Do you use Spotlight a lot on your Mac? Well, Alfred app might be an app for you. I started using it a week ago and love it ever since.
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Single SVN repository or many? (Poll)
A few weeks ago I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague. The question was wether or not we should store multiple (derived) projects into a single repository, or should we have a single project per repository. My personal favorite is the single project per repository, because I like the separation of projects, having …
Sorting multi-dimensional arrays in PHP
Last june I spotted a post about sorting multi-dimensional arrays in PHP. I immediately thought of a function I regularly use to deal with this and posted it in the comments. After I while I noticed that someone made a pastebin entry with the code, nicely naming me as the author. Back in February 2011 …
Install Eclipse Indigo with PDT on Mac OSX
This thing I’m using for some years now for programming PHP, is Eclipse. Eclipse is a wonderful and powerful IDE—when installed and configured properly. I like to share my preferred Eclipse setup with you. First things, first. Why should you use Eclipse for you PHP development? There are some things why I like this so …
7 WordPress Mods That Don’t Need Plugins
Having a lot of Wordpress plugins can lead to bugs and performance issues. For some simple features it is better to just write them yourself in your functions.php, or a single custom plugin.
The web is losing it’s anonymity
The New York Times wrote an excellent article about the internet losing it’s anonymity. The article describes almost the same I was thinking lately about the web and my own anonymity.
Infinite Ajax Scroll, a jQuery plugin
Infinite Ajax Scroll is a plugin that turns you existing pagination into an infinite scrolling one, without any hassle.
Improve Your Security on Facebook, Twitter and Google With HTTPS
In October 2010 a Firefox plugin called Firesheep hit the news. Using this tool anyone can become a hacker and break into someones’ Facebook or Twitter account, without any hassle. Due to Firesheep popular websites like Facebook and Twitter started to announce HTTPS implementations. Learn how to protect yourself against tools like Firesheep.
5 Reasons Why I Thought Googles’ +1 Button Was A Joke
On March, 28th Google introduced Google +1 (pronounced “Plus One”) — a similar feature like the Facebook Like Button. First thing that jumped to my mind was: “Is this a joke?”. Well, although I was wrong at the moment, I had my reasons to suspect that it was an early #aprilfools joke. And I was not alone, other Twitter users were questioning the same.
Debugging PHP with Eclipse and Xdebug
This article is part 3 of the serie Debug PHP with Xdebug and Eclipse on Mac OSX. In part 1 I covered how you can install Xdebug on Mac OSX. Part 2 covered how you can setup Eclipse for debugging PHP scripts. Using breakpoints One of the greatest features of debugging PHP with Eclipse and Xdebug …
