Category Archives: tools

Maintainable CSS

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 26, 2010
I’m currently using Blueprint CSS to handle any design work I have to do. However, I’m starting to notice some problems with it. The main problem is going to be maintainability in the long run. In Blueprint CSS you take advantage of the grid by adding classes to HTML elements. If you have a class on [...]
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Setting up Virtual Hosts with MAMP

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 25, 2010
I’ve just spent the last 45 minutes attempting to setup a virtual host in MAMP. I finally got it done with help from this article.
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UML modelling tools

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 19, 2010
As I’ve stated, I’m currently working on a database model for a car dealer. Part of the modelling process involves putting together use cases and building UML diagrams and for that, I’m going to use ArgoUML.
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Designing database models

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 17, 2010
Last night I was looking for a tool to help me piece together a database model. I’ve tried MySQL Workbench before but it’s a little too heavy and complicated. All I need is to be able to visualise what my data model looks like and how tables relate to each other. I found a nice simple [...]
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HostGator web hosting

By aaronfalloon | Published: July 23, 2009
I have been using HostGator for around a year now and have to say that they provide a tremendous hosting service and at a great price. I have just setup Wordpress Mu on this domain and HostGator’s support has been fantastic in helping me get all sorted out. Any settings that I needed changed but couldn’t [...]
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The iPhone apps I use

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 9, 2009
[ad#content2]I got an iPhone for Christmas, and even though I don’t want to sound like a fan boy, I just have to say it – it’s as amazing as I thought it was going to be, and then sum. I’ve already got plenty of apps on it, most of which are proving to be very [...]
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Touch typing

By aaronfalloon | Published: January 5, 2009
[ad#content2]I’ve been meaning to learn how to type properly for a long time, but only really started to learn over the last few months. What really encouraged me to start learning this basic, but very important skill was a blog post by Jeff Atwood. Essentially, he puts forward the argument that not knowing how to [...]
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Trying to re-install Vista

By aaronfalloon | Published: December 29, 2008
Formatting my computer’s hard drive is starting to become a yearly ritual of mine. It keeps my system running smoothly, and gets rid of all of the rubbish. Reformatting yearly seems to be what many people do, but the process varies. Here’s what I do. First of all I make sure that I’ve deactivated any software [...]
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Making research easier

By aaronfalloon | Published: October 7, 2008
I’d just like to let you all know about a new tool to help make researching things online a lot easier. It’s called SimplyBox, and it was just released today, and I’m already using it. It means that you no longer have to bookmark everything, you can now take snapshots. It’s a brilliant concept, I just hope [...]
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Programming fonts

By aaronfalloon | Published: June 17, 2008
Finding a good programming font is important. You need to find one that you like (if such a font exists), because it might just make you that little bit more productive. A good programming font needs to be a monospaced font, which is easy read. The font will also make it easy to distinguish between similar [...]
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