Damian Nicholson

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Drupal Clear Cache Bookmarklet

Creating a bookmarklet to quickly clear cache in a Drupal site.
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Why listen to audiobooks?

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My goals for 2010: releasing a jQuery plugin, learning new tech, launching a side project, getting fitter, travelling more, and blogging consistently.
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Why aren't you Huffduffing yet?

An introduction to Huffduffer and why it’s worth using for podcast discovery.
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Goals for 2010

My personal goals for the year and reflections on ambition and planning.
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Internet Explorer Stylesheet Limit

The little-known IE bug where the browser silently ignores all stylesheets after the first 30 requests, breaking page styles.
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TextMate CSS Colour Picker

A handy CSS colour picker tip in TextMate to speed up your workflow.
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Abusing JavaScript Frameworks

My take on misuse of JS frameworks and the balance between tools and over-engineering.
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Moving to Linode

My experience switching to Linode for hosting and why it’s been a good choice.