https://www.cferthorney.com/ Recent content in Welcome to Cferthorney.com on Cferthorney.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:07:31 +0100 https://www.cferthorney.com/about/public-speaking/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:15:46 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/about/public-speaking/ As of 1st September 2019, I’ve spoken at a number of user groups over the years, including: DrupalCambs (Cambridge UK Drupal User Group) PHP Cambridge Docker Cambridge Dublin Drupal User Group DrupalCamp London 2018 Wordpress Cambridge Drupal Europe I also have forthcoming speaking events at the following user groups: DrupalCon Amsterdam (October 2019) Wordpress Cambridge (Date TBC, Probably early 2020) In the table below I have published links to the relevant talks have been published where possible, along with links to the event page itself, and my slides (Again where possible). https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2018/03/orkambi-debate-westminster-hall/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:20:30 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2018/03/orkambi-debate-westminster-hall/ Introduction On 19th March 2018, a debate was held in Westminster Hall to debate Orkambi’s®1 availability on the NHS. Watch the debate here (Parliamentlive.tv, available until approximately 26th March 2018). [A transcript is also available] (https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-19/debates/41D2017B-E026-49FC-B94E-BCDB566AF1D6/OrkambiAndCysticFibrosis) (Hansard.parliament.uk. I believe this link will work permanently). The debate was attended by approximately 60 MPs, but attendance at Westminster Hall debates are normally attended by under 15 MPs. The debate was in response to ePetition 209455 (parliament. https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2017/07/orkambi-and-me/ Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:18:40 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2017/07/orkambi-and-me/ It’s happened, I’m on ORKAMBI®. Those readers who are: Eating Of a sensitive nature to medical words about body fluids may wish to consider either avoiding this article or returning later. It is with mixed feelings I write this post. Today I started ORKAMBI®[orkambi.com], the drug that is targeted at Cfers (A person with CF) with my genotype ΔF508 (Also known as F508Δ.) It is the most common of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) genotypes in the UK, and possibly worldwide. https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2017/07/cferthorney-com-relaunch/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:07:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/post/2017/07/cferthorney-com-relaunch/ Relaunching Cferthorney.com I have finally gotten around to relaunching my personal website, here on https://www.cferthorney.com. I have also migrated my previous personal blog posts from my old personal website, now business site https://www.davidthorne.net. The old articles can be found at https://www.cferthorney.com/archive, and new blog posts such as this one are https://www.cferthorney.com/posts. I am not going to promise to blog often. I keep saying I will, and it never happens. Blog articles are likely to focus on more personal aspects and non-business related tech posts. https://www.cferthorney.com/about/security-keys/ Sun, 14 May 2017 15:50:42 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/about/security-keys/ Below are my public SSH key and GPG key SSH: Click here to download the key GPG: Click here to download the key or via pgp.mit.edu (ID D8D5D9D8) Updated to use new 2017 key (Please remove from any servers you have one) https://www.cferthorney.com/about/me/ Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:48:41 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/about/me/ About David Thorne This is the personal website of David Thorne. Developer, business owner, human. I also happen to have Cystic Fibrosis. This is my personal site, with my business site being available at David Thorne.net [davidthorne.net]). My personal site is where I maintain my blog archives from David Thorne .net (Back when it was my personal site) as well as new personal blog items, now mostly on things other than PHP and related technologies (Which will be on David Thorne . https://www.cferthorney.com/about/cystic-fibrosis/ Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:48:41 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/about/cystic-fibrosis/ About CF There are a lot of pages on the web about what Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is. One of the main UK ones is the Cystic Fibrosis Trust[cftrust.org.uk] https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/12/developer-burnout-real-we-need-talk-about-it/ Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:04:31 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/12/developer-burnout-real-we-need-talk-about-it/ Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional, nor have I ever claimed to be. This post is about my experiences with burnout, and steps I have taken that have worked for me. Your mileage may vary and if you are considering getting outside help, make sure it is with an accredited mental health professional in your local area. Important note: This article was written over the most of 2016, through many drafts. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/11/site-update-update/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:25:31 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/11/site-update-update/ No excuse, no excuses. This is more of an explanation and apology than an excuse (Although I am sure there are some who see them as something highly similar!) The update of davidthorne.net has been delayed. I’ve finally commissioned a designer, and we’re going to be working on the new design by January (The delay is mine, I was in hospital over late October and half of November). The content reorganisation is mapped out (As soon as I work out a good way to share it I will, I intend to open source as much of the process I use as possible), the code I want to write for displaying my CV [github. