[xauronx]

I know how you feel. I think it's kind of a combinations of things. I can MAKE things. I can do it quickly and make pretty cool products. Unfortunately, I do a lot of it by searching online. Even if I'm writing my own code and not copying from other sources, it's kind of in one ear and out the other. I used a PHP function yesterday to remove HTML entities. I'm sure its something like stripHtmlEntities or something (ah, it's "html_entity_decode"). That's exactly my point though... I needed to use it ONCE for some side project. Should I have that on my interview tomorrow, I would fuck it up, even though I know exactly how and when to use it.

Anyhow, I relate it to GPS in the car. I can drive somewhere 10 times following my GPS and not be able to get there the 11th time without it. However, if I wing it once and figure it out myself then I always remember it. The internet is that kind of safety net that stops me from retaining the information.