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PHP Snippets – Where You Were

I’m about to comment on a blog post, but I need to be logged in. There’s a handy log in button that takes me to a new page where I fill out the log in form and click submit. It takes me to a Thank You...

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PHP Multiple Inheritance vs. Composition

I’m learning about dealing with PHP’s lack of multiple inheritance. It was really driving me up the wall. I did come up with a solution for multiple inheritance in PHP, but I’ll explain why I don’t...

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The Status Quo (And Why We’re Not Trying Hard Enough)

Who is exerting themselves more: a person who runs a hundred miles or a person who drives a hundred miles? The “Status Quo” is set by society’s perception of what is commonly occurring. It is the...

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Jim Rohn – Spend Money to Make Money

I spent a couple hours wandering around campus today, seeing as it was the first sunny day in a couple weeks. I like doing that – it’s amazing how little I think when I’m working. Walking and thinking...

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Those days when you want to take over the world…

A good friend pointed out an amazing opportunity today. Seems something is dying and the people who were responsible for keeping it going can’t be reached despite tons of effort to get in touch. They...

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JQuery Filler-Text Function

Taking a work-related break to share a bit of code with ya’ll. It’s a JQuery filler-text function (or grey-out function). What’s that? It’s just something that’ll make it easy to put that replaceable...

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Negativity, Perception and Your World

As part of my current project, I’m reading a book called The Book of Pook. It’s a collection of posts on a dating advice forum by Pook–that’s his alias. The book moves from 2000 to 2008. Over the...

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When I Was a Writer

I recently told a friend that I used to be a writer, but that now I’m just an old grandmother with lots of stories. And grandmothers don’t often come up with new and exciting adventures to relate to...

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Modern PHP Web Development Set-up, Happy Boxing Day!

Hey folks, I’m working on some web development stuff right now and I realized that my starting project setup is a pretty useful compilation of tools. It keeps being updated, but this is what I’ve been...

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How to REALLY Get a Job After University

Have you just graduated from University or College, or maybe you’ve been out of school a while and you’re still working at Happy Fun Land and wearing a uniform? Want a good job in your field? I’ve got...

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Never Forget Your Password

Here’s a neat trick to never forget your password, while keeping it secure, that I heard about from somewhere on the interwebs a while ago, probably lifehacker. It’s really very simple. You have a...

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A Children’s Poem

I took a children’s literature class in my second year of University. It wasn’t my favourite class. However, our midterm was to write either a short children’s story or yet another boring essay. I...

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