"The Horse's Mouth" is an online magazine - the ramblings of Graham Ellis. I'm very fortunate to come across a lot of interesting people in my work, and they inspire me to think and to write. You'll find a mixture of technical tips on the subjects we teach, things we have learnt from our own website and wider, and pictures, thoughts and wider comment.

The beauty of the net is that you can search and read as much - or as little - as you like. You can even add your comments if you wish; although we can't offer you the same anonimity nor a "freedom of speech", I'm going to encourage you to post of views that don't agree with mine and only in what I consider to be exceptional circumstances will I remove or modify your material.


Strings, Garbage Collection and Variable Scope in C++
Throwing your own exception in C++, and catching it
Using C and C++ functions in the same program - how to do it
Separating groups of variables into namespaces
Pictures from the Birkenhead to Belfast crossing
On the way to the course this week
Comments in and on Perl - a case for extreme OO programming
Melksham Carnival - getting ready for 2011
Databases - why data is split into separate tables, and how to join them
INSERT, DELETE, REPLACE and UPDATE - changing the content of SQL tables
Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures
MacBook Air - hardware and system review
Lots of things to do with and within a C++ class
C++ - a complete example with polymorphism, and how to split it into project files
Zyliana Kyrei Cox
Longhope Hotel
Make - automating the commands for building and installing
Getting your C++ program to run
Positively reforming the system - could it be done?
Views of Melksham - November 2010
Computer Graphics is fun - even if Java Applets are Old Hat
String handling - from first steps to practical examples
What is a universal superclass? Java / Perl / Python / Other OO languages
Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why.
After Course Resources - do we publish sample answers. Example from Java Exceptions module.
Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling
Gathering information - logging - with log4j. First steps.
Least Common Ancestor - what is it, and a Least Common Ancestor algorithm implemented in Perl
Java - basic rules for arithmetic, variables and conversion
Doing several things at the same time - Java threads
Fresh Paint - Java Arrays
Setting up individual variables, and arrays, in Java - some commented examples
Looking back and forward personally - 6 years each way
Sending out an email containing HTML from within a PHP page
How to display information from a database within a web page
Birth Notice - Aeryn Cassandra Ellis
Rail services back to Radstock?
Coincidence, or Conspiracy - a wrong email address
Get all your ducks in a row ... and they may turn into swans
Liquorice allsorts and Dolly Mixtures