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Automate site testing with a robot

We've all been there, you're working on a website and you're constantly testing your changes to make sure you haven't broken anything unexpectedly. This can really become time consuming when you make a code change that could affect multiple features. This process is also susceptible to human error (sometimes you might forget to test a feature or run slightly different tests each time). If only there was a way to take the human out of the equation and make this process faster... wait a minute, we can write a robot to run our tests for us! Let's take a look at how we would accomplish this using PHP.

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Now it's looking like a theatre room

After taking a few months off we've finished more of the theatre room. This weekend we wrapped up painting the ceiling slats, window frame, and installed a set of blinds.

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Manipulating XML with PHP

This article will walk you through the process of parsing an XML document using PHP's SimpleXML extension. We'll make some changes to the XML and then save the modifications.

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Botting Facebook's Zoo World

Over the past few weeks a certain someone I know has been playing a real-time game on Facebook called "Zoo World". Users earn money by adding animals, buildings, etc to their zoo and then use this money to improve their zoo (think Roller Coaster Tycoon). Money is earned in real time which means that every tick (5 minutes) you receive a sum of money depending on how well your zoo is rated.

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8:36PM Photo Project

While browsing twitter I found a reference to something called the "8:36 project". The idea is to take a picture of what you're doing (no matter how mundane) at exactly 8:36 PM every day.

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