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/09/now-officially-drupal-8-certified/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:11:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/09/now-officially-drupal-8-certified/ Today (27 Sept 2016) I took and passed the Acquia Drupal 8 certification. At DrupalCon, there is usually the option for a single retake exams in the event of failure. Thankfully I didn’t need that, but it was a nice safety blanket to have. Surprisingly I did best in terms of result by section in front end (Which is usually my weakest subject) Which was a really pleasant surprise! https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/06/100-days-code/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:27:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/06/100-days-code/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. I came across a post on medium entitled “Join the #100DaysOfCode” [medium.com]. I love the idea, although given my health and the fact I have a life, I’ve decided to adapt it to my circumstances. I have committed to coding 100 hours of code over the next 100 days. I will publish any and all code I produce on a relevant repo on my github [github. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/01/davidthorne-net-now-on-drupal-8/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 14:01:31 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2016/01/davidthorne-net-now-on-drupal-8/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. On 17/01/2016 this website [davidthorne.net] relaunched on Drupal 8. Although the default theme has stayed the same, we are also working hard to update this. Other blog entries coming soon including the almost obligatory “life update” detailing my change of job, hopes for 2016 etc. One small downside to D8 at present is I haven’t figured out what I am missing to get disqus working, so it’s currently disabled (Not that anyone ever comments anyway! https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/09/podcasts-and-idea-codecation/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:34:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/09/podcasts-and-idea-codecation/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. An insight into how I “learn”. I have a 25 mile commute to work. Due to the vagaries of the traffic, it takes between an hour and an hour and a quarter. That’s as much as 2 1/2 hours a day in the car. I fill that time by choosing to listen to a combination of the radio and podcasts. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/08/davidthornenet-drupal-8-upgrade/ Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:30:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/08/davidthornenet-drupal-8-upgrade/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Well the time has come for me to trial Drupal 8. I’m wanting to upgrade “early” as due to work pressures I probably won’t have massive amoutns of time to do so in the near future otherwise. My initial aim is to do a direct upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 “As is” (Including sticking with Bartik as my default theme). https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/08/updates-and-certifications/ Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:34:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2015/08/updates-and-certifications/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. So much time has passed (Well over a year in fact!), so I thought I would update the world with yet another promise to “blog more” (Which I’ll probably fail at) and also with what I have been doing. First and foremost (From a working perspective), I’ve started working at Ware Anthony Rust [war.uk.com] as a Drupal Developer way back in May 2014. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2014/04/acquia-certification/ Sat, 26 Apr 2014 13:38:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2014/04/acquia-certification/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. So in March 2014 Acquia (The company run by Dries Buytaert [buytaert.net], the project founder of Drupal) launched it’s certification program [acquia.com]. Whilst I am not necessarily an advocate of having a certification for every PHP framework or CMS that exists, but I do feel that Drupal did need something. A little History As is the case with a lot of PHP frameworks or open source projects, you find a large variety of abilities irrespective of experience level as a PHP developer. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2014/04/pet-projects/ Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:07:31 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2014/04/pet-projects/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. So I have several pet projects. Let’s be honest most developers do. How I define a pet project is maybe slightly different to how most would though. To me a pet project is one that isn’t important (As the majority of the time a pet project never is) but to me they are ones that are useful for a particular reason. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/10/general-update-its-been-while/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:08:20 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/10/general-update-its-been-while/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. So it’s been a while since I wrote anything on this blog. My bad. I’ve been busy living. My last (published) article (I have several drafts I’m debating finishing or just scrapping) was Theming miniseries :: Omega a review [cferthorney.com] and the mini series was out to review the most recent versions of 4 popular base themes for Drupal [drupal. