Month: September 2004

PHP 5 garbage collection

PHP 5 garbage collection

The object-oriented features of PHP 5 are a really positive step forward for the language. One of the biggest improvements, to my mind, is that you no longer have to choose to pass things around by reference with a liberal smattering of ‘&’ symbols: references are now the default way of passing objects. One problem …

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Sony Clie and Nokia 6600 infra red GPRS internet settings

Sony Clie and Nokia 6600 infra red GPRS internet settings

Instructions for connecting the Sony Clie UX50 to the internet via GPRS through a Nokia 6600’s infra red port. I’m on the Orange phone network so some of the settings may be specific to this. I also assume your phone already works with internet/GPRS by itself and has a connection called ‘orangeinternet’ set up (which …

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the5k.org web page competition

the5k.org web page competition

The 5k web page competition looks like it might finally be getting going again. News about it is here: Siggraph’s 5k competition. However, I’m somewhat confused as the closing date in the right hand side column is set at July 14th 2004, yet the application form has July 14th 2005. Does anyone have any ideas …

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Sony Clie and Nokia 6600 bluetooth gprs internet access

Sony Clie and Nokia 6600 bluetooth gprs internet access

I’ve been spending quite a lot of time trying to get internet access from my Sony Clie through a Nokia 6600 mobile phone’s bluetooth connection and have had some minor success but still not been able to get it to work completely. A major break through came with getting infra-red access (taking a step back …

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At last I’ve gotten round to writing something!

At last I’ve gotten round to writing something!

Having signed up for blogger back in september 2003 it’s now taken me just over a year to get round to writing a first proper post. A short intro: I’m a director of a web development company called Exponetic based in Bethnal Green, London. If you haven’t been to Bethnal Green: it’s a marvellous place. …

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