Archive For October 27th, 2004

PHP, MySQL, and Smarty Programming

| October 27, 2004 | Leave your comment

Looks like a very basic introduction and tutorial on using PHP and related technologies. Worth reading for the newbies!

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iPod, uPod, we allPod

| October 27, 2004 | 7 comments

While Mark is rubbing his hands in glee playing with his new computer, Apple released the new iPod. At $600 the price’s a little steep and makes the iRiver H320′s $299 price tag look a lot more attractive. I can squirt photos on to both, and I doubt I’d be away from a PC long [...]

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Justifications for shooting RAW

| October 27, 2004 | Leave your comment

I don’t have any choice, my camera only shoots jpeg, but if you can, shooting raw is a good way to go to improve your photos! This article by Tommy covers some of the issues, although I find myself thinking things are “good enough” most of the time with jpeg.

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Templates and the "is" Functions

| October 27, 2004 | Leave your comment

Ryan’s explanation of the is_* functions in WordPress 1.3 is an excellent summary of some of the new functions in this version of WP. In WPMU, it should be possible(I haven’t tried yet!) to do the following from your Smarty template: {if is_search()}     <b>The Results of Your Search:</b> {/if} It’ll display the message “The Results [...]

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Photographing a Lunar Eclipse

| October 27, 2004 | 1 comment

It’s very difficult to photograph the moon, not least of which because it’s so far away! Your eyes deceive you when you look at it – sure, it might look as big as the street light but wih distance there’s a lot less light getting to you. This article on photographing the moon is very [...]

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