Rich Bradshaw

United Kingdom

Age: 26

I'm a physics teacher from the UK who also spends some time doing web design and development. Programming wise, PHP, HTML5 + CSS3 and jQuery-ed javascript are my specialties.

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Why are the built in functions in PHP named so randomly?

php documentation function comparison naming-conventions asked Sep 29 '08 at 21:00

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27 votes

What are the benefits of OO programming? Will it help me write better code?

php web-development oop asked Sep 25 '08 at 19:42

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19 votes

Are unix timestamps the best way to store timestamps?

timestamp asked Oct 7 '08 at 14:29

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19 votes

Finding the id of a parent div using Jquery

jquery dom semantic asked Feb 13 '09 at 13:46

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16 votes

Difference between OTF (Open Type) or TTF (True Type) font formats?

fonts truetype opentype asked Jan 15 '10 at 22:08

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15 votes

Are regexes really maintainable?

regex coding-style asked Sep 29 '08 at 21:27

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15 votes

Best version control for a one man web app?

version-control asked Dec 1 '08 at 13:34

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13 votes

Why are so many web languages interpreted rather than compiled?

web-development interpreted-language historical asked Dec 4 '08 at 11:42

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13 votes

What things can I teach a group of children about programming in one day?

teaching children asked Mar 11 '10 at 18:55

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11 votes

RSS or ATOM to syndicate content?

rss feeds atom syndication asked Sep 29 '08 at 20:46

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How can I remove (chomp) a newline in Python?

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What's the least useful comment you've ever seen?

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HTML 5 <video> tag vs Flash video. What are the pros and cons?

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How do you know you're writing good code?

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Got any tips or tricks for Terminal in Mac OS X?

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When and why should $_REQUEST be used instead of $_GET / $_POST / $_COOKIE?

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What is the funniest bug you've ever experienced?

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Modernizr, html5shiv, ie7.js, and CSS3 Pie. Which to use and when?

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When do you believe software AIs will truly be able to pass the Turing Test?

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Which application do you choose to use an older version of?

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Does constantly checking the documentation make you a bad coder?

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How to protect the keyboard from your cat

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Why is using onClick() in HTML a bad practice?

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Which PHP CMS has the best architecture?

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Including CSS with `<link>` or `@import` - which is better?

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What is Gnome / KDE etc?

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How can I use Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold in CSS?

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Laptop de-crappifying

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Cookies and subdomains

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WebKit Hyphenation

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Why is MD5 still used heavily?

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How do you create “aura” effect from the mouse pointer?

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Why width 960px?

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How do I know if my linux kernel is running in 32bit or 64bit?

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Is SSD better than Superfetch?

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Answering HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE and HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH in PHP

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Copy directory contents using 'cp' command

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How to use PHP to get a webpage into a variable

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Google homepage not valid html

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XHTML, how not to display the TITLE attribute as a tooltip

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Top Questions

Why are the built in functions in PHP named so randomly?

What are the benefits of OO programming? Will it help me write better code?

Are unix timestamps the best way to store timestamps?

Finding the id of a parent div using Jquery

Difference between OTF (Open Type) or TTF (True Type) font formats?

Are regexes really maintainable?

Best version control for a one man web app?

Why are so many web languages interpreted rather than compiled?

What things can I teach a group of children about programming in one day?

RSS or ATOM to syndicate content?

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