I’ve been somewhat annoyed by PHP recently. For an example, see the script running the sidebar that shows the sunrise/sunset. Now granted, it’s an odd script to include in the main PHP libraries. However, if it IS included, I really … Read More
A neat little bit of code to display sunrise and sunset (the functions are built into PHP but I’m guessing many people don’t realize). <?php $lat = 47.133031; $lon = -122.274538; $zenith=90+50/60; $offset=0; $location = "Puyallup, WA"; $sunrise=date_sunrise(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_TIMESTAMP, … Read More
There has got to be a better way of doing Software Engineering than what we’re currently slogging through at work. I heard a guy on NPR talking about Software Engineering broadly and mentioning that one of the problems is that … Read More
I’ve lost 1/5 of my needed weight for the year! Yay! Unfortunately, the first little bit is the really easy bit to lose. Hopefully, I’ll actually be able to stay on track.
Finally got sick of the way that Firefox under Mac handled tabbing in web forms. It had an irritating feature where combo boxes are “skipped” when you’re tabbing from field to field. It turns out it’s a default setting… In … Read More
Ho hum — been a bit slow on the blog posts of late. Okay, well, November 20th was the last one. To be fair, I did start a post in draft format and I never actually made the post. And … Read More
This is a test — I’m trying to post to my blog from Writely — Google’s new online word processor. Very neat stuff — The interface is really impressive. It’s amazingly snappy to. Let’s see how this works…
by Daniel Dvorkin (106857) * on Thursday August 03, @10:36AM (#15839578) Windows users are always accusing Mac users of smugness, but there’s nobody more smug than a Windows user observing that one (1) particular security vulnerability has been found for … Read More
I had been doing some development on our application at work and had been using an outdated version of the database (I’m too lazy to actually stay in sync with the current design). Since most of my work was unrelated … Read More
Okay — I know I just posted an entry about 5 minutes ago, but this is important for anyone reading this (i.e. no one): This is my ideal cellphone: PDA (Palm seems the best — no Windows Mobile junk for … Read More