Posts
2013
New domain!
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I’ve gone all hipster! Say hello to mikebell.io
2012
DrupalCamp NW Wrapup
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After taking a whole 24 hours away from anything DrupalCamp NW related I now feel relaxed and chilled enough to write this.
Over the past few months a team of 4 people have spent every waking second organising DrupalCamp NW - Steph Hosny, Philip Norton and Paul Johnson.
Drupalcamp Retrospective Part 2
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I never really finished my first Drupalcamp Retrospective post, I missed out a vital point as to why I do what I do now.
One of the speakers for the day was Robert Douglass, I think he’d just joined Acquia for the first time and was giving a talk on his Apache Solr module.
The 21st Century Music Problem
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I’m in an odd situation, my iPod 120gb has died and I have no mass storage media player.
I have a few alternatives but they aren’t feasible with my 250gb+ music collection:
Now You Can Panic
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I’ve been holding this off for a few weeks now, but it’s always been at the back of my mind. I’m a developer at heart, have been for over 10 years and I subscribe to the majority of the developer norms (thankfully not all).
Support Ticket Manifesto
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I’ve been doing support for over 2 years now, I have such a love hate relationship with it.
I hate the generic support requests that go along the lines of “ZOMG IT’S ALL BROKEN” (actual ticket, well not really), but I love the complex issues, those that can actually engage me and force me to bring out my debugging skills.
Switching Off
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It’s that time of year again where I need a holiday and the opportunity to get away from everything.
This week a colleague flippantly said that I’d be unable to switch off and required an internet connection.
An open letter to the bbc
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Dear BBC,
Today I bought a TV license. I do not own a TV. I do not watch live TV. In fact I don’t do anything to warrant owning a TV license.
Drupalcamp Manchester - A retrospective
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A lot has happened since the last Drupalcamp in Manchester, and when I say a lot I mean a hell of a lot. It’s been quite a few years since (over 3 years in fact!
Find and Replace with QueryPath in PHP
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To find and replace using querypath without destroying existing context you can use the following:
$temp = qp($output, 'table')->addclass('table'); $output = $temp->top('body')->innerHTML();