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2012

Now You Can Panic
·273 words·2 mins
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
·424 words·2 mins
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();
Coder Manifest
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Herein lies the coder manifest. Thou shalt not commit debug to production Thou shalt create test for everything Thou shalt not commit code to production and not deploy Database shall not be kept it thy repository control system
Managing CLI config accross multiple servers/desktops
·154 words·1 min
After using CLI for more than three years I’ve amassed multiple .*rc files for configuration. When I bring a new server/desktop online I needed a way to quickly import all my settings and get up and running.
Blocking Twitter Trends and User Recommendations using Adblock Plus
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To block twitters really annoying trends and user recommendations use the following custom filter: Updated via @emaleroland twitter.com##div[class*="flex-module trends-container context-trends-container"] Old: twitter.com##div[data-component-term="user_recommendations"] twitter.com##div[data-component-term="trends"] I’ve created a filter list you can import into adblock plus.
Using Jenkins CI and Drupal
·714 words·4 mins
While building my Drupal 7 profile I started playing around with Jenkins CI. My reasons for doing so were two fold: Code Quality I believe in code quality, there are multiple tools out there that will analyse code and report back using various different metrics.