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-omega-review/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:31:08 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-omega-review/ This article refers to theming in Drupal 7, which is very different to Drupal 8. Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. OK so with all the best intentions comes the habits of mortal man. I failed miserably in publishing this article on Wednesday as I had suggested I’d do. However it is here now, and better than it would have been if I had rushed to meet a Wednesday “publishing deadline”. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-process/ Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:14:54 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-process/ This article refers to theming in Drupal 7, which is very different to Drupal 8. Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. This is post 3 in a mini-series on Base themes. Post 1 - Base Themes Post 2 - Theming MiniSeries - Project creep… OK a number of things before I start. Most importantly, and sadly my talk didn’t get picked for DrupalCamp London. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-project-creep/ Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:15:54 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/theming-miniseries-project-creep/ This article refers to theming in Drupal 7, which is very different to Drupal 8. Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. This is post 2 in a mini-series on Base themes. Post 1 - Base Themes OK I was supposed to be spending this week writing a review on Omega for my miniblog series. It didn’t happen. I got distracted (A BIG issue with me) However I decided it’s probably a good thing as I am going to do this thing properly as I submitted a talk [drupalcamplondon. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/base-themes/ Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:06:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/02/base-themes/ This article refers to theming in Drupal 7, which is very different to Drupal 8. Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Introduction This is the first mini series I have done on davithorne.net. I decided to make a more in depth review of the 4 themes I gave a basic overview of during my November 2012 talk at DrupalCambs. All my presentations from DrupalCambs can be found at my “presentations” github repository. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/contributing-drupal-useful-guide/ Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:58:16 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/contributing-drupal-useful-guide/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Having been to a couple of the London Drupal Code Sprints [eventbrite.com] now, I have managed to contribute a number of patches for documentation on Drupal Core (None have been accepted at this time, but I am working on them still to get them in) but there seems to be a lot of momentum at the moment behind getting more involved in the community. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/nexus-10-my-experience/ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:24:02 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/nexus-10-my-experience/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Introduction So, I went and recently bought the 16GB Nexus 10 from the Google Play store. I was originally looking to wait for the 32GB but decided as they had the 16GB in stock at the time, and that 16GB had always suited me on my iPad that it would do here too. It’s not as if I stored all my music on my tablet - that is what my iPod or phone are for. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/new-year-new-beginnings/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:00:50 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2013/01/new-year-new-beginnings/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. OK I say this every year, but I really must do this blogging thing more often (And actually really start blogging on my company site [contemporaryfusion.co.uk] too). So 2012 was a difficult year for me both health and business wise (Something I am working on), and there is SO much more I wish to do over 2013! https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/10/david-thorne-site-relaunched-drupal-7/ Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:42:59 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/10/david-thorne-site-relaunched-drupal-7/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Well it has finally happened, I have upgraded my site to Drupal 7. I am finally shot of Drupal 6 (on this site at least - my company [contemporaryfusion.co.uk] one is a work in progress) My Omega based theme discussed in my earlier blog [davidthorne.net] is well underway, but I got fed up of importing in blog articles via the feeds module I have published the site temporarily with the Bartik default theme, so I can concentrate in my “free time” on building the Contemporary Fusion website. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/09/trialing-bitbucket/ Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:06:40 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/09/trialing-bitbucket/ This page is heavily out of date due to both Github and Bitbucket changing their pricing structure. It still offers free private and public repositories as of June 2017. I now use Gitlab for private repo’s. So I have decided to trial Bitbucket [bitbucket.org] for my private source code repositories as it provides upto 5 users with unlimited public and private repos. For now at least I will be leaving my public repo’s on github [github. