NotePad2 Florian Balmer has written an update to my favourite plain text editor NotePad, which I still use for coding my website projects. A few years ago, I found myself writing my first PHP projects using metapad. When I was looking around for text editors with syntax highlighting, I have come across the Scintilla source code editing component. I was very much impressed by this project, so ... Read full entry

Next in text Would you believe I use my email program rather than WordPerfect or Word, to draft my articles and blog posts? Why? Not only does Thunderbird spell check my work, it is simply far easier to use. Latter day WP programs are so overladen with features I'll never use in a million years, not to mention hog so much disk space, that they have ... Read full entry

I've been out and about at a few Christmas related shindigs of late (which partially explains the mini slow down in proceedings here...), and even though the crowds I've been mingling with haven't been especially geeky or hi-tech, if some of the topics of conversation aren't related directly to social networks and blogging, they are certainly influenced by them. One girl told me about an upcoming party she was planning for ... Read full entry

I first started using Wordpress on another blog, The InterChange Desk, earlier this year. I know there'll be a few chuckles, but up until last January I hadn't gone anywhere near Content Management Systems, or CMSs, in nearly ten years online. All up though, I have to say it's been a pretty enjoyable and educational period, but I guess, with every double edged sword, there have been some downsides. The biggest ... Read full entry