Category Archives: Reflections

PHP Serialize vs Database normalization

Posted on 2009-04-30 by Magnus Lindgren

I’ve recently started developing plugins for WordPress in PHP. Being an old school Perl programmer PHP comes very easy and MySQL is still same old MySQL. PHP don’t have many advantages over Perl in general except one very good one: … Continue reading →

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The fall of free web services?

Posted on 2009-03-26 by Magnus Lindgren

In recent news YouTube have reported they are removing copyrighted music from their service, Last.fm are starting to charge for their on-line radio station and FileFront just reported they have decided to close their servers. Is it the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Linux as home desktop, why not?

Posted on 2008-11-12 by Magnus Lindgren

Linux is a free stable and resourcefull operating system yet to prove it’s full potential as a desktop operating system. While the greater part of the market is still Windows based the introduction of the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) have … Continue reading →

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