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-3/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:50:00 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-3/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. All links are to drupal.org unless otherwise stated Well this always happens, I overslept and woke up at midday! So as I write this I have little to report. I will be watching the keynote by Fabien Potencier (The gentleman behind the Symfony [Symfony.com], as well as Angie Byron’s talk on Drupal 8: What you need to know, My [meetup. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-2/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:09:00 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-2/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. All URL’s are to drupal.org unless otherwise stated Day 2 of DrupalCon Munich, and once again I was up for the keynote (I am doing 1 keynote better than last year! At D.C. London I only made Dries' keynote). This time it was by Anke Domscheit-Berg, entitled “Digital Democracy - How Technology helps Governments and Citizens to Open Up Politics and Public Administration” It was a very interesting keynote on the importance of open data, and allowing people access to non-sensitive data. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-1/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:38:00 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-1/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. First day of DrupalCon proper. It’s lunchtime and I am writing my blog. So far the sessions have been good. Dries' keynote [drupal.org] was different, it was an interview done by Josh Koenig (JoshK [drupal.org]) on D.O [drupal.org]. The questions were mostly regarding Drupal 8, Acquia, and (Most importantly!) how Dries keeps his hair spiky! After the Keynote, I went a long to the Caching with no fear [drupal. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-0/ Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:38:28 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/drupalcon-munich-day-0/ (adopts pants Geordie accent) Day 0* In the DrupalCon Munich Hotel And David is determined to write a blog everyday! DrupalCon is finally here! Not that I have been waiting for a long time or anything! As I write this I have just popped up to my room to grab my AC adapter, and my conference pass so people know I am a Drupaler. Not that they wouldn’t guess given I am wearing my XKCD “compiling” tshirt [xkcd. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/new-summer-project/ Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:38:28 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/08/new-summer-project/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. OK so I have proven decidedly rubbish as blogging in this 12412 [12412.org] lark but having said that on the front page of 12412 they have got May’s project written up in June and nothing for July, so I don’t feel too too bad (But still very guilty) I have managed to calm down a bit by looking at what I have at least tried to learn this year: https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/03/drupalcon-munich-here-i-come/ Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:11:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/03/drupalcon-munich-here-i-come/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. I have just booked my ticket to DrupalCon Munich this August - I can’t wait! Looking forward to seeing people I met last year in London, meeting new people and drinking plenty of German beer! (Drupal + Beer = awesomeness! Seriously hoping Drupal + German Beer > Awesomeness!) Now all I need to do is find a hotel… Thoughts on hotels near The Westin Grand in Munich I’d appreciate it! https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/januarys-12412-part-1-design-part-2/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:40:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/januarys-12412-part-1-design-part-2/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. View Part 1 here Shown below are the completed 960 design, as well as the 720 pixel layout. This should result in no scroll on an ipad in portrait mode, where you have 768px. The 960 version has been tidied up and completed. I also changed the social icons to icon dock’s social media icons [icondock.com] due to them having both Drupal and Github icons, whilst my original (And slightly preferred choice) did not. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/januarys-12412-part-1-design/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:09:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/januarys-12412-part-1-design/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. OK so as many of my loyal blog readers know (Actually do I have any loyal readers? Any readers at all would be a bonus. Mmm I digress..) I am in the process of updating this site to drupal 7. I also feel it is time I updated the design of the site, as it is about 2 years old, and was well a fudged design using [Artisteer [Artisteer. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/12412-twelve-things-2012/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:41:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/12412-twelve-things-2012/ This is an old article with links stripped out due to their new site being not safe for work OK so there is an online movement called 12412 [12412.org], encouraging people to learn 12 new technologies over the course of 2012. This really appeals to my inner geek, as I love learning new technologies, but I usually go about it in a half baked way, and loose track quickly. So I am determined to do something along the lines of 12412 and spend some time each month learning new technologies. