Packaging Drush and Dependencies for DebianBy | Feb 04, 2010Lately I have been trying to avoid non packaged software being installed on production servers. The main reason for this …
Upcoming Book ReviewsBy | Jan 29, 2010Packt Publishing seem to have liked my review of Drupal 6 Javascript and jQuery, so much so they have asked me to review …
Ads Don't Belong on Your Business SiteBy | Dec 09, 2009Back in the late 90s there was a range of free website hosting options - GeoCities, Angelfire and Tripod are the big 3 I …
DRBD on Ubuntu KarmicBy | Dec 08, 2009Ubuntu 9.10 (aka karmic koala) has a frustrating packaging bug. Even though the stock server kernel includes the DRBD …
Updating all of your Drupal Sites at Once - aka Lazy Person's AegirBy | Dec 08, 2009Aegir is an excellent way to manage multi site drupal instances, but sometimes it can be a bit too heavy. For example if …
<?php print t('hello world'); ?>By | Dec 03, 2009My blog is now syndicated on Planet Drupal. I am very excited about this - thanks Simon. For the last 8 years or so I …
Book Review: Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQueryBy | Nov 30, 2009I have just finished reading Matt Butcher’s latest book, Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery, published by Packt …
Are Sploggers Getting Smarter?By | Nov 23, 2009Some time ago I switched from using Akismet to Mollom. When I made the switch I was preparing to (finally) migrate to …
Building Debian (and Ubuntu) Meta PackagesBy | Oct 27, 2009Over the last few weeks I have been building a bunch of Debian packages (aka debs) for a new Ubuntu server roll out. …