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Apparently someone also predicted this would happen a year ago using a computer model.

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/09/04/cgi-artist-predicted-walkie...

Worth mentioning that HUKD were referred to the IAB over their voucher code practices.

http://www.affiliate.me.uk/affiliate-news/online-deal-site-i...

I think blue is considered an appetite suppressant isn't it?

Any way to look around without forcing a sign-up? Delicious has that option (Browse Delicious).

Your 'Cloud Scalable' icon looks a little lower resolution than the others.

So you could call this one the China Firewall of Great Britain.

Go for it, I was in exactly the same situation. I can't call myself a programmer yet, but I work alongside them and I'm on the ladder in an industry where I can attempt that move in time if I think it's right for me.

I was stuck in an office admin career at 32, hadn't been to Uni, and my employer had no real interest in my attempts to develop my skills. I took some online courses, hosted and created my own sites, where I blogged about things I knew.

Everything I did I put on a CV geared towards showing my technical skills and how I was trying to develop them.

Eventually my CV was passed to a tech company looking for a graduate. I was able to show that the 10 years of office experience I already had was just as valuable as a degree, and my CV showed a willingness to learn and better myself through my own efforts. I was doing this because I really wanted to make a change in my life, and they could see that.

In the three months I've been here I have learned even more about web development and can already see many opportunities for advancement down the line.

My main regret is that I didn't do it sooner, I spent a good few years moaning about getting a new job but not really putting any real effort into it.

Live HTTP Headers

I set-up TTRSS (http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki) on my own server. I didn't like that Feedly requires a browser add-on, as I'm not always going to be able to install that on every browser I might use.

There were some interesting comments below the post hinting that a lot of these services are themselves using CloudFlare to protect against being taken out by their competitors. The advantage to CloudFlare apparently being that these booters also drive more users to their own services.

This would be the same Margaret Hodge who appears to have her own tax avoidance issues that she refuses to clarify.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/113892078/Priti-Patel-Letter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businesslatestnews/966839...

I quite like using Line, and prefer it to WhatsApp (which most people in my contacts seem to have). My main gripe however is the lack of a browser chat option. They have a desktop client but I'd rather not have to install that just to chat at my desk. That's where Google has the edge I think.

I've been lurking for a while but that doesn't mean I'm astroturfing, everything I wrote was genuine.

It's funny you mention that it sounds like an ad, I was reading it and felt that it was quite similar to my own situation.

I just got my first technical job (website integration for an online marketing network) in the last month, previously being in general office administration for 10 years. I've always been technically minded but had never pursued it as anything other than a hobby (running home servers, being family tech support etc...).

While I've found Codecademy incredibly frustrating at times (lack of response to feedback and glitchy lessons mainly), it was definitely worth using. I also bought some domains and built a couple of Wordpress sites to try and showcase my skills and interests.

I'd spent all of 2012 firing off CV's to try and get into an entry-level IT support role (which I know I could do) and didn't get a single interview. This year I managed to get in touch with a recruiter via a friend in the ad display industry and pretty soon afterwards I was put forward for an interview. That I could demonstrate my websites and willingness to learn outside of work using online courses on my CV was a definite factor.

An HTML test was a requirement in the interview, and having no idea how complex it might be, I ran through Codecademy's lessons and covered as much as I could to refresh my knowledge. This was a huge help and I did fine on the test.

I was offered the job the same day and one month in I'm loving it. I'm in a fantastic place with a great environment and working with other technically-minded people.

I think there's real value in many of these online courses and education sites (I have also played around with RubyMonk and Learn python the hard way), especially for someone like me who went straight into work rather than Uni.