General PHP code snippets
A collection of bits and pieces in PHP Where am I? Read all files in directory into array Set timezone read more
March 17th, 2022 Posted in ProgrammingDate and time utilities in PHP
To check to see if we have gone past a specific date: if (new DateTime() > new DateTime(“2022-03-09 09:11:00”)) { read more
March 9th, 2022 Posted in ProgrammingHow to get rid of “episodes and shows” from Spotify:
It’s really annoying to see loads of podcasts and shows you’ve never listened to take priority over music you want read more
March 6th, 2022 Posted in Programming26. A very good guide to linked data
Introduction Very simply, linked data is stored as triples that consist of a subject, predicate and object. These triples connect read more
March 6th, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data Techniques25. Information Retrieval
25.01 Introduction When we talk about data, we’ve talked about it as synonymous with facts. eg Marlon Brando starred in read more
March 4th, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data Techniques24. Triplestores and SPARQL
24.01 Introduction The Semantic Web is hard to search efficiently, partly because there is no registry of information. Finding something read more
March 3rd, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data Techniques23. Ontologies – RDF Schema and OWL
23.01 Introduction You can’t properly share information without also sharing definitions, semantics and syntax. The way that linked data is read more
March 2nd, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data Techniques22. RDF – Remote Description Framework
22.01 Introduction Web technologies are built around the Document Object Model (DOM). Linked data also has a model, called Remote read more
March 2nd, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data Techniques21. Linked Data – an introduction
21.01 Introduction We’ve been looking at distributing our data between machines. Originally, that seemed to be about efficiency, and speed, read more
March 2nd, 2022 Posted in Databases and Advanced Data TechniquesThree wishes
Barry Cryer passed away last month – someone I remembered from a very early age as a mainstay of BBC read more
February 26th, 2022 Posted in Blog