http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk The ramblings of a techie / geek Mon, 24 May 2010 14:08:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I needed to grab all variables from a script to do various things with, and spent a while tracking down the regular expression to grab valid variable names. The official page on Regular Expression for variable names states 'A valid variable name starts with a ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2010/05/regular-expression-for-variable-names/ When I look back down the career path of web developer I have taken, I wish I could go back in time and tell myself some of the best practises and tips I now use daily. These tips have helped save myself a lot of time and effort, but if ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2010/01/10-good-practices-for-web-developers/ Up until now, Milton Keynes has been living in the dark ages when it comes to broadband. Speeds anywhere close to the ADSL2+ standard of 24Mbps are few and far between, with only the smaller outer exchanges being able to provide anything close to modern day speeds. Most people are ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2009/12/milton-keynes-gets-fibre-high-speed-broadband-trial/ Search Engine Optimisation is a tricky business. Most non techie people see it shrouded in mystery with Google keeping their cards close to their chest, using their complex search algorithms and ever changing formula to get to that coveted #1 spot.However if you type "SEO" into Google, every man and ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2009/09/the-seo-rapper/ While browsing this months .net, near the back in their random funny links section I came across a poster / wall chart of many different types of geek. As its the new millenium, and most of the internet seem to be embracing their inner geek, its time to ask the ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2009/08/what-type-of-geek-are-you/ Finally got around to redoing this as more of a portfolio type site. New theme I am slowly creating myself, basic look is what I want but lots of tweaking to do! Got a few of my fav projects in the portfolio section, more to come. Errrm yeah... watch this space :) http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2009/07/updates/ Web Developer Toolbar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 Session Manager https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324 Forecastfox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/398 Firefox Showcase https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1810 Adblock Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 Flash Block https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Download Statusbar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26 Down Them All https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201 Scrapbook https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427 VideoDownloader https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2390 Flashgot https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220 Downthemall https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201 Mouse Gestures https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/39 http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2008/09/favourite-firefox-plugins/ After having owned my EEE 1000 (linux version) for a few weeks now, I have become obsessed with getting the perfect setup. The onboard OS Xandros is ok, but I got bored with it after 5 minutes and just didnt feel as nice as Ubuntu has on my other machines. The ... http://www.chrishorsnell.co.uk/2008/09/asus-eee-1000-perfect-install-with-ubuntu/