PhilRae

5 ms·

1.
by PhilRae 14y ago
I can fully recommend it too. Now I shudder whenever I have to use phpmyadmin.
2.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Follow up, I just saw the cookie disclaimer the other day and I'm in the uk
3.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Regardless of what you're searching for, it is a really nice site and very functional. Yes all other torrent sites are hideous and full of horrible spammy adverts pretending to be download buttons (so I'm told), but this one is nice and cle
4.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Save meetings for Friday afternoon catchup. No-one works well on Friday afternoons
5.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Are you in the UK? Maybe they don't use cookies for uk users as we aren't shown adverts since we pay via the license fee.
6.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Your kid wants the latest toy- download the design and print. Christmas retail supply issues sorted. Hopefully in the future, the basic 3d printer will go beyond plastics and allow printing from some hardier durable material (nanotubes may
7.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Why not just use a cup more than once during the day without washing? I go through at least 7 cups of coffee a day in a single mug; only washing that's done is just before the first of the day.
8.
by PhilRae 14y ago
Practically useless for web design as the large majority or sites are tall, not wide.
9.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Can't remember what the shortcut is (been on the mac bandwagon for 5 years) but it definitely works in XP as I was doing that for years. Maybe File > New Window or something like that.
10.
by PhilRae 15y ago
"Looking for free, reliable cloud storage?Dropbox offers 2GB, while SugarSync gives you 5GB. " I would rather pay a very measly $5 a month for 50GB for the reliability that the company I use has a stable business model and is likely to be a
11.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Get the hacker news app. It gives a very nice view of HN, plus you can send stuff to Instapaper for reading later.
12.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Dude, don't worry - the 8 years experienced guys were in the exact same position 7.7 years ago! I've just hired a new developer and he's forever apologising for 'taking so long'. I just try to reassure him that I know he's learning, and tha
13.
by PhilRae 15y ago
"Die Hard" - best Christmas movie ever!
14.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Badly worded title, should be "How to learn Ruby on Rails for $150". The author points out that it rightfully takes months of your time as well so depending what monetary number you value your time at, you could be very misled into thinking
15.
by PhilRae 15y ago
"The team behind the finding in September that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and found the same result." There goes physics as we know it!
16.
Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result(bbc.co.uk)
13 points by PhilRae 15y ago|2 comments
17.
by PhilRae 15y ago
+2 for UK
18.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Don't websites have to state in the meta tags that chrome frame is to be utilised for it? I don't think it generally applies for all sites.
19.
by PhilRae 15y ago
Having an online presence is very important as an accompaniment to a CV. I always google job applicants that I receive. If I don't find anything, I am disappointed and tend to file those applicants with the ones where I find their fully ope
20.
by PhilRae 15y ago
These people weren't fighting any 'system' or for any cause. They plainly saw an opportunity to steal, vandalise and ruin the lives of many hard-working, law-abiding citizens, under the so called 'protection' of the mob. Hopefully this hard