Google Chrome is here!

The new browser from google is here...if you have a Windows PC running XP SP2 or higher.
A Mac and Linux version on the way soon. Boo you Google :(

If you have a smelly Windows PC, you can download it here

DIE, DIE...

...IE6! For you have long been the bain of my life.

I wish that I could turn my back on IE6, as most web dev's do. I'm pleased there's lots of chatter at the minute about stopping support for it.

I like this a lot The Ultimate way to stop supporting IE6 and clearly web professionals are pretty much in agreement.

But sadly for me, and a lot of transactional sites, we simply cannot afford to be turning away customers, and yes, I do appreciate some people have computers so old that they can't upgrade. It's easy to say they SHOULD, but people have different priorities and means in life.

I checked our logs today and a massive 46% of our traffic is IE6 - although people do suggest that a lot of bots use the IE6 agent, so I need to have a look at that, because 46% is depressingly high.

I long for the day I can stop hacking my lovely designs about. I'm off to dance around a burning big blue e.

Start and stop mysql on OSX

If you want to start MySql in Leopard, you need to call the startup item directly from the command line:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start

And to stop it:

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop

Extract a specific file from tar archive

If gzipped, first run gunzip {filename}.tar.gz Then...

tar --extract --file={filename}.tar {file(s) to extract}

HOW TO: list files within a gzipped tar

tar -tzf file.tar.gz

-t: lists files
-f: instructs tar to deal with the following filename (file.tar.gz)
-z: informs tar that the it's dealing with a gzip file (-j if it's bzip2)

PHP Front Controller Tutorial

The best introduction to using a front controller in PHP I've seen...

http://w3style.co.uk/a-lightweight-and-flexible-front-controller-for-php-5

Getting started with Subversion on Mac OSX

Quick start guide for subversion...
http://www.rubyrobot.org/tutorial/subversion-with-mac-os-x

Regular expression cheat sheet

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com

Glastonbury Festival 2008 - Line Up

Pyramid Stage

Friday
Kings Of Leon
The Fratellis
Editors
The Gossip
The Feeling
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
The Subways
Kate Nash

Saturday
Jay Z
Amy Winehouse
Manu Chao
The Raccounters
James Blunt
Crowded House
Seasick Steve
The Hold Steady
Shakin’ Stevens

Sunday
The Verve
Leonard Cohen
Neil Diamond
John Meyer
Gilbert O’Sullivan

The Other Stage

Friday
Panic At The Disco
The Enemy
We Are Scientists
Foals
Ben Folds
Vampire Weekend
Joe Lean & Jing Jang Jong
Hilltop Hoods

Saturday
Massive Attack
Hot Chip
Elbow
Duffy
The Wombats
Neon Neon
Black Kids
The Golden Silvers

Sunday
Groove Armada
The Zutons
The Pigeon Detectives
Mark Ronson
Scouting For Girls
Jack Penate
Newton Faulkner
Black Mountain

John Peel Tent

Friday
Jamie T
The Cribs
Reverend & The Makers
MGMT
The Ting Tings
The Young Knives
Lightspeed Champion
Glasvegas
Patrick Watson

Saturday
Biffly Clyro
The Futureheads
Band Of Horses
The Black Lips
Vampire Weekend
The Courteeners
British Sea Power
Holy F*ck (edited for pesky firewalls)
The Teenagers

Sunday
The National
Spiritualized
Crystal Castles
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Stars
Rocket Summer
Friendly Fires
The Whip
Dogtanion

Dance East/West

Friday
Fatboy Slim
Roisin Murphy
X-Press 2
Hercules & Love Affair
Cicada
Way Out West
Cagedbaby
Stanton Warriors
Utah Saints

Saturday
UNKLE
Eddie Temple Morris
Roni Size
Simian Mobile Disco
Pendulum (DJ)
Kid Sister
A Trak
Metronomy
XX Teens

Sunday
Kosheen
Annie Mac
Sam Sparro
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Black Ghosts
South Central
Sonny J
Derek May
System 7

The Park

Friday
Pete Doherty
Dizzee Rascal
John Cale
Edwyn Collins
The Duke Spirit
Operator Please
Sons & Daughters
Santogold
Beggars

Saturday
CSS
Battles
MGMT
Kool Keith
Guilty Pleasures (DJ)
Alphabeat
St Vincent
Eugene MacGuniness

Sunday
My Morning Jacket
Tunng
Vetiver
Laura Marling
Mystery Jets
Kathryn Williams
Cave Singers
Alberta Cross

Duran Duran "f*cking up in style"...

...I find that hard to believe. F*cking up in dated suits and crap hair is more likely.



Duran Duran's last studio album, "Red Carpet Massacre" sold almost 300 copies* in the UK and US when released last year.

Duran Duran's World tour got off to a shaky start in Auckland this week as front man Simon Le Bon forgot the words to "Hungry Like the Wolf" causing bassist John Taylor to storm off stage.

"I could not dance to that" fumed Taylor upon appearing back on stage, "These people have come here to dance!".

"Duran Duran f*cking up in style", Le Bon anncounced to the crowd...who hadn't even noticed.


full story here

*factually inaccurate