I can offer courses in Programming (Python, C), WordPress, E-Commerce, Linux, Open Source Software. I provide affordable software training with and about free software. I have run successful businesses without paying for software, by using Free…
Web & Internet
WordPress Tips & Tutorials
This WordPress Tips & Tutorials article offers a few tips gained from a few years of experience with building and tuning WordPress websites. It also links to further articles for optimising WordPress,…
Puzzles
General Puzzles
A man who lives on the tenth floor takes the lift down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy…
Free Open Source Software
Open Visual Traceroute
If you wanted to create the kind of computer display often seen in TV dramas where they’re trying to catch the evil hacker by tracking his IP address (CSI), you could do worse…
Programming
Version Control Systems
Version Control is the management of changes to documents or files, either in time as incremental improvements, or as divergences for different purposes or contexts, such as development or release branches of…
Web & Internet
My Favourite WordPress Plugins
WordPress is a very versatile yet easy-to-use blogging platform. I use it for this site. You can further extend its features with a huge variety of WordPress Plugins, and there’s no shortage…
Free Open Source Software, Utilities
Group Test: Linux Text Editors | Linux Voice
If you’ve been using Linux long, you know that whether you want to edit an app’s configuration file, hack together a shell script, or write/review bits of code, the likes of LibreOffice…
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Business out of Focus
I don’t usually do rants & gripes, preferring as I do to ‘accentuate the positive’. However, this has been bugging me… Lucy and I have tried 5 times now to get some…
Free Open Source Software
Join one of these five open source software projects in the new year
You’ve been using open source software for a while, and now you want to give back to the community. Even with solid advice, you’re probably finding that it’s difficult to sift through…
Free Open Source Software
Yet Another Open Source Software Directory
I recently created a directory of open source software for Zeef, and then decided I should host a more detailed version on Tuxar. So halfway through that, it occurred to me to…
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MOOC Course Report: Jan 2015
MOOC Course Report is a monthly column published by Class Central during the first week of each month. MOOC Course report aims to provide a comprehensive list of courses starting/available in the month of…
Linux
LFS101x.2: Introduction to Linux
Introduction to Linux: Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line, covering the major Linux distribution families. Linux powers 94% of the world’s supercomputers, most…