Archive for July, 2005

Mambo Parameters

July 15th, 2005 by Sarah King

When you are writing a custom module or component for Mambo you can have parameters which are set in the Admin control panel and feed through to the application at run time. This allows the same code to have separate instances with distinct differences. Read the rest of this entry »

ICE

July 14th, 2005 by Sarah King

The East Anglian Ambulance Service in the UK must be thrilled at the promotion they’ve been getting for the “In Case of Emergency” campaign. But this is a great idea, and if ICE is to be the phrase then ICE it is.

Help out in a crisis – with ICE

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They’re not afraid!

July 13th, 2005 by Sarah King

and quite right too! Stand tall London!

Visit We’re not afraid for an amazing community posting their artwork. I’ll add 3 of the best later but don’t want to link through as their servers are flat out.

Farewell Barmy Army

July 11th, 2005 by Sarah King

The third test is over, Clive Woodward and his boys have left and now the Barmy Army will be shipping out and heading home.

From all accounts it’s been great having you, come back anytime. We get used to hearing about soccer hooligans but it’s good to see that modus operandi doesn’t get applied to all British travelling sports fans :) Read the rest of this entry »

DMOZ is Corrupt? I don’t think so

July 9th, 2005 by Sarah King

The major forums seem to have nasty little threads popping up left, right and centre about corruption at DMOZ. It’s hard to believe there’s anything other than the occasional individual having a go, but some are claiming orchestrated campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

Unix Timestamps

July 8th, 2005 by Sarah King

One of the first things a PHP coder will bang into is Unix Timestamps and making them usable and readable. I’m currently trying to work with some very simple shell scripts in Unix and now I actually WANT raw timestamps, but noooo, can’t get them. Outrageous. Read the rest of this entry »

London Explosions

July 8th, 2005 by Sarah King

Like many New Zealanders I was up late last night trying to contact family in London. Because it’s the busy summer season the city is teeming with tourists so a larger number of countries are pulled into the drama. Both my sisters are there right now. One lives there with her husband, the other is visiting with her family. My husband’s sister is there with her family. And they all have other friends who are there at the same time.

When I lived in London bomb scares and disruption were normal. You coped, you walked the miles to get from A-B etc. And when the IRA weren’t doing it the infrastructure would fail and you’d be no better off. Read the rest of this entry »

How the Kumara came to Aotearoa

July 7th, 2005 by Sarah King

Pt Chevalier School is lucky enough to have a wonderful teacher called Chris Moore. Every second year he puts on a “whole school production” and it’s a mammoth effort. Read the rest of this entry »