The future is Cairo

The future is Cairo

This week I am giving a PHP and MySQL course, hence being rather busy teaching my 8 young padawans the finer concepts of web development. We made some good progress today. It is always fascinating doing these courses as they give an essential, grounded insight into...
MythTV works!!

MythTV works!!

Today I spent a couple of hours before my band practice working on the MythTV box. Today I managed to tweak the grandiose piece of joy into a state where it actually records TV shows. Yes, now the MythTV box works as expected, and my tests with Eastenders and...
Markdown

Markdown

Today I confirmed Matthew Bloch and Jonathan Riddell for [LUGRadio Live 2006] (https://www.lugradio.org/live/2006/). In addition to their talks, they will also be exhibiting at the show. Also, my friend yours, Josette from O’Reilly will be there to sell books....
Customising MediaWiki

Customising MediaWiki

OK, I have had a few requests from some of you asking if I could knock up some instructions about how to customise MediaWiki to not look like a wiki, but instead resemble a normal site. Instead of giving you a step by step guide about how to do it, I will instead just...
Busy as usual

Busy as usual

Guess what? The LUGRadio Live 2006 site is now live!! I am quite pleased how it has all hung together, and now things are officially on the way. Remember folks, send us your ideas and how you can help! Incidentally, I am going to document what I did to skin MediaWiki...