PHP Developers at UKFast
UKFast are recruiting for a number of PHP Developers, presumably at different levels of experience given the £18,000-30,000 salary range. The job advertisement is fairly generic, so you might want…
Web Developer at the University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is advertising for a Web Developer to work on a range of websites across the organisation. This is a permanent full time position, paying £24,520 to…
Newsbeuter for feed reading
Although I haven't used Google Reader for some time, the announcement that it was shutting down as part of a 'spring clean' at Google meant that I was exposed to a…
CakePHP on FLOSS Weekly
FLOSS Weekly - a podcast covering Free Libre Open Source Software - recently had an episode covering the CakePHP framework, which may be of interest to readers of this blog. The…
PostgreSQL security updates next week
The majority of PHP websites I've encountered use MySQL for data storage. However, it's not the only option, and sometimes I've come across people using the technically superior but seemingly…
Short term contract at CandidSky in Manchester
CandidSky are looking for a contract PHP developer to work with them for a few months from their Manchester office. Details are as follows: Contract length: 2-3 months to begin with. Location: Manchester…
Multiple CV formats using Pandoc
Until recently, my CV was produced in PDF format from a LaTeX source file, using a template I'd found after some extensive searching. Whilst the output looked professional when viewed…
Hello World spreadsheet with PHPExcel
Back in October I posted about PHPExcel, a library which allows you to read and write Excel spreadsheets in PHP with minimum fuss. Today I'm going to show you a simple…
Debian Packaging Tutorial
On Saturday I gave a tutorial on Debian packaging at the Manchester Linux Users Group, using Twig as the example package. For anyone who didn't manage to make the session, or…
Web Developer at the BBC, Salford
The BBC are looking for a web developer to join their Future Media team on a fixed term (12 months) contract to work on the front-end of one of the…