Monthly Archives: March 2006

Confusing changes in phpMyAdmin

Posted on 13 March 2006 by David Powers

I love phpMyAdmin as a quick, easy-to-learn front-end for MySQL, but it’s just broken a cardinal rule of updates by making two changes to the installation procedure in the space of three months. In principle, the changes are well-intentioned. Instead … Continue reading →

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Plaudits follow the brickbat

Posted on 13 March 2006 by David Powers

Shouldn’t have concerned myself too much with Seattle Biker’s comments. He complained about Foundation PHP 5 for Flash being unwieldy and badly edited. Then completely out of the blue, I got praise in the friends of ED forum from “kinetic”, … Continue reading →

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Bad review day

Posted on 8 March 2006 by David Powers

Nobody likes being criticized, but I suspect writers, along with the acting profession, are probably among the most sensitive. I visit Amazon.com regularly to see how well my books are selling and what readers are saying about them. Foundation PHP … Continue reading →