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| bio | website | gordiansolution.co.uk |
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| location | United Kingdom | |
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| visits | member for | 8 months |
| seen | May 14 at 15:54 | |
| stats | profile views | 11 |
I'm a professional PHP programmer with almost a decade of professional experience and considerably more as a hobbyist programmer. I've also had some exposure to Java, Object Pascal and am interested in learning objective C
I've started work on a PHP framework, though it's still at a very early stage and not yet really useful. The current source is available on GitHub.
I've also begun development of a CSS3 elastic grid for use on my own projects and had published that on GitHub as well.
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Sep 25 |
revised |
Cycling on Manchester Metrolink tram routes deleted 3 characters in body |
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Sep 25 |
asked | Cycling on Manchester Metrolink tram routes |
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Sep 23 |
comment |
Basic toolkit for bicycle maintenance Man up and get some of that gritty liquid soap :) |
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Sep 23 |
comment |
Is listening to music dangerous while cycling? Thanks for sharing, nice to hear someone talk from actual experience and able to admit their own stupidity in the hopes someone else won't repeat their mistake. |
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Sep 23 |
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Is listening to music dangerous while cycling? It's not the lack of sound that's the problem, it's the sound that's irrelevant to the task at hand distracting your attention that's the problem. Deaf people usually do have some sense of hearing (complete deafness is rare) and can hear car horns and the like. Headphones not only drown out noises that could alert you to danger (kids, dogs, the noise of a car coming up behind far too close), they also mean not all your attention is on the task of cycling. You need your wits about you on a bike and any kind of possible distraction should be avoided at all costs. |
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Sep 23 |
awarded | Critic |
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Sep 23 |
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How do I deal with a dog chasing me when I'm touring? Really bad advice, it could get you an animal cruelty charge if witnessed and it gives the dog something to grab hold of with its jaws (your leg!). You could also lose your balance or plough into a car or a pedestrian while letting the dog distract you. |
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Sep 23 |
comment |
How do I deal with a dog chasing me when I'm touring? Pepper spray also isn't legal in all jurisdictions (it's not in the UK for example) |
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Sep 22 |
accepted | Rollers for long-wheelbase/mountain bikes |
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Sep 21 |
comment |
What does “modulate” mean when referring to brakes? and if you lock the front wheel, especially on a downhill slope, you stand a pretty good chance of damaging your face! |
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Sep 10 |
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What are the main differences between road saddles and mountain saddles? Not so sure about that one, the saddle on the mountain bike I bought recently was one of those skinny things and I had to replace it with something wider because I like my butthurt to be the kind caused by getting into arguments on the internet rather than having an actually hurting butt :) |
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Sep 9 |
accepted | Storing an inner tube |
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Sep 8 |
asked | Storing an inner tube |
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Sep 8 |
answered | Is it possible to repair a dent on an aluminium frame? |
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Sep 8 |
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You just had an accident, what's next? What jurisdiction is this? My suspicion is US/UK. |
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Sep 8 |
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Arguments for/against bike lanes? I wouldn't put that they make red light jumpers more obvious as a con. The more obvious those buggers are, the better as far as I'm concerned! I try to be a good cyclist and when I'm a pedestrian nothing pisses me off more than being half way across a green pedestrian crossing just to nearly get knocked over by some tosspot who doesn't think the red traffic light applies to him (and it almost always is a him). |
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Sep 6 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Sep 6 |
comment |
Is it better to have a slightly big or slightly small bike? Could you define what you mean by "gnarly"? |
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Sep 6 |
answered | Is it better to have a slightly big or slightly small bike? |
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Sep 5 |
awarded | Commentator |
