http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fry-Chronicles/dp/B0042JTA56

Oh, come on! This just smacks of blatant profiteering. There is NO reason for this, other than greed. Once the paper versions have been published, the cost of producing, selling and distributing electronic equivalents is almost nothing at all.

I had a similar argument with Waterstone’s recently, and it seems I’m just farting against thunder.

It would be nice if the esteemed Mr. Fry did manage to respond, but to tell the truth I doubt he’ll actually even read this. More a rant to get it out of my system than anything else. [/sulk]

Unfortunately it seems as if AzizKhan is a bit of a secret. Now I don’t mind having my favourite restaurant all to myself, but that can’t be good for business. So spread the word, folks! If you enjoy a good curry, give them a try. Then tell your friends how great it was.

So what’s the skinny?
According to book.cakephp.org, CakePHP is

a free, open-source, rapid development framework for PHP. It’s a foundational structure for programmers to create web applications.

CakePHP takes the monotony out of web development. We provide you with all the tools you need to get started coding what you really need to get done: the logic specific to your application.

MVC architecture.

Fast and flexible templating.

(I just picked a couple of the highlights from that page)
Cake vs Rails?
RoR nearly fell at the first hurdle. Getting the damn thing to work at all was the biggest problem, and I nearly gave up a couple of times. Cake was *much* simper.

More to follow shortly, I’m still playing! Will update this post as I go.

We watched this place develop from an empty shop-front shell to a fully kitted-out restaurant, and finally went to visit tonight, a couple of weeks after they opened. Now I wouldn’t call myself an expert on Indian food, but I am partial to a good curry. And I’m here to tell you they serve a VERY good curry!

I had the Lamb Punjabi, and it was perfect. Nice ‘n spicy but amazingly full of flavour. Not just hot-hot-hot, loads of taste too. Precious few Indian chefs seem to be able to manage this; they’ll either make it mild-and-tasty, or hot-and-hot. I’m happy to report Aziz Khan found one of these precious few! Others around the table had Tandoori King Prawn, Chicken Korma and Lamb Biryani, and they were all as happy with theirs as I was with mine. Poppadums with chutneys, two different Nan breads, two different Bhajees and two different sorts of rice accompanied. Again, all spot on.

Service was attentive without being intrusive or overbearing. The food arrived quickly, albeit with one minor mistake which was promptly corrected. Quality was very high. Good value too!

What would I change if I could? There is really only one suggestion I could make: when you come to take the drinks order, drop off some poppadums etc. right away. Add a quid onto the main course prices if you must, but get some munchies down quickly.

So full marks to Aziz Khan, I’m very impressed. We’ll be back.

You can call them on 01159 455 255. Or visit them online at www.AzizKhan.co.uk. Tell them I sent you! And then come back here and share your experience.

A regular user pointed out last night that the online password generator at http://pwd.pembi.net wasn’t working any more. Turns out my host’s SSL had been broken. Now repaired and back in business.

As always, absolutely free to use as you please.

This version includes functional Options at last – you can now switch the “Follow Me” feature off if you want to, and I’ve added a “Hide Password” toggle so that not only do you never need to type your passwords in, they’re not even shown on the screen any more.

Be aware that there is a bug with the way new “experimental” add-ons are handled on the add-ons site, and they show a “invalid file hash” error when installing unless you first log in to the add-ons site. This is NOT a fault with the add-on itself, regardless of what the message says.