One of the things I love to do is code, specifically code using web technologies such sa PHP, MySQL, xHTML and the rest. One thing that can be a bit difficult is working from multiple computers and ensuring I have all my files available to me. Before the "Cloud" When I started doing web design and development work I would make use of the various spare computers and create little WAMP (Windows … Continue Reading »

Ok, so it's not really the Shuttle Tydirium, but it reminded me of it.  Just leaving the SW Marine Drive Canadaline station heading towards Richmond's Bridgeport station. Even though I gripe about @Translink from time to time, I am appreciative of the fact that to get to and from work I only have to take 1 bus and 1 train. In a couple more months, I will be going back to … Continue Reading »

Yesterday morning, during my typical checking the 'Net routine, I noticed something was amiss. When I tried going to my site (www.tyleringram.com) it was coming up at 404. Bah! I jumped over to IsItDownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com and it was reported that it was indeed down for everyone. Something, for sure was wrong. I popped over to my webhost (BlueFur.com) and their server status was green, so it wasn't a problem with them. … Continue Reading »

One thing you have to love is a good sunset, right? The smokey skies of western British Columbia allowed for some spectacular colours skies. I took this one after a swim in the water and on the last evening that Robyn and I stayed on Hornby Island. The sun sets over Vancouver Island, with Denman Island in the foreground. Two people on the saleboat prepare it for docking at the Ford's … Continue Reading »

Recently I've been talking about the merging of two websites on Twitter as well as Facebook. Well today I decided to tidy it up and make it happen live. Though I am sure there are some little aspects to deal with (such as redirecting one site to another site). So what sites am I talking about anyway? I decided to merge TylerIngram.com and TylerIngramPhotos.com. Since TylerIngramPhotos.com is primarily a photo showcase … Continue Reading »

Over the past little bit I've let one of my web sites dwindle down as I found it not as fun update. You see, with the previous incarnation of my photography portfolio website (www.tyleringramphotos.com) it was running on WordPress. I have had a few iterations with themes but essentially each blog post was a new photo. I began to dislike the way that worked and thought through some new ways … Continue Reading »

Alright over the past couple days (well today and yesterday) I've been tinkering around with a new layout here for Tyler Ingram dot Com. It's not an entirely new layout, but right off the bat you probably have noticed the various changes I implemented. Why Change the Layout? Some people fear change, I love change (well for the most part). I wanted a new layout that would give more emphasis on my … Continue Reading »

The past few hours I have been pretty geeky. I've been looking into Flickr's API (application programming interface) and how I can monkey around with it and PHP. What did I want to accomplish? At the beginning I didn't really have a goal, I wanted to see what I could do with it, how I can access my photos and from there I would figure out something fun to implement. Well … Continue Reading »

While I sit here and look over my various sites including my Photography site, I noticed that the unordered lists were not styled. Raul also mentioned how I should write about styling unordered <ul></ul> or ordered <ol></ol> lists within a WordPress theme, as his was also missing styling. This won't be a terribly in depth post about how to completely restyle your unordered or ordered lists but it will hopefully … Continue Reading »

One of the aspects of web development and design, or even blogging is trying to find photos which you can use without having to pay for them or paying very little for. Today on Twitter there was a mentioning of a stock photography website that I believe many people might find useful when trying to find stock images for their web layouts or even blog posts. That website is FreeDigitalPhotos.net … Continue Reading »