Posts
2016
Hey how are you?
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Like most conversations do it starts with a “Hey, how are you?”. What people don’t know is the mental twists that my brain goes through in the split second it takes me to answer.
Hello my old friend
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I’ve not missed you not at all. I wish you weren’t back but here we are my dear friend/enemy Propranolol.
The past few weeks have been really tough, break downs, anxiety attacks all fun stuff.
NWDUG User group and Slack
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Around the 9th of September 2015 we set up Slack for NWDUG. Before the slack channel communication wasn’t brilliant, it felt to me like our community was just centred around one day a month event.
Split panes in PHPStorm reliably
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Here’s an easy way to get split panes in PHPStorm without tearing your hair out!
If you want Project and Structure then:
Make sure Project has docked and pinned mode ticked (using the cog).
Triggers and Self Harm
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Recently my anxiety is triggering more and more frequently. Last night two men were arguing outside Sainsburys at Oxford Road, it triggered my anxiety, my heart began racing, eyes twitching and I became the monster I hate.
Remote working is great till it isn't, but I love it!
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Just over three months and I figure it’s time to check in. What can I say I love remote working it suites me very well. I’ve gone form a noisy office full of distractions to a focused purpose built development environment.
Moving the family to slack
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I’ve done the impossible. I’ve moved my family to Slack. After seeing a post making the rounds on twitter a few months ago about moving their family to Slack I decided that I’d try it.
Sculpin to Jekyll
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A while ago I found Sculpin through @opdavies it looked really great, a PHP based blogging engine. It’s pretty decent but there are a few issues with it. Namely this, there’s already a PR for it but it’s not been merged in and doesn’t look like it will any time soon.
My Journey
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The posts below are my journey through the past few years of my life with depression and anxiety. They’re rough, crass and raw. Looking back through all this is a challenge and shows how far I’ve come.
Alias Drupal Composer Project
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alias d8build="composer create-project drupal-composer/drupal-project:8.x-dev --stability dev --no-interaction"
It’s too big for a tweet but it’s certainly useful, saves me having to remember all the params. Stick that in your .bashrc or .