I was recently tasked with a small project that had to pull commit logs from various subversion servers and repositories and display them on a web page. The process was a lot simplier than I first anticipated. Hopefully someone else will find this useful. This php code snippet requires that the server have SHELL_EXEC()… Read More »
I Don’t usually blog just to reproduce another thing I already saw, hense the slowness in new post. But I keep going back to this one.. It could be because I haven’t slept in two days or maybe I keep going back because it’s perfect… The article was here: http://blogs.sitepoint.com/12-tips-for-better-developer-communication/ I’ll Feel bad for reprinting… Read More »
Thats right, the machine that made home computer history in 1982 is coming back. Commodore had quite a history starting back in 1954, but never really hit it big until the early 80s when they managed to bring affordable personal computers into peoples living rooms. Personally my very first computer was a Commodore Vic 20,… Read More »
Pioneer One is a web series that is gaining a lot of momentum with the drama and sci-fi fanbases alike. The creators initially raised $6000 for the pilot through the funding site Kickstarter.com. Within the first week the pilot episode had been downloaded 420,000 times, 170,000 more downloads than predicted. Distributed through vodo, bit-torrent… Read More »
Are you ready for IPv6? Only a few days left until the ipv4 apocalypse. Some interesting links: Fox news has no idea what they are reporting on: “Web developers have tried to compensate for this problem by creating IPv6 — a system that recognizes six-digit IP addresses rather than four-digit ones.” http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/ Twitter Feed… Read More »
Here is a quick little bash script that I use to initially provision Debian LAMP servers from a fresh install. This should setup PHP with all the whistles and bells, a whole handful of utilities as well as install webmin for you. Nothing to complicated here, just a quick little script to speed up your… Read More »
All server administrators are well aware that servers never go down during business hours, they have explicit code that requires any downtime to occur in the middle of the night or when your out at the bar away from your computer. Because of this, the iPhone can be a server administrator’s best friend. Anyone… Read More »
flash mob (noun): A group of people who appear from out of nowhere, to perfom predetermined actions, designed to amuse and confuse surrounding people. The group performs these actions for a short amount of time before quickly dispersing. Flash mobs are often organised through email and/or newsgroup postings. Number 5: Oprah Flash Mob During… Read More »
My humor is way too geeky sometimes, a majority of my friends never get it… so here are the two best movie trailers to hit the internet… First up, the original, “The Social Network” a movie about the start of facebook, which should always be filed under “Way to fucking dramatic for a movie trailer”…… Read More »
This describes my iphone perfectly since the upgrade…. I’m glad I’m not alone…