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RTFM - keyboard shortcuts for NetBeans
03 August, 2011Tags
There are so many useful shortcuts in most pieces of software, and you can usually customise them as well. When developing, I use Netbeans…
Collection of dummy content files for testing purposes
25 July, 2011Tags
This is a collection of a bunch of dummy content files. A client needed a website with lots of file uploads, and wanted to test that all the…
Show a block on specific content types
15 July, 2011Tags
Drupal 7 has this feature in the UI, but for Drupal 6 I keep going back to this post on FreshBlurbs- I really should remember it by now…
Computer people vs ordinary people
12 July, 2011Tags
What is different about ‘computer people’? Most of the working population of this country either use computers every day, or used them at…
Why don't I want to go to Glastonbury any more?
26 June, 2011Tags
It’s Sunday evening and I’ve just come home and turned on the TV to see Beyoncé’s set at Glastonbury. The band are tight, Crazy In Love…
Meta-fun - the conspicuous consumption of information
18 June, 2011Tags
A while ago I went to a gig with a friend. As the lights went down, my friend took her phone out of her pocket and started fiddling around…
Setting up a maintenance page that automatically reports back a problem
18 June, 2011Tags
It’s a good idea to theme the error pages on your site. It looks more professional and provides a better experience for your users. A lot of…
On the streets of London, we're all as bad as each other
16 June, 2011Tags
Everyone is selfish. That’s the conclusion it’s hard to avoid when cycling around a big city. Cyclists, taxi drivers, white van drivers…
Creating users with duplicate email addresses in Drupal
08 June, 2011Tags
The Drupal admin interface doesn’t allow you to create multiple users with identical email addresses. This is probably a good thing, but…