Matthew Bull

web development

Archive for August, 2008

Lego NXT and Java

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I bought a Lego NXT kit a couple of years ago, but beyond getting it to run around vaguely bumping into things and getting stuck, I've never really done much with it. The main problem was the software. The NXT comes with a graphical programming environment called NXT-G. It's a lovely ...

CushyCMS

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

CushyCMS is a very nice little 'CMS' tool/service that lets you edit content on your pages easily and simply. It's by a small Australian startup (another Australian web company?!) called Stateless Systems. To call it a CMS is perhaps a bit much. It's basically a clever and lovely way for you ...

acquia

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Acquia is a company set up by Dries Buytaert, the guy who developed drupal, in an apparent attempt to get drupal taken more seriously by companies and institutions. The idea seems to be that Acquia (carrying on the water theme: druppel means 'drop' in Flemish) will provide commercial level support for ...