I recently had a problem with Doctrine not returning related entities when attempting to access them on a proxy object. Here's how I fixed it.

We, as a society, are looking for everything to be quicker, easier & more convenient these day, but how many of us stop and question the cost of that convenience? And do we care?

After a visit to the dentist the other day I found myself questioning whether the professional advice I was receiving was entirely unbiased, or influenced by corporate influence or sponsorship. How can we tell these days?

So I've finally got round to doing what I said I was going to do, and get this blog back up and running again. I've never really been one for writing, but over the last few years I've come to realise that the thoughts and knowledge in my head might actually be of use to a few other people. I've also started to realise that I can have a positive effect on the world, if I want to, by sharing my thoughts an ideas with anyone who'd like to listen.