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/new-year-not-so-new-me/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:39:40 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2012/01/new-year-not-so-new-me/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. OK OK, so I have once again forgone the idea of making resolutions I know I won’t keep. So does a new year mean I have to change? And does it mean I have to make resolutions? No but change still needs to come and here is why… Obviously I will get older (thankfully not the big 30 this year but will do in 2013), supposedly wiser, and probably not get richer (Especially as I am having to slow down the amount of work I do due to health issues with my CF) but all these things are a change. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/12/additional-blog-focus/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:32:40 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/12/additional-blog-focus/ Having been seriously ill over the past few weeks, I take a few minutes to reflect and look to add an additional focus to my blog… As many of my loyal readers know, I have a health condition called Cystic Fibrosis [wikipedia.org]. It’s genetic and up until recently, I haven’t been too badly affected. Sadly my health isn’t as good as it has been, culminating in me spending 3 weeks in hospital (Where I am as I write this) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/11/ios-and-android-decisions-decisions/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:17:28 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/11/ios-and-android-decisions-decisions/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Firstly yes this is a blog entry by me, I know you are all shocked and I apologise for being away so long. I am busy with my job [contemporaryfusion.co.uk] and also preparing a new version of this site. Hopefully including upgrades to Drupal 7, and a new design - (With the aim of having a fully responsive design to iPhone resolutions, as well as several popular android phones) I am hoping to launch that sometime between now (Early Nov ‘11) and New Year (Jan ‘12) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/03/drupal-7-or-not-drupal-7-question/ Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:06:40 +0000 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2011/03/drupal-7-or-not-drupal-7-question/ This page is heavily out of date, as Drupal 8 is now available. Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. I’ve not blogged for what seems like an age! I wish I had an excuse above and beyond “I’ve been working and moving house” but I don’t, so I won’t give an excuse. Oh hang on I just have. Bother! Anyway I figured I would try and update my blog more regularly in the future (I know I always say that but what the heck I’ll give it a go) I decided to write my next blog article on something that I am being asked a lot by my customers at Contemporary Fusion Computer Services [Link removed, site and company no longer actuve. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/09/php-quick-tip/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:08:42 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/09/php-quick-tip/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. If like me you need to have RPM/.deb based PHP instead of a self compiled option (For example you are using something such as Plesk which wants RPM/.deb based PHP) and you don’t want to play the rpm -Uvh --justdb (or dpkg equivalent) game I discovered today that you can compile just various modules of PHP using a combination of the phpize (found in the php-devel RPM or php5-dev deb package) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/05/rhel-6-beta-review/ Sun, 23 May 2010 19:35:15 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/05/rhel-6-beta-review/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Once again I am late to the party here (Well kinda) This is a beta release review and as such everything is subject to change prior to the final release. Please note: screenshots to be added at a later date, due to upload problems on my wireless connection. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is (as the name suggests) an enterprise class distribution, with support for 7 years from release. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/04/vodafone-sure-signal-setup/ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:44:57 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/04/vodafone-sure-signal-setup/ Some links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Well today I bought a Vodafone Sure Signal, and in trying to set it up I came across a number of problems that were not too easy to find on the Vodafone website. Below is how I managed to set up my Suresignal. Firstly, the instruction paper you receive with your Sure Signal (SS) does not state the device will need to download a potentially large amount of updates. https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/04/initial-blog-entry-davidthornenet/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:21:00 +0100 david@cferthorney.com (David Thorne) https://www.cferthorney.com/archive/2010/04/initial-blog-entry-davidthornenet/ Links have been stripped from this article due to age and inaccessibility. Hello, OK I have decided to close down blog.cferthorney.com and transfer it to here. Over time I have been slowly migrating stuff to davidthorne.net and have now decided to make a concerted effort to migrate my content over, prior to my domain renewel in August! :) I am not ditching cferthorney in it’s entirety, I’ll still be tweeting there (When I remember) but my blog will be based here from now on.