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Reading/writing image exif data with PHP

Choices of reading: built-in exif_read_data (PHP 4.2+) or exifReader class from http://www.sanisoft.com/phpexifrw/ For writing, there is no built-in function. You'll need to use a custom solution. You can also use ImageMagick for reading ... (more)

Child Trailers

Our experiences of bike trailers. By Julii This info may be useful to someone else, really it's just the notes I used when trying to decide for ourselves. We had 3 children, age 5 yrs, 3 yrs & 8 months, when I was writing these notes up. This ... (more)

Sending email in a secure, IPv6 world

This is a guide to updating your Linux server for SSL-enabled, IPv6-happy email transmission using sendmail! Here are the things you need to have already: An IPv6 address for your server. Your internet hosting provider will be able ... (more)

The Manor House

The Manor House A beautifully restored period building dating back to the end of the 19th century in a semi-rural setting on the edge of the village, which hosts a pub, a lovely church and post office. Double, twin or single rooms with ... (more)

Zenith Windows: The Hard Sell

I am writing this to let people know what it's like to be given the hard sell by a uPVC installer. One afternoon I was asked by a badged young man whether I'd like a quotation for replacing the tired-looking fascia boards on our house. The ... (more)

Movie Editing

I'm investigating different packages for editing various formats of digital movie file (MPG, AVI and MOV) so that I can crop movies taken on our digital camera and adjust the brightness level. A friend has recommended Adobe Premier Pro as ... (more)

mod_pagespeed breaks things

Google is respected in the web development community for writing simple, usable code and then making it available for re-use by everyone. mod_pagespeed is just an example of this; it's a plugin module for the Apache web server, and is supposed ... (more)

Who are you buying your domestic heating oil from?

Ah, well, it's easy to answer, right? Boilerjuice, Butler, Bayford, Watson, or Scottish Fuels. Simple, eh? Or is it? Thanks to John Kelleher[1] who alerted us to the fact that many of the oil companies (that includes both domestic heating ... (more)

Get your Content Labelled!

It's time to start labelling your content. If you're one of those web publishers who spends a lot of time writing (or sourcing) decent content and making sure that it looks good for the visitor, then you should also care about how it looks ... (more)

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