2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://ad7six.com/ Andy Dawson atom@ad7six.com 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://ad7six.com/2012/01/01/Programming-advice.html <p>When I was a younger chap - I remember hearing the song Wear Sunscreen and being struck by the profound and meaningful lyrics. Of course at the time I was entirely ignorant to the fact that the lyrics came from somewhere else. Over the past year I've contemplated writing a post on advice for the next generation of tech geeks a number of times. Since I'd like to get a head start on my new year's...</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ad7six/~4/CsEE5m4QxPE" height="1" width="1"/> http://ad7six.com/2012/01/01/Programming-advice.html 2011-12-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://ad7six.com/2011/12/24/introducing-phase.html <p>Phase is a static site generator written to be largely compatible with Jekyll, a (popular) ruby static site generator. Phase is not a port of jekyll, there are many things you can do with jekyll that are not implemented in phase, but most importantly to php developers - it's written in php and therefore can easily be hacked upon. Built into the core functionality of Phase, are many of the best ...</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ad7six/~4/yRx--zdwlaI" height="1" width="1"/> http://ad7six.com/2011/12/24/introducing-phase.html 2011-07-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://ad7six.com/2011/07/12/Book-Review-CakePHP-1.3-Application-Development-Cookbook.html Since the early days of CakePHP people have been looking for a reference book they could pick up and read under a tree in the middle of forest. There are a few CakePHP books out there - is this one better than it's predecessors? After diligently avoiding all other reviews for this book, this is my take.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ad7six/~4/bDYkDgGzzU8" height="1" width="1"/> http://ad7six.com/2011/07/12/Book-Review-CakePHP-1.3-Application-Development-Cookbook.html 2010-11-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://ad7six.com/2010/11/01/Reflections-on-php-barcelona-2010.html <p> The confernce is over, the hangover has subsided and it's time to share opinions. </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ad7six/~4/d4JaO77MEZ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://ad7six.com/2010/11/01/Reflections-on-php-barcelona-2010.html