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Hanging Snowflakes Decoration
15 December 2008

Last year in January I bought (actually my dad paid for them, thanks dad!) a whole box of Christmas decorations from IKEA, for about 2 GBP. In the box were some snowflake decorations, and yesterday I made a little hanging snowflake decoration to go over the stairs in the hall …
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Relocating a Wordpress Installation
12 December 2008

Wordpress is a fine basic website tool, and I've used it for a few different odds and ends. One thing it does have that suprises me every time is that it uses a setting for its web address. So as part of the install, it sets this setting and then …
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PHP Advent Article Published
05 December 2008

I was wildly excited a few weeks ago to receive an email inviting me to be one of the contributors to this year's PHP Advent. Actually the biggest kick was seeing my name in a list of PHP luminaries! The article was published today, you can find it at http …
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Birthday Time Again
05 December 2008

I'm not old enough to have stopped counting the years yet - and today is my birthday. I'm another year older and actually I think I am a bit wiser than I was this time last year - its been a busy one with a new job and some new experiences (public …
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Zend_Paginator on Ibuildings Blog
01 December 2008

In case anyone thought it was a bit quiet around here - that's because I've been working on a few other bits and pieces! Today I posted an article about Zend_Paginator to the Ibuildings blog. Do stop by and have a read - and read the comments as well as there are …
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Christmas Cranberry Chutney
29 November 2008

This weekend I got a chance to try out a recipe I've had my eye on for a while. Its this Spicy Cranberry Chutney which I'm making as christmas presents (home made presents - way nicer and way cheaper!). Here is it in progress, and in the jars when it was …
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Girl Geek Dinner Next Week
26 November 2008

I'm getting quite excited now about the next Leeds Girl Geek Dinner which is next Wednesday (3rd December 2008). Got some cool speakers by the look of it - I know Monica (and she is fab) and from Katie's bio we are in for a treat. Also I have been promised …
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PHPNW Post-match Analysis
24 November 2008

Last weekend saw a crowd descend on central Manchester in the UK for the first PHP North West conference. We had almost 180 attendees, 12 sessions, 16 speakers, and lots of fun. The day itself went off very smoothly and although I didn't manage to see many of the sessions …
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Speaking at "Beauty and the Geek"
17 November 2008

I'm giving a talk next week in a Beauty Salon. Yes, really :) There is an event entitled "Beauty and the Geek" at Heaven Spa in Didsbury - details on their blog - and the event is on 26th November. It sounds like a fun mix of beauty techniques (mouse-finger massage, anyone?) plus …
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PHP North West Conference in Manchester - Next Week!
13 November 2008

Its been creeping up on us for a while but now PHPNW is almost upon us! PHP people will be arriving from all sorts of places and coming together to attend this event. The schedule is full of excellent talks by a selection of speakers - and we'll round the day …
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Blanket for Christmas
11 November 2008

I'm currently struggling a bit with my Christmas crochet, so I'm posting here to hopefully pressurise myself into actually finishing it in time. The plan is to make a blanket for my granny for Christmas (its a surprise, I'm banking on her not learning to work the 'net before then …
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Leeds Girl Geek Dinner - December 3rd
07 November 2008

Announcing the second girlgeek dinner in Leeds! The event will be Wednesday 3rd December, at The Loft Leeds and tickets are available now, priced at £15. Monica Tailor from Kilo75 will be speaking at the event, and it will have quite a Christmassy feel.

The rules of the girl geek …
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