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I've been meaning to get rid of the awful chequerboard pattern on my flood tiles for ages. Today, I've finally done it. The flood maps should now look much better on LCD monitors, or when printed out.

Don't get me wrong. I like Safari. I use it almost every day. But some things about it just irritate me again and again and again...

Next, the close buttons on every tab.

(Part 1 was The Back Button, part 2 was The URL Bar)

Safari has tabbed-browsing. That's is …

I've finished the first version of my easy online photo gallery software.

Easy Ajax Album is an open source PHP script that enables you to create an online photo album in seconds. Just copy the index.php file into the image directories on your web-server. That's it! Download it here …

Google have just withdrawn the old version of their "Maps API". That broke Flood Maps and sent me into a tizzy of reading up on the new version and recoding my JavaScript to use it.

The site was down for a few hours, but I've now restored it. The positive …

I've finally released the new version of EventCalendar. I'm really proud of it. It's been updated, with better integration into WordPress and some cool new features.

Even more importantly, I've put loads of effort into making it easy to install and use. WordPress users aren't always the most tech-savvy web-site …

EventCalendar now has its very own website. It actually runs an example of the plugin running, and contains detailed documentation.

I've just released the first v3.1 release candidate.

How do I convert timestamps between UTC (GMT) and an arbitrary timezone in PHP?

These function work on PHP 4 and 5.

/** Converts a timestamp between arbitrary timezones. */
function tz_to_tz($timestamp,$from_tz,$to_tz) {
  $old_tz = getenv('TZ');
  // Parse $timestamp and extract the Unix time.
  if(!empty($from_tz))
      putenv("TZ=$from_tz");
  $unix_time …

The first public beta release of EventCalendar 3.1 is now available. This is a significant re-write. Event dates are now kept in their own table, so they are seperate from the post date. There is a new Ajax interface on the post edit screen that allows you to set …

I've been getting a lot of questions about my Flood Maps web-site. Here's a compilation of all the thing's I've had to say about them so far.

The questions are from Pierre Grumberg ofEmap France.

How did you make the maps?

It breaks down into two parts:

The website …

Don't get me wrong. I like Safari. I use it almost every day. But some things about it just irritate me again and again and again...

Next, the URL bar.

(Part 1 was The Back Button)

On the face of it, Safari's URL bar looks perfectly ordinary and acceptable. I …