Archive for September, 2008

Word VBA Macro – Sample of a string for each font installed

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Occassionally I need a quick and dirty look at what a string will look like in various fonts. I use this (quite hacky) VBA macro.  Be warned it can take a while to run on older systems - SAVE YOUR OPEN WORD DOCS FIRST! Sub SampleFonts() ' Output a text string in each ...

Alternative Sports Day!

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

In conjunction with our Softball and Korfball playing friends we're hosting an alternative sports day! It's a chance for new comers and club members to try new sports and to increase exposure of our sports to the wider community. It's being held on 4th October 2008 at Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield with ...

Zend PHP 5 Certified Engineer

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Just before I went on holiday I become a Zend PHP 5 Certified Engineer. This involved taking a PHP 5 exam and quite a bit of revision.  I found it really useful as it made me cover areas of PHP that I hadn't yet used and re-enforced a lot of OO ...