Author: sroot
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Who created $foo $bar?
During my recent programming course on PHP, we had to use variables to store data. The content or use of those variables wasn’t significant to the thing we had to learn, so as is common in coding circles we used variables $foo and $var. I wonder who first used the variables $foo $bar? In terms…
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You did do that backup…. didn't you?
It seems just a few weeks ago that I posted about making regular backups of your computer. That’s because it was just a few weeks ago! Which makes me wonder whether the server at my office read the post too, and decided to test me. As well as regular backups the server has two hard…
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PDF Creation, a cheap way for network users
I have to tell you all about a really cool PDF creation program I discovered called YAFPC. YAFPC stands for “Yet Another Free PDF Creator” and it can be free as the core parts are all available as open source software. However, the author has also created an ‘Appliance’ version. Which means you can run…