update: 05 May – These have been taken off the server so the link won’t work…. it’s too bad because I think people need to see the type of shots that were there. These are pics from Iraq – some are pretty graphic . It makes you sick really.

I’ve been shifting some PHP stuff from my laptop to a server the last couple of days and the time came to move the MySQL database to the server too. I haven’t actually done it yet, and it will be interesting to see if it works or not. I found information in an unlikely place…

For some reason I found myself reading the US national anthem (and singing it!). The lyrics are quite powerful, and revolve largely around the flag. The anthem is also something of a charter, something that people look to for direction on their national character (land of the free, home of the brave, etc). The NZ…

Touching the Void A documentary set amidst a mountaineering expedition that goes tits-up. I was intrigued by the ethical situation that confronted the climbers, and the strength of their survival instinct. Almost Famous Boring. Interesting story, on the whole well acted and filmed. I’m surprised that it won an oscar for best original screenplay. Like…

I didn’t know about naming rules/illegal characters for div/spans – they can’t start with a number – it has to be letter. Apart from that they can include letters, numbers, -, _, : and fullstops. Also, and this is pretty cool, the id attribute acts as an anchor – so there’s no need to specify…

What’s eating Google? Kottke has this to say: Google isn’t worried about Yahoo! or Microsoft’s search efforts…although the media’s focus on that is probably to their advantage. Their real target is Windows. Who needs Windows when anyone can have free unlimited access to the world’s fastest computer running the smartest operating system? Is this the…

Frankly, I’m disappointed.