Ever wondered what the modern web would look like in a 14 year old browser?

Back in the year 1999 Microsoft released it's then brand new and up-to-date browser Internet Explorer 5. How much did happen in the last 14 years regarding web technologies and development? Would it still be possible to use this browser? Let's find out!

http://cross-browser.org/Blog/post/2013/04/29/How-10-Popular-Websites-Are-Displayed-in-IE-5.aspx

Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Intro

As a huge John Mayer fan, this song has been on my 'to learn' list for a few months now. Finally, I sat down with the intro on loop and this is the outcome:

Import text posts from Tumblr to Drupal 7

Recently, I decided to move my blog away from Tumblr and into Drupal. I wasn't willing to manually transfer every post between the two platforms so instead wrote this handy PHP script. I hope somebody finds it useful.

Thoughts on being a programmer

  • Don’t be an asshole.
  • Simple code is hard to write. 
  • Exquisitely simple code is exquisitely hard to write.
  • In fact, the easier it is to understand, the harder it probably was to write. 
  • There are many ways to do something. 
  • The first way you think of is highly unlikely to be the best way.

Dream Theater - Wither Solo

5 inspiring workspaces

Checking out the workspaces of others is something I love to do. There is something really inspiring about seeing where/how other people spend most of their day and you can usually pick up some great tips on general organisation.
I thought you might appreciate some of my favourites!

Hideaway Guitar Jam

Recorded a quick guitar jam this evening. “Hideaway” with a Stevie Ray/Clapton-esque feel to it. 

Dream Theater - Overture 1928

Corazon espinado

A 169.XXX.XXX.XXX address takes the 'work' out of network

It has been on my to do list for some time to set up a new file server for our house.

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