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Work

I’m going to bed. I’ve not proof read this. Expect gibberish. For almost two months now I’ve been working as an actual full time, professional web developer (“lead” developer, actually). I’ve started my placement year with BEA Solutions, which is … Continue reading

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Soggy homecoming

It’s too hot to sleep, and since I have an awful memory, maybe I should start documenting my life more thoroughly. If nothing than for me to look back in a year and think “gosh, I really had an easy … Continue reading

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The PHP-MySQL programming loop…

Seriously. I hate writing applications that consist entirely of // get result set with mysql_query // check if there are any results // loop through each result // output its data // no results? // output message saying so Once … Continue reading

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What I've Been Doing With My Days

So I sucked at keeping An Idea A Day going. I mostly got distracted by other things, and also I think have a good select of ideas that can keep me busy for a while. Maybe it’s best to have … Continue reading

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How To Waste A Lot Of Time When Storing A Password

A little while ago, an article on how to “safely store a password” was on the front page of reddit. I thought it interesting and saved it. I was just looking through my old, saved delicious links and found it … Continue reading

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#4: Better YouTube Conversation

One of the most popular pages on my blog is the YouTube comments suck one, so obviously people are bothered by it and since my independent, ranty blog is still getting traction from moaning, no one is doing anything about … Continue reading

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What I've been up to recently

I feel like I’ve been busy, but then I come to this blog to talk about what I’ve been busy doing and think to myself “really, I’ve done almost nothing.” That aside, I’m going to talk about the things I … Continue reading

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Why I'm Currently Not Liking The Agile Method

This is a rant I felt I needed to have after coming out of an Agile Systems class. When Agile methods and Scrum was first explained to me in this module I was told it was a fast paced way … Continue reading

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Status report

I can’t remember the last time I’ve just been sat around, being bored. (Though, that’s probably accountable to my awful memory.) I’ve either been working, or doing university work, or just general being around friends. And I’m not annoyed or … Continue reading

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First hour with Rails

I didn’t realise that this was a two hour lab, and was about to pack up before checking my timetable again. Since I do have another hour in here, I may as well do this personal blog that we need … Continue reading

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