pipped at the post

There is nothing worse than egosurfing your own name, only to discover you’ve missed the top spot in Google by one… because of a spelling mistake:

I’m pretty sure that first link should be “Jon Briggs”.

Damnit.

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Esoteric Functionality

November 19, 2008 in development, php, technical, yak

I’ve just added (the beginnings of) a new feature to YAK (user-funded development) that will probably only be useful to one or two users — but it’s worth mentioning anyway.

[yak_get_remote...] is a new tag which…
Potential Features

November 11, 2008 in LAMP/MAMP, development, php, technical, yak

This post is to capture (in one place) a number of features (and thoughts around those features) that have been suggested for future versions for YAK, both via email, and on the Suggestions page.…
ARTS, or the lack thereof

November 7, 2008 in commentary, development, technical, yak

I’ve been looking at providing a basic xml product feed through YAK (needed for some rather esoteric customer requirements) — at the experimental stage, rather than a feature that will actually make it into development…
Quote of the Day…

October 21, 2008 in commentary, miscellaneous, technical

…goes to Roy Fielding for the excellent:

That is RPC. It screams RPC. There is so much coupling on display that it should be given an X rating
Word on the Mac is a Mess

October 17, 2008 in commentary, miscellaneous

I don’t like Excel much either. The lack of VBA macro support means it’s useless for the purpose I originally bought it for — teach me to not double-check the specs before I buy.

Worse yet,…