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BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
What’s In Chris’ Brain – Christmas 2009 Edition
With Christmas quickly approaching, it’s time to dump all the junk rattling around in my head and into the blog. I hope...
With Christmas quickly approaching, it’s time to dump all the junk rattling around in my head and into the blog. I hope...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Shells and Sandboxes
Now that I have become a born-again tester, I’ve started looking at the testing I’m doing at work from more of a...
Now that I have become a born-again tester, I’ve started looking at the testing I’m doing at work from more of a...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Readers Ask Me: TDD and freelancing
Hendrick Daldrup writes:I just saw your post regarding topic suggestions on your blog for Dec.I actually have 2, but the...
Hendrick Daldrup writes:I just saw your post regarding topic suggestions on your blog for Dec.I actually have 2, but the...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
So It Ends, Gentle Reader
Thanks so much for sticking with me during my November blogging experiment. By my reckoning, I only missed one week-day blog...
Thanks so much for sticking with me during my November blogging experiment. By my reckoning, I only missed one week-day blog...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Better Application Deployment
I’ve been working on the open source web service that we make available to our clients, trying to get some caching into...
I’ve been working on the open source web service that we make available to our clients, trying to get some caching into...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
What’s In Chris’ Brain – Blog Experiment Version
I had a few drinks last night with my fellow Milton-area PHP developer and we got to talking about a lot of different topics. ...
I had a few drinks last night with my fellow Milton-area PHP developer and we got to talking about a lot of different topics. ...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Useful Tools For Non-Designers
I’ve been playing with Blueprint CSS until such time that I can create grid layouts in CSS myself. My friend Kevin...
I’ve been playing with Blueprint CSS until such time that I can create grid layouts in CSS myself. My friend Kevin...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
The Definition of Open Source
This has been bugging me all day longYou have a project that is licensed under the GPLand that project is a front-end to act...
This has been bugging me all day longYou have a project that is licensed under the GPLand that project is a front-end to act...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
What Thrashed Around In Chris’ Brain This Past Weekend
(The blog experiment continues: 1 post every weekday in November and I think I only skipped one, but made up for it with a...
(The blog experiment continues: 1 post every weekday in November and I think I only skipped one, but made up for it with a...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Cleaning Up The Dev Environment
Once I got a production push out of the way at work, I set about recreating my PHP development environment. Currently I was...
Once I got a production push out of the way at work, I set about recreating my PHP development environment. Currently I was...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
The Programming Environment of the Future
While working away I was listening (okay, and peeking once in a while) at the live stream from the announcement from Google...
While working away I was listening (okay, and peeking once in a while) at the live stream from the announcement from Google...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Using Django As An Admin Area for a PHP Project, Part 1
My work project needed an admin area for doing things like changing the key for a league, or changing the email address for...
My work project needed an admin area for doing things like changing the key for a league, or changing the email address for...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
What’s In Chris’ Brain Today
She Who Must Be Obeyed asked me what I wanted for Christmas, so I’m going to ask for a copy of “Code Generation In...
She Who Must Be Obeyed asked me what I wanted for Christmas, so I’m going to ask for a copy of “Code Generation In...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Rambling on the future of PHP
Terry Chay, although he disagrees with me on a whole bunch of different levels, is a smart guy. Despite all the profanity. ...
Terry Chay, although he disagrees with me on a whole bunch of different levels, is a smart guy. Despite all the profanity. ...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Going To Christmas Town
I’m off with the family to visit the world’s largest Christmas store and do some cross-border shopping. See you...
I’m off with the family to visit the world’s largest Christmas store and do some cross-border shopping. See you...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
The Scary Future World I Will Program In
A lot of the reading I have done on the Internet in the last few years has led me to the following conclusions about the future...
A lot of the reading I have done on the Internet in the last few years has led me to the following conclusions about the future...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
On Remembrance Day, remember both sides
I am of German descent. Both my parents were born there (although my mother moved away when she was 2, so I don’t know...
I am of German descent. Both my parents were born there (although my mother moved away when she was 2, so I don’t know...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Code Generation For Fun And Profit
(Note, I almost forgot to post about this today as part of my November blogging challenge)I have a serious programmer...
(Note, I almost forgot to post about this today as part of my November blogging challenge)I have a serious programmer...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Why I Don’t Want To Use Tools Written For PHP 4
I was engaged in a lively discussion on Twitter this morning sparked by someone grumbling that people should not be writing...
I was engaged in a lively discussion on Twitter this morning sparked by someone grumbling that people should not be writing...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Sending data via HTTP-PUT using Basic Authentication
(This is another problem I solved with the help of
(This is another problem I solved with the help of
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Next-Gen Work Projects
We are contemplating the next generation of our XML feed processing applicatioin and discussing what technologies we want to...
We are contemplating the next generation of our XML feed processing applicatioin and discussing what technologies we want to...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Don’t Get Too Cute With Your Refactoring
For those who follow me on Twitter, I’m pretty sure it was obvious I was having a very rough day today. I’m in the...
For those who follow me on Twitter, I’m pretty sure it was obvious I was having a very rough day today. I’m in the...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Why I Love Stack Overflow
One of the sites I find myself visiting more and more often is Stack Overflow. The idea is so simple: create a web site where...
One of the sites I find myself visiting more and more often is Stack Overflow. The idea is so simple: create a web site where...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
November Blogging Challenge – Day 1
For the month of November I am going to be trying out an experiment. I’m going to post Monday to Friday all November...
For the month of November I am going to be trying out an experiment. I’m going to post Monday to Friday all November...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
RIP – Quenton 08/21/98 to 10/28/09
I had to say goodbye today to an old and dear friend.This morning at 6:45AM my wife went downstairs to give our two cats...
I had to say goodbye today to an old and dear friend.This morning at 6:45AM my wife went downstairs to give our two cats...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
New Site for “Refactoring Legacy Applications using CakePHP”
While looking around for conferences to speak at that were within a decent drive of my home, I managed to come into contact...
While looking around for conferences to speak at that were within a decent drive of my home, I managed to come into contact...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Building Rallyhat: Out of the cloud and onto a slice
The fall and winter are really the time of year when I can sink my virtual teeth into side projects. During the summer...
The fall and winter are really the time of year when I can sink my virtual teeth into side projects. During the summer...
BigDaddy71 posted a blog entry
Solutions Looking For A Problem
(Personal note: wow, 2 weeks since I blogged something. Can you tell I’ve been in refactoring mode, not writing new code...
(Personal note: wow, 2 weeks since I blogged something. Can you tell I’ve been in refactoring mode, not writing new code...
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