Dave's Blog
Please note that I don't delete old blog entries very often, so some of the older posts will be out of date, or no longer relevant.
Eclipse
Monday, February 23 2009
For all you Eclipse freaks (like myself), there is a new-ish version of Eclipse out, Ganymede. I use the PDT versions. I've been using it for over a month now, and…
Publish node in-between two dates
Friday, February 6 2009
I needed a piece of functionality in a rather large Drupal site I am working on at the moment - to publish nodes only between two dates (or after the…
5 minute module
Saturday, December 13 2008
I wanted to create a quick module to track my links. I can give them a code (for example http://domain.com/linkybits/876563), where 876563 would lookup a link in the database, and…
Great FTP
Monday, November 10 2008
One of the best FTP clients I have used. I tried it about 3 years ago and thought it was pretty good, now I think it's right up there with…
Webcam
Sunday, November 9 2008
My main cam has been updated. It still points in the same place (for now), but now it is streaming via HTTP, rather than the old 'wait a few seconds…
Grep
Saturday, October 4 2008
I will now share with you one of the best tools I have ever used for searching in Windows. I have been using this fantastic program for years. If you know…
MSSQL to MySQL
Monday, September 22 2008
I've been having a lot of fun lately playing with MSSQL. Currently I am building a Drupal site which will contain over 10 years of records, (close to 10,000), and…
Canon 50D and EF-S 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS
Tuesday, August 26 2008
Canon have now released the EOS 50D, which is an upgrade of the EOS 40D. They have also released the EF-S 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS lens, which sounds to me like a…