February 2012
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PDO vs. MySQLi: Which Should You Use? →
Thinking about moving away from the native mysql wrappers in PHP? There are many reasons why you should, security being one of the top ones, but which alternative should you choose?
This article shows you code examples of PDO and mysqli (in both procedural and OO modes) and once you get the gist of it transitioning from mysql doesn’t seem daunting at all.
Now all I need to do is convince...
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The hollow emptiness in social media numbers -... →
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The numbers of users reported by Facebook, Twitter, Google, and many other sites, are closely watched. They reveal trends in adoption and they are one of the few public metrics available to analysts trying to assign value to companies…
With up to 50% of all Twitter accounts being either spam or fake, should we still be measuring the success of social networks based on...
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New Programming Jargon →
Funny post of commonly used terms to describe those programming moments where things aren’t exactly right.
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“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”
– Albert Einstein
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Speed up page loads with head.js →
Last year Google made some changes to it’s algorithm that meant that page load speed was becoming a contributing factor in it’s search engine ranking algorithm. This means that if your website loads slowly you could be suffering in the SERPs.
One way to streamline the loading of your site is to parallel load your JS files, and you can further improve load time by placing those...
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
– Albert Einstein
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“The more you know, the more you realise you know nothing.”
– Socrates
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“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
– Albert Einstein
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It's OK to cheat with CSS3 Generator →
As a web developer some people think that you need to know everything off the top of your head and that knowing it makes you good at your job. This isn’t the case, you don’t need to know it all, you just need to know where to find the information when you need it.
I haven’t learnt all the possible combinations of features for CSS3, why should I need to? In most cases when you...
January 2012
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“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger...”
– Rick Cook
“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft...”
– Bill Gates
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WatchThis girl has got some serious skills, live looping Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz. A definite example of female multitasking in action, I can just about manage two things at once… on a good day!
Tumblr Hits 15 Billion Monthly Pageviews →
After an explosive 2011, Tumblr is rolling full steam into the new year with impressive numbers that highlight the microblogging platform’s continue growth: 15 billion monthly pageviews and 120 million monthly unique visitors. Tumblr CEO David Karp revealed the statistics in Munich this week a…
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22 Things You Can Do Today to Change Your... →
This is a great blog post by Jim Harmer that I found one evening using StumbleUpon. The tips here are something I’d love to try to work towards over the coming year, with the end result of [hopefully] becoming a better photographer from it.
“There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so...”
– C.A.R. Hoare
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Courgette and Aubergine Pasta
We are on a bit of a healthy eating spree at home, so here is a recipe for you to try that I make that’s healthy and tasty. For those who are following a diet plan such as Slimming World you’ll be happy to know it’s all “free food” as well!
Ingredients
1 Courgette Cubed 1 Aubergine Cubed 1 Large Onion Diced 1 x 400g tin Chopped Tomatoes 300g whole wheat penne pasta 1...
“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent...”
– Martin Golding
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5 steps to shooting with vintage lenses on your...
This is the first article in a series I plan to write about digital photography with vintage lenses, so where better to start than a 5-step guide on how to get started?
Shortly after buying my Canon 450D I was keen to start expanding my lens collection, however my budget didn’t stretch to buying a bag full of prime lenses so I started looking in to the possibility of using older lenses....
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10 Elements of a Perfectly Optimized Page →
Gareth Owen writes a great article that explains in simple terms exactly what you should be adding to your web pages to add quality and perk the interests of your favourite search engines at the same time.
I shall be saving this link to reference back to over the coming months for sure.
“Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get...”
– Linus Torvalds
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Visual Representation of SQL Joins →
Always a useful resource for SQL developers, here is a great post that visually demonstrates the various SQL joins and how you can use them to return just the rows you want.
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Drawing shapes with CSS →
How to draw simple and some very advanced shapes using pure CSS. Great for those little projects where you need to add some flare without having to create images.
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I'm Comic Sans, Asshole →
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Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011 →
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“Friends don’t let friends use Internet Explorer 6”
– Microsoft - The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown.
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Lifehacker: Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of... →