Category: Technology

I just discovered that there is a difference between or and || work: variable = this || that No work: variable = this or that This is one of those things that when you overlook, it will drive you insane.

The other day I saw GoDaddy giving out “$1 for a domain” coupons if you “liked” them on facebook. That’s cool. I love $1 domains. But I don’t “like” anyone on facebook. So after almost an of poking around and reading their javascript, here is what I discovered. (Btw, this does not work anymore, so… Continue reading Gaming the GoDaddy Facebook Fan Page $1 Coupon

The AWS::S3 gem is very convenient, but it was not immediately apparent to me how you could use it to download private files from amazon s3. It took me a while to figure this out, so hopefully it will help someone. 1. Connect to your s3 as usual 2. Find the file: file = S3Object.find… Continue reading How to download amazon s3 files with the AWS::S3 ruby gem

A reminder to myself on how to craft a JSON POST using cURL. curl -i -H “Accept: application/json” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -X POST -d “{‘json’:{‘data’:’here’}}” http://theurl.com/to/post/to A good reference link.

When I first heard of the “Chevy Volt” I went on Godaddy and bought the domain name “chevyvolt.org” — I would have bought “chevyvolt.com”, but it wasn’t available. GM had already bought it. I worked on chevyvolt.org for almost two years, as a fan site, adding content to it and creating a robust site that… Continue reading When I got sued by GM and screwed by Godaddy

ini_set(‘display_errors’,’on’); error_reporting(E_ALL); Just future reference in case you need to show errors in php when it is not enabled in php.ini. Otherwise you’ll get the uninformative “Server Error” page.

Here is a great example of terrible of programming. The US Passport Status Check website http://travel.state.gov/passport/status/status_2567.html Get this. The “Last Name” field is case sensitive. Yes. Case. Fkin. Sensitive. I know that .NET is pretty outdated and all, but how fcking incompetent do you have to be to not know how to do a proper… Continue reading US Passport Status Check

Want to waste a few minutes of your life? Go here: http://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html Press the keys listed below Titanic: K KK K JK k JK L ; L K KK K JK k JK KL G Godfather Theme: D H K J H K H J H F G D Twinkle Twinkle Little star: AAGGHHG FFDDSSA… Continue reading Google Doodle Keys

Sometime I like to browse the local newspaper to read stories about my area (specifically the Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise). I also like to read the user comments about the stories because I hope to get a local perspective on issues affecting my neighborhood. Although most of the comment systems have a like/upvote option,… Continue reading Local newspaper websites needs a down vote button

I am in the market for a wireless keyboard with built-in trackpad or trackball. I found the GKM681R which looks like the predecessor to the GKM561R, which has 4 stars on amazon. The GKM681R seems to have more features and addressed many customer concerns present in the older model such as lack of right click… Continue reading GKM681R Review