Peter Fisher

Bristol 10k 2012 Completed

Pete — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:01:32 +0000

On January the 1st 2012 I posted that would being running the Bristol 10k . Well, today me and a mate crossed the finish line with a time of one hour fifteen minutes and six seconds.

Converting the first character in string to lowercase using PHP 5.2.x

Pete — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:02:16 +0000

PHP 5.2 does not include a function to convert the first character in a string to lowercase. This tutorial shows you how to do this in PHP 5.2. This has the same effect has the lcfirst function in PHP 5.3

Windows Phone 7 Minor Improvements Wanted

Pete — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:21:32 +0000

Three weeks ago I made the switch from Android to Windows Phone 7 and I'm reasonably impressed by the Windows operating system. However I have listed a few useability improvements which I would like to see in the next version.

3D Box using the HTML5 Canvas API

Pete — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:28:59 +0000

A demonstation of the HTML5 Canvas API. Here the user controls which transparent side of 3d box is to be displyed

HTML5 What is it and why you should care

Pete — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:14:59 +0000

Yesterday (March 26th 2012) I went to HTML5 pre conference at Dev Week 2012. The HTML5 workshop was hosted by Jeff Prosise a well renowned web developer and a expert in HTML5/JavaScript. The following is a short summary of some of the things I took away from the conference.

LPIC-1 101 exam preparation and approach

Pete — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:32:13 +0000

After passing the LPIC-1 101 exam I complied a few pointers on how to prepare and approach the exam. Here are few pointers from that list.

Using the sort join and grep commands in Linux

Pete — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:21:18 +0000

Imagine you have two files, the first is a list of customers (customers.csv) and the second is a list of products (order_items.csv) that the customers have purchased. You've been given the challenge to list all products that a specific customer has purchased and order the output by the products price. This example demonstrates the grep, join and sort commands as well as pipes, streams and redirections

Downloading Debian or RPM packages without installing them

Pete — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:42:51 +0000

Both Debian and RPM based package management systems have utility's that allow packages to be downloaded and not installed. These packages can then be installed later. This is useful if you have limited bandwidth or if you want to perform an upgrade on several systems which have the same package structure at a later time.

LPIC-1 Preparation Video

Pete — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:33:28 +0000

I have found this video on the linuxmagazineacademy's youtube channel. The speaker (Ross Brunson) is the trainer for Linux Magazine Academy LPIC-1 online training. In this video Ron raises some good points on how to prepare for the LPIC-1 exam (Which I'm taking this year). Ron outlines the does and dont's when studying for the certification.

Running the Bristol 10k 2012

Pete — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:48:36 +0000

On Sunday the 20th of May 2012, me and a running mate are going to take part in the 10k race at Bristol. Now my normal run is a measly 3.8 km which pales in comparison to the distance that I will be running. However I’m pleased with the current progress and there’s 23 weeks ... Read More