Lee McIntosh

No new blogs for a month!

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:50:18 +0000

So it's been over a month since the last entry! What's going on I here you say! Well, apart from the usual, too many projects not enough time, I've been working on the migration to the wonderful Posterous using it's excellent open API. Posterous allows much easy administration of the blogs entries and makes my life much simpler by allowing me to write them from wherever I like and send via email if I'm on the road (the beauty of smart phones, and I'm still in love with my iPhone for this!). Apart from the usual loading of a blog, Posterous will also take care of the distribution, so posting the entries direct to my Twitter, Facebook and other accounts without me having to do it manually!

So.. I bought a Bearded Dragon..

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:40:55 +0000

Finally found the perfect replacement for a dog (and I'm not talking the female variety!), a little cute Bearded Dragon... At least little and cute for the moment anyway, apparently these guys grow fast! I picked him on Thursday from a breeder and knew instantly we'd be friends for life as he happily sat on my hand and didn't try to escape once...

HOW-TO track sub-domains with Google Analytics

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:54:10 +0000

Since Google switched from Urchin to GA I've had an influx of people asking about Google Analytics and issues with their statistics for sub- and cross-domains, so I thought it best to try to clear these up. It's not as difficult as it seems, but the good guys and girls at Google seem inept at explaining it, so here goes...

iPhone OS4 update highlights review

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:41:15 +0000

So, Apple launched it before the iPhone 4 went on sale... I good time for us loyal customers to say how good the updates are and push up sales of the phone maybe!? Whatever the reason, for once, I'm pleasantly surprised...

I'm fortunate enough to own a 3GS at present and although not perfect, I've had no issues with this phone for a year, in fact I'd go as far as to say that it's awesome and I'll probably never be anti-Apple ever again. Having the 3GS means I get all the features of the new update, with 3G owners missing out on the multi-tasking (if it can really be called that) amongst a some other minor backend updates.

HOW-TO create a tag cloud in PHP and MySQL

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:08:23 +0000

So what is a tag cloud?

A tag cloud is a visual depiction of essentially the keywords the author of an article (or such) has deemed the most appropriate for the topic. In the case of this website, these are the keywords I've given to each blog article to make the articles easier for the user to find.

To suit or not to suit a developer?

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:47:55 +0000

That is the question! Well, the one I'm asking anyway…

Ok, so it's a fairly simple question, but I couldn't fit it into 140 characters with all the reasoning for it! So why am I asking it? Well, recently the place I work at as a day job, Selftrade, has gone through a few changes, in fact since I started there it's been rebranded twice, had at least three new website designs, two changes in senior management and a change of ownership, and I've only been there 5 years!

The first blog entry!

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:14:41 +0000

So I guess I should start this by first saying hello and introducing myself and the purpose of the website, well here goes…