Chris Hardcastle

Techical developer for websites in London

Posts Tagged ‘php’

A newbie to Ruby

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

My total exposure to Ruby has been around 2 hours, a great time to write about it. So warnings, n00b alert, I have not even written a ruby “hello world” script! But hey, it’s important to write when you feel inspired. I have a few people to thank for the inspiration. (more…)

Wordpress site preview

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Once you have finished building a Wordpress based website. Wouldn’t it be great to test it on the live website host, without interrupting any existing files or pages? This is just the kind of scenario that I have been asked about in the past. So, I have recently developed my own suggestion as to how this can be achieved.
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youTube data API

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Google provides an API for access to video data that they host under youtube.com. It’s available from Zend, the PHP company. The package can be downloaded and used for a range of different services. I have been trying it out by pulling in a video and showing it in the sidebar.

My Twitter updates

  • hardcastle I had my photo taken in THE Burberry photo studio today for an unknown reason. Fun and random.
  • hardcastle Had my photo taken in the Burberry Photo studio, still not sure why
  • hardcastle @whathomasthinks what a clever teddy ;)
  • hardcastle @CathrynCook yes, it takes place of honour in our house! The weekend photos look fantastic :)

youTube videos

Luke gives a half smile

Luke gives a half smile

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Duration: 00:23

Views: 71


Lukes first rattle holding experience

Lukes first rattle holding experience

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Duration: 00:44

Views: 23