Websites, Ubuntu and new toys

Having finished the bulk of the Flash work, I've been working on a website for a client. I'm building it on my old CMS, which is a bit of a pain - I don't remember half of what the code does, and my coding style/ability has developed quite a bit since I last worked on the scripts 5 years ago, so I'm constantly fighting the urge to rewrite large chunks of code. The client doesn't want to wait for my new CMS - fair enough, it could be months away - but I equally don't want to spend weeks making the code on this all-singing all-dancing, because I'm only going to come back and replace it with my new CMS when that's ready. But I'm getting there - the accounts system is now all in place, and there is a news script which looks suspiciously similar to the one on this site... :)

I am currently taking a break from all of that to go through all the files on one of my old servers and copy off whatever I want to keep. I'm going to be reformatting it and installing Ubuntu (or Kubuntu? comments please!) on it later today, and then that'll be my desktop machine for when I'm back in Kent.

Oh yes, I've ordered a new keyboard and mouse. I went to PC World to try out the keyboards and mice there, but they had all the mice in boxes. Cuh. So I figured I might as well just buy one blind off Dabs; I've gone for the Logitech G7. It's wireless and laser. I was tempted by the G5 - how cool is a mouse that you have to put custom weights into! But that's just a bit too geek even for me, and I figured a nice wireless mouse would save me the constant problems I currently have getting caught up on the speakers. The keyboard is a bog-standard microsoft one, but it has the 6 keys above the arrows rotated; instead of 3 wide by 2 deep, it's 2 wide by 3 deep. I have a feeling I'll get very confused and keep hitting the wrong keys, but it's worth a try - I tried the keyboard in PC World, and the keys felt good.

And lastly I went to Sainsburys yesterday, and all I bought was chocolate. Four medium Lindt bunnies, three eggs, and three boxes of mini eggs. Mmm, I love easter. Well, right up until I have to give all the chocolate away.

Comments

Meri

Personally, I prefer Ubuntu ... I'd go with that unless you have a real desire for a KDE look 'n feel.

There's a guy here who's tried both out and reviewing the experience:
http://www.geektimelinux.com/index.php?q=node/view/195

radiac

Thanks! Am going with Ubuntu - it's burning at the moment :)

radiac

Thanks Andrew, but I'd prefer to use the OS, not spend all day recompiling it ;)

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