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PHPStorm 2016.3 changes to Terminal

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How to configure PHPStorm terminal to use GitBash on windows! Being a developer who likes using Windows can sometimes have its quirks but using PHPStorm and configuring the Terminal to bash instead of CMD can be very helpful. I have a preference to use bash, mainly sh.exe distributed with Git for Windows. If you are […]


How to build a budget PC

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If you have been thinking about building a PC and don’t have a large budget then Paul from @paulshardware has just done an awesome guide on the parts and how to put it together. He goes into great detail about the components, what they do, what they come with and how they are all connected. […]


WordPress Workflow – WCSYD 2016

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Development to Staging to Production First, big thanks to everyone who attended WordCamp Sydney 2016 and all the awesome people who organised it. This event was my second this year and my second time speaking, truly is the best event to attend. It’s important to remember that everything I talked about on the day and […]


Installing PHP on Windows 10

Installing PHP on Windows

I recently had to install the PHP executable on my laptop for my local Laravel dev. I had some issues, pulled out some hair so I wanted to post what happened when I tried installing PHP on Windows 10. Just installed the local php.exe for Windows 10 on my laptop, had some issues and thought […]


WordCamp Europe 2016 via Livestream – FREE

WordCamp 2016 Livestream FREE

This weekend is the WordCamp Europe event, which is already sold out. If you are like me you are not lucky enough to be able to fly to the Vienna, Austria the event will be Livestreamed and the time-zone difference is not too bad. I have created two timetables with added columns for local AEST UTC […]


Cool things coming to Web Dev on Windows

Here are some very new things coming to Windows 10 to make non-windows development way betterer. I have been working on ways of improving or finding the perfect setup to develop non-windows applications on Windows. By that I mean not working with dot NET applications in Visual Studio. I primarily work on WordPress and also […]


Thorium is the new GOLD

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The answer to so many problems, including the biggest one I think, cheap and clean power, is Thorium and we have one of the largest supplies of it on the planet My Favourite videos on Youtube now are everything from @kirksorensen, by @gordonmcdowell, talking about Thorium and Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor. [youtube https://youtu.be/YVSmf_qmkbg?t=2m28s&w=560] Right at the […]