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techPortal - new PHP developer resource
16 February 2009

There is a new resource for PHP developers available from today - techPortal from Ibuildings. First, I must add the disclaimer - Ibuildings are my employers, so I've known about this project for a while. I helped set up the site and the first tech article on there is mine. With those …
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Bean Dish
15 February 2009

I have recently made this "bean something" dish a few times, for vegetarian fajitas, to eat with rice, and also as filling for baked potatoes. Its yummy and even better I can feed it to a friend with a requirement for meat-free, dairy-free and gluten-free food! Here's the recipe:

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Speaking at GeekUp Leeds
11 February 2009

On 18th February, I'll be making an appearance at Geekup Leeds, to give a talk entitled "Linux-Fu for PHP Developers". Basically this is a tour of some of my most-favourite command line tools available in Linux, and its a pre-cursor to the talk I'll give later this year at php …
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PHPWomen "I am" Competition
09 February 2009

PHPWomen have announced a new competition on their website - to complete a sentence "I am a phpwomen member because..." in a post on their forums to win a prize! Already people are posting and the prize is a certificate to spend at php|architect's site. Pop over to the forums …
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DPC 2009 - Currently Calling for Papers
06 February 2009

The Call for Papers for the Dutch PHP Conference 2009 is currently open - with only a week left, it closes next week on Friday 13th. I went to this conference in Amsterdam for the first time last year, when I was still relatively new in my job at Ibuildings. This …
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Locked Joomla! Content
05 February 2009

I run the website for my local netball club and when I implemented this site I chose Joomla! to run it on. It seemed like a good idea at the time, in fact I even thought some of the other club members might log in and type into the user-friendly …
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Locking Session in KDE
03 February 2009

I've been using KDE full-time long enough that I ought to know this, but I had to look it up! I was working in a shared location and I wanted to lock my session when I walked away from my machine. There's an option in the start menu but the …
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OSCON CfP
29 January 2009

The OSCON Call for Participation is open for another couple of days and I've finally got over my nerves and submitted some talks to them. I haven't been to this conference before, and couldn't afford to send myself - but I took a look at last year's schedule and knew I …
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Peru: Lima
25 January 2009

Here goes the final entry about my Peruvian travels. You might also like to read about the time spent in the rainforest, in and around Cusco, at Machu Picchu , en route to Puno on the Andean Explorer and around Puno itself.

We started and ended our trip in Lima, with …
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Peru: Lake Titicaca and Puno
24 January 2009

This is an update on part of my trip to Peru. You might also like to read about the time spent in the rainforest, in and around Cusco, at Machu Picchu and en route to Puno on the Andean Explorer. Next we spent a couple of nights in Puno, including …
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Peru: Machu Picchu
22 January 2009

In my blogging excitement, I somehow managed to write about the rainforest, areas around Cusco and Ollantaytambo and then go straight on to describe our train ride to Puno. In a rather major omission I seem to have missed out a post about visiting Machu Picchu. Since its one of …
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Peru: Andean Explorer
21 January 2009

I've already written about my time in Peru - in the rainforest and in and around Cusco. From Cusco we travelled to the city of Puno - by amazing train journey on the Andean Explorer. This trip is more expensive than flying I think but it was a fun experience in itself …
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