Book Review: Rurouni Kenshin 10 - Nobuhiro Watsuki

Title: RUROUNI KENSHIN VOLUME 10 Author and Artist: Nobuhiro Watsuki ISBN: 0575080000 Publisher: Gollancz Manga Pages: 190 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison Kenshin is Rurouni or wanderer, but formerly hitokiri, or assassin but now wears the sakabato, the… more »

Book Review: Dragon Ball 16 - Akira Toriyama

Title: DRAGON BALL VOLUME 16 Author and Artist: Akira Toriyama ISBN: 0575080086 Publisher: Gollancz Manga Pages: 205 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison The "Strongest Under the Heavens" martial arts tournament is down to just three contestants, the… more »

Book Review: Hal Spacejock, Second Course - Simon Haynes

Title: HAL SPACEJOCK SECOND COURSE Author: Simon Hayes ISBN: 9781921064661 Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press Pages: 364 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison In the second book in the Hal Spacejock series, Hal has a new ship, the Volante, and is on route to… more »

The Changing Face of Open Source

In the beginning was the code. That was what it was all about, getting good code together to solve specific problems and meet the needs of those who coded it. In other words the users were the coders. Or so close it was difficult to tell the difference.… more »

MySQL Users Conference and Expo

It is that time of the year again, registrations are now open for the annual MySQL Users Conference and Expo in Santa Clara in April. This year will be a first for me, as I get to present a talk on managing large scale websites using LAMP. For open… more »