu, even considering swapping Windows from the 19" LCD and replacing with the Ubuntu Linux OS...We'll see.

Only problem is, I'm lovin it so much I'll want to seriously keep it - that poses 2 main problems

1. I've installed Ubuntu on the 1gig machine, the slower of the two that I use. To use Ubuntu as a main OS I'd want it on the main machine, format-reinstall time :(
2. Linux natively doesn't support Microsoft.NET, does this mean I have to swap to the dark side and use Java? I know one Web Developer that would be happy to talk about Java all day instead of .NET...hehe

Either way, Ubuntu Rocks. Download it, email me for a copy of the CD, just get it some way and try it out!

Enjoy.
C.