Introducing FilmDB

29th April 2010 PHP
Filmdb

After creating the TVDB script I immediately began work on a Film version where you could download high quality Film posters and backdrops for use in your websites and applications. This script uses the fantastic themoviedb.org to grab the images.

For an online demo click here and try adding some of your favorite Films.

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Introducing TVDB

24th April 2010 PHP
TVDB

Combining my love of TV Shows and being a nerd I've created a PHP script that will download high quality poster and fanart images from the superb thetvdb.com and store them locally for you to use or integrate with your website or application.

For an online demo click here and try adding some of your favorite TV shows.

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Downloading from Newsgroups

25th February 2010 General

For a long time now I've been using Usenet to download everything I ever need from the internet so I'm going to let you know what I use and how you can get setup using it quite quickly. I do pay money for a few of the services I'm going to describe, but it isn't much and it's totally worth it.

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Ajax Delete with CakePHP and jQuery

11th February 2010 CakePHP jQuery

In this post I'm going to describe how you can use Ajax using the jQuery javascript library to delete items without a refresh. This is quite an easy enhancement to achieve and will help with the usability of your applications. It isn't CakePHP specific but in this example I'm using the framework to delete items from the main index.

I'm a big fan of progressive enhancement and so the delete action will still work without Javascript enabled but this will improve the user experience a little bit by keeping the user on the same page and will display a smooth fade animation to get rid of the table row.

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The Shield

4th February 2010 TV Show
The Shield Boxset

As a Christmas present my wonderful girlfriend bought me the box set of the superb TV show The Shield which includes the full 7 seasons presented in a very delicious box which acts a police case folder with cool separators for each of the seasons.

Other than The Wire if I had to recommend a gritty cop drama that actually left viewers with a worthwhile conclusion The Shield would be it. Each season contains around 12 episodes with a major plot arc through each one along with a huge plot arc throughout the entire show and events that happen in the very first episode come back in the final season with devestating effects.

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