This is a very simple news system with comment support which is ideal for adding simple blog/news system functionality to any website needing that kind of system. In the past I'd usually use wordpress as a pre-built solution for adding this kind of content to a site and although you get a lot of extra benefits by using wordpress (as a result of its plugin system) there can be a lot of issues with tweaking the wordpress theme to suite the site. The method of embedding this system is so simple that it can be used easily within any site template and as such it's perfect for quickly adding blogging or news system style functionality to previously static sites or E-Commerce systems where an attempt at tying in wordpress could be very messy in reference to: About The Demo » Phpns » Open Source PHP News System ( view on Google Sidewiki )

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A Simple News System For Basic Websites

When you write something that connects to a web server, what user agent do you use? Far too often have I seen things like: curl_setopt ( $c , CURLOPT_USERAGENT , "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)" ) ; In my opinion you should always use a nice descriptive user agent that explains to the server exactly what your client may be trying to achieve, or at least a unique identifier

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Importance of User Agents

Last night I read Linode ’s announcement that they have opened a new data centre in London, and jumped at the opportunity. I’ve been using Linode since January this year, and their VPS hosting has been absolutely trouble-free. Not only that, they have probably the best administration interface I have ever seen.

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Servers Painlessly Migrated to London with Linode

For the last 5-10 minutes I've been wondering why a check on a variable which should be valid has been returning false. The check is ctype_digit, which returns true if all characters in a string are digits.

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ctype_digit rtfm!

Olark is a very neat new service from as US company called Habla, Inc. that lets you integrate a live chat box on your website directly with one of a number of common Instant Messaging clients.

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Well we finally received access to the Windows 7 Pro RTM, personally I've been running an RC for several month and think its the most polished version of Windows yet, but many people will find it difficult to adjust to. I've ran into a few issue with getting its Bluetooth support working with my iPhone, it appeared with the yellow triangle exclamation icon, not sure why, but this can be fixed by right clicking the phone icon, going to properties -> services and unticking the Wireless iAP option, click ok, right-click on the phone icon and select Connect using -> Access point.

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Windows 7 + iPhone Bluetooth

My gumtree ads ( mygumtreeads.com ) is a new project of mine, filling in what I see as one of the major gaps in Gumtree's current service. The gap that I and I'm sure many other people have experienced is the inability to setup a user page containing all of your ads for easy reference, a bit like an eBay store.

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My Gumtree Ads

Sometimes I have the need to get on the internet using my laptop instead of my lovely HTC Magic. To do that, I’d have to get mobile internet, which is yet another expense I don’t really want

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Tethering your HTC Magic Android Phone in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

Recently I wanted a new development box/streaming media server for use around the house and for work.

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Setting Up Ubuntu PHP 5.2, MySQL 5.1 and Apache 2 on a PS3

Planning for your retirement and old age can be a very worth while exercise, yet most people leave the task until way too late in life. Retirement may seem a long way off now, but what will you do if you reach retirement age and find you have no means to support yourself or your loved ones over the 20 or 30 years that follow leaving your job?

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Retirement Planning