Here’s a fun little trick. When looping over an array, you can access the values by reference. Instead of:
foreach ($things as $i => $thing) { $things[$i] = strtolower($thing); }
You can reference the values of the array:
foreach ($things as &$thing) { $thing = strtolower($thing); }
It’s a small difference, but it comes in handy once in a while, especially when you’re doing more significant processing with each item.
This comes from an email I just wrote to an email pal from New Zealand. Here’s my update in multiple list form. I’m cross-posting this to Depression Common Sense since it mentions my depression situation.
Welcome to the ‘Sick Society’ category, wherein I attempt to make you think about things, become enraged by them, begin to change yourself at least – or change society at best.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society
— Krisnamurti
Quit complaining that Facebook changes things. Embrace the new. When web developers work hard all day on a new feature only to have the community poo-poo it – for a site that’s free to begin with – it feels crappy. I know from experience. You don’t like it? Fine. Go build a better one yourself. [...]
Facebook can be highly enjoyable, but also very annoying. Between app invites, mystery friends and requests, friends blabbering on your ‘Live News’ page, there’s a lot that can get in the way of having a pleasant experience. Here’s are nine ways I manage to keep the noise to a minimum so I can enjoy what I enjoy about it: my friends.
