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This is just a quick post to try and rally a few signatures against the ridiculous mandatory internet filter proposed for Australia.

There are so many reasons why this should not go ahead. I won’t go into detail here, but you should learn more if you don’t know what I’m on about. Try Horus Kol’s article, or No Clean Feed for some good information.

Please use this nifty form to show your support for the fight against mandatory internet censorship:

In addition, there is another petition you can sign at TakingITGlobal.

It’s time for part 2 of my PHP wish list! In this instalment I’ll detail another feature that I would love to see in PHP: reverse combined operators.

If you missed part 1 (you probably did), you can read it here.

“What the hell is a reverse combined operator?” I hear you scream. Well, technically they probably don’t exist yet, so I’m sure a better name could be found, but bear with me and I’ll try to explain…

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Adelaide is a small city, as anyone who lives here can attest to. So it’s no surprise that when music acts decide upon an Australian tour, they sometimes leave the city of festivals, churches and murders off their roster.

This fact is even more aggravated if your musical tastes are a little… different, like my own. While massive pop acts may have the resources and the fan base to justify a night or two in our fair city, I dare say many smaller acts would just be doing it for the love.

This summer however, I must say that I am absolutely blown away by the amazing array of talented bands making the trip to Adelaide’s fair shores. Some of these bands are recent infatuations of mine, others I’ve been waiting years to see, but whatever the case, I can assure you the following shows are all worth your hard-scavenged shrapnel, and possibly even some of your beer money.

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PHP is a great programming language. Honestly, I’ve worked with it almost every day for 5 or so years and I still love it. I haven’t even considered trying Python, promise! *looks guiltily at Andi and Zeev*

Sometimes though, I do wish for something more. Never enough to switch teams (sorry Python), but there are a few points I keep coming back to. This, in fact, is at the present moment the sole reason for this blog’s existence – I simply don’t have anywhere else to voice my frustration.

So, without further ado I give you part 1 of my PHP wish list: the foreachif() construct!

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