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Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

I went and saw Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) at the weekend. Pretty solid for a biopic, although perhaps a little rushed in parts (trying to fit the entire life of Serge Gainsbourg into a couple of hours was bound to be difficult). Read the full article »

TXP Mobile v0.3b released today

The latest release of TXP Mobile (v0.3b) was released this morning and is definitely worth a look if you want to access Textpattern admin via a mobile. Read the full article »

The problem with Drupal's "administer nodes" permission (and how to get round it)

Drupal 6 permissions have a tendency to give me a real headache, in part because as a site grows in terms of modules so does the list of available permissions. However, perhaps far more frustrating is when a certain combination of permissions just don't work as I'd expect/want. Read the full article »

TXP Mobile

With mobile web predicted to overtake the standard browsing from a desktop within the next few years it was encouraging to learn of Oliver Ker's Textpattern project that provides a simple admin interface for Textpattern sites on a mobile. TXP Mobile is still in active development, but the beta release is out and works. Read the full article »

Go home IE6!

(via johnmartz.com) Read the full article »

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