WordPress 4.2.3 released
WordPress 4.2.3 was released today. It includes a number of security fixes, including a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, and therefore all users are advised to update as soon as possible.…
TDD with PHP book started
At my previous employer I implemented a subset of the Mozilla Open Badges specification in PHP (the reference implementation in Node.js was a pain to deploy on our servers, for…
Formatting USB drives in Xubuntu
This morning I needed to format a USB drive in Xubuntu, but I couldn't find the disk utility software. It turns out that it is not installed by default in…
Playing with Jekyll
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been looking at my WordPress sites and trying to work out which ones I can convert into static sites. Handling 10+ upgrades each…
Redirecting and displaying standard output and error
Most Linux sysadmins will know this little trick for redirecting standard output and standard error (i.e. 'all' output from a command) to a file: make &> /tmp/build.log However, sometimes you'll…
All about Mojolicious
Mojolicious is a web development framework for Perl, similar to Catalyst but with fewer dependencies and a gentler learning curve. Josette's blog has a two part interview with Sebastian Riedel, one of…
Find Git commits by email address
Often in Git you'll want to find a list of commits from a given author or organisation. Fortunately this is a simple enough task with two arguments to git log: git…
Hello World in Node.js
Recently I've been playing around with Node.js at work as the Mozilla Open Badges reference implementation uses it. After a while we realised it would be easier to deploy a…
Full time freelancing from July
I recently handed in my notice at my current employer and I'll be going freelancing full time from 1st July. If you'd like to hire an experienced professional with a…
PHP developer at Lets for Life
Lets for Life are looking for a PHP developer to work on their internal back office systems. They're set up to let properties to people with disabilities and are part of…