Technical Dreams

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  Cinemagraph - Amazing Photos That Move

  10th May 2011 03:00 by jo

  Have you ever seen a photo move?

  Well if you haven’t, have a look here! Cinemagraphs, which is what they are being called, are a cross between a moving video and a still image. And so far the examples we have seen look great! They are made with the old gif.… Read more

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  Stop the Black Hatters

  17th March 2011 03:00 by tom

  Everyone who does even the smallest amount of SEO, appreciates the importance of outbound links. Black hat seo monkeys are no exception. Except rather than sending one of those annoying 'will you be my friend' emails to request a link, they just hack away until they find a route into… Read more

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  Code Style and Syntax Guide

  20th February 2011 12:00 by tom

  When writing new code it's really helpful if developers adhere to a few basic rules and conventions. PHP is a fairly lose language which lets developers do things in a multitude of different ways, while this gives a creater level of flexibility and makes picking up PHP quick and easy… Read more

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  How to make your website talk to you

  16th February 2011 03:00 by tom

  If you're like me and you prefer listening rather than reading, then a new API from Ericson might be just up your street!

  Their new text to speech API lets developers quickly and easily convert strings of text into audio files. It's then just a small step to creating a… Read more

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  Shop Software Review: OpenCart

  7th October 2010 03:00 by tom

  I was recently asked to quote for making a few improvements to an OpenCart shop. OpenCart wasn't a package I'd customised before, but as I always like to keep abreast of the latest software packages for use on clients sites, I thought I'd spend a little time having a play… Read more

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  Setting up public key authentication over SSH

  6th October 2010 12:00 by tom

  This post is a little on the techy side, but for those sys admins out there who have ever needed to setup SSH keys between 2 servers so they can authenticate without prompting for a password, you know what a hassle it can be.

  I've done it enough times over… Read more

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  Think you've cleared your cookies? Think again!

  1st October 2010 03:00 by tom

  There's nothing new about Cookies, most people are aware of their existence and accept that they're just a fact of life. They're fairly easy to delete after all, you can just go into your browser settings and 'clear history' or something similar and all traces of your browsing habits are… Read more

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  Sexy forms with jQuery

  24th September 2010 03:00 by tom

  I just found something pretty cool. I've always found form elements really boring, unless of course you view them on a Mac - then they look beautiful. But for most of us we're stuck in the 1980's with some pretty dull elements...

  Well not anymore! Checkout uniform a neat little… Read more

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  The £20 iPad Replacement

  20th August 2010 03:00 by tom

  I got quite excited when I read a report this morning about a tablet PC from India which was going on sale for just 1,500 rupees which according to XE.com just now, is as little as £20!

  It really sounds too good to be true, and for the moment it… Read more

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  The Internet of Things

  13th August 2010 03:00 by tom

  A nice little introduction to the Internet of Things or the semantic web as it's often refered as.

  People have been talking about the interconnections which are possible between systems for years and there's no denying that things are becoming more connected and smarter. At the moment the… Read more