Articles posted in January 2008

3 Jan 2008

Changing the name of a MySQL database

MySQL doesn't currently support altering the name of a database using SQL so here's a workaround. Read more

11 Jan 2008

My life, my data

Data portability is one of the biggest issues facing the web in the next year or so. Applications need to concede that users own their information and should be able to share it and move it between applications easily. Read more

17 Jan 2008

Realistic highlights in Illustrator

A short tutorial on creating realistic highlights in Illustrator using clipping masks. The tutorial covers creating a path, adding a gradient and then creating a clipping mask. Read more

18 Jan 2008

Securing Plesk on a Media Temple (dv)3 server

By taking a few simple steps with SSH, FTP and the firewall you can make your Plesk server more secure than the default configuration. Read more

18 Jan 2008

Using the iPhone alarm

Coming from a Nokia I found it frustrating that you can't completely turn an iPhone off at night and be woken by the alarm. Thankfully there is a workaround. Read more

22 Jan 2008

IE8 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The news that IE8 is considering using meta tags to determine rendering modes is a bad idea from everyone's perspective and Microsoft should reconsider. Read more

30 Jan 2008

Using Flickr to help users with Intellectual Disabilities

I'm currently taking part in a study at the University of East London looking at making the web more accessible to users with Intellectual Disabilities. Along with Lisa Haskel I'm looking at ways to use image library APIs to help improve accessibility for ID users. Read more