Just a word of warning when using PHP and Mysql – if you’re trying to make efficient code and not utilizing all sort of frameworks and abstractions, you might be in for a small surprise in a default setting. Usually is slightly lazy and often use the mysql_fetch_assoc function. It provides each row as an [...]
Archive for 2010
Defaults may be wrong…
Dec 30
Function names as signaling
May 16
In most web applications there’s a host of functions (or methods if speaking in the object-oriented world). It’s widely recognized, that it’s probably a good idea to name them something, which may suggest the purpose or functionality of what the function is doing, but often developers seem to fail at making a stringent naming convention. [...]
Copenhagen Zoo
May 15
For anyone interested in animals or photography, a Zoo is a wonderful place and somehow we stumbled across the Copenhagen Zoo yesterday. While it would have been somewhat more fun with a Zoom lens on the Nikon D300, I still got a few nice shots. Here are a small selection. Currently there is a lot [...]
Brede Værk
May 15
I hvad der engang var Danmarks største tekstil fabrik tilbage i 1800 tallet, findes i dag Brede Værk – en del af national museet. Her fortælles om livet i en tøjfabrik, industri samfundets udvikling og om velfærdssamfundet. Specielt deres interaktive udstilling, hvor man kan prøve samlebåndsarbejde. Der er gratis adgang. – In what was once [...]
I’m sorry but sometimes I really don’t get why even seasoned developers doesn’t learn the art of the commit message in version control system. All too often I’ve come across check-ins where the entire commit message just reads “bugfix”, “change”, “oops” or something just as mindless. The effort of writing a useful message compared to [...]
I’ve been developing web applications for some years now, and while I make no claims to being the world greatest developer, I do figure, that I do have some solid experience which may help others – or at least encourage thoughts and discussion. This is the first in a series of posts, and while it [...]
Florence, Italy
Apr 26
As part of our trip to Pisa, we to a day trip to Florence. Florence was once the capital of Italy (before Rome), and is a beautiful historic town with plenty of interesting things to see. The train ride from from Pisa was slightly more than an hour, and most of the time was spend [...]
Pisa, Italy
Apr 24
Budget airlines is a wonderful way to have short holidays or extended weekends somewhere interesting. The carrier Norwegian has flights from Copenhagen to Pisa and we went to explore Pisa a few days saying at the Grand Hotel Bonanno. Getting around Getting to town… If you fly into Pisa Airport taking the train to Pisa [...]
Israel
Feb 28
After a week of traveling in Jordan, we crossed the border to Eilat, Israel. The main purpose was to relax, but we did a bit of exploring a got to visit Jerusalem and Bethlehem during the stay. Click on the image to view a larger version with captions.
Jordan
Feb 21
We went to Jordan and Israel with Star Tour (a part of Kuoni) this winter/spring. In Jordan we went on a round-trip from Aqaba in the south to Amman, the Capital, in the North. During our explorations we saw many interesting sites. Below are a small selection of the photos from the trip. Click on [...]