Yesterday at work I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to figure out why a form couldn’t handle multiple file uploads. These uploads where failry big – quicktime and wmv files – so I thought the culprit was the large file size. But the script was not returning any error warnings or notices […]
I purchashed a PNY 256MB USB Flash Drive. Partially to get a gadget hit but also to have something convenient to shuttle files in between home and work. There are a number of files on my work pc that I need to bring home. Other time, I need to work on a file at home
According to broadband reports, phishing scams which exploit Microsoft Internet Explorer’s bug that allows scam artists to hide the real url of a link while displaying a legit looking address. While the story itself is interesting, theres an interesting thread evident in the comments posted by readers. A lot of them wrote about how they’ve
Today I’m releasing a simple php calendar output class. Nothing I looked at quite fit the bill for what I wanted, plus I think its part of being an INTP that I usually prefer to write stuff like this from scratch. It was a great excercise for really learning my way around all the different
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Via Luke Huttermans blog: on keeping RSS subscriptions synchronized. A standard like this would not only allow you to for instance sync up different SharpReader instances on different PCs (say one at work and the other at home), but would also work across aggregators so you’d even be able to for instance sync up NetNewsWire
Tivo has set off quite a debate on Slashdot with the news that it is suing EchoStar for patent infringement. The suit, filed in federal district court in Texas, alleges that EchoStar’s DVR infringes TiVo’s “Time Warp” patent, which includes the method used to allow viewers to record one program while watching another and the
Whenever I’ve read about projects or people advocating the use of a Model-View-Controller framework for a php-driven web site, I’ve always gotten a hunch that its an overly-big hammer to use for your typical website. While the theory of its use may make sense for a desktop client application, I’m not convinced it fits for
Harry Feucks, of php patterns fame has put together a really good guide to getting started with php. Instead of trying to do it all himself, he’s helpfully collected the most useful links available and gives advice on how to use them. In this chapter, you’ll find out where to get help-a defence against those
Yes, leave it to me to post my gift giving advice to one week prior to Christmas but you still have the weekend to shop. If you’re looking for a good gift for that special geek in your life, I’d highly recommend picking up a Nintendo GameCube. The chief reason is the low price and