Monthly Archives: February 2007

Delphi for PHP

Posted on 28 February 2007 by tychay

Redgee sent me an announcement for this product by the end of March.
Comment: “Delphi + PHP…. own the world man….”
K-RAD!

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There are few people this side of Harry Fuecks who have rode the php design patterns money train as much as I have. In fact, programming patterns have been very good to me: they’ve provided trips to exotic locales, paid … Continue reading →

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Interesting PHP factoids

Posted on 28 February 2007 by tychay

It’s times like these that I wish someone just told the reporter that PHP is a programming language for web development that has a larger marketshare than Java J2EE and Microsoft dotNet combined:
[Web 2.0 technologies] also mean applications can be … Continue reading →

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The Zend Engine is my bitch

Posted on 27 February 2007 by tychay

I don’t read php-internals anymore because I’m partial to getting work done, but there was an interesting question the dealmac developer posted. Basically dealmac, like my current employer, has a large array structure in a PHP file somewhere that is … Continue reading →

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A mile wide, an inch deep

Posted on 27 February 2007 by tychay

When my brother was just starting out as an economist, he told me that economics was easy because it was “a mile wide and an inch deep” meaning that it was everywhere in social sciences, but analytical tools were so … Continue reading →

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My data in a box

Posted on 27 February 2007 by tychay

Warning. This post is too geeky for words.
The inspiration,

12:36:44 PM ed: I wrote a twitter client
12:36:51 PM me: Yes, I noticed
12:36:55 PM ed: that’s how I roll.
12:36:58 PM me: also changed some phpsecurity update thing
12:37:04 PM me: white and nerdy … Continue reading →

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Ghetto update: Costco

Posted on 27 February 2007 by tychay

Those who remember an old post of mine, know that Costco is simply an amazing font for going Ghetto.
Now, Costco has changed their return policy so that the policy on computers now covers all electronics.
BTW, Holly, you need to turn … Continue reading →

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Callwave

Posted on 26 February 2007 by tychay

Callwave recently released a widget to provide free visual voicemail. The idea seems to be that you configure your account to do a conditional call forwarding to CallWave’s servers. From there, the widget provides access to the website to allow … Continue reading →

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A month into eating it

Posted on 24 February 2007 by tychay

For almost a month now, I’ve been living in the best place to dine according to Bon Appétit readers.
Other than fast food, I’ve eaten out here a total of three times.
Things to get
milk
parmigiano-reggiano
toothbrush
clairefontaine notebooks
1/2″ TZ tape
iron and ironing board
life

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What did you expect? A blender?

Posted on 23 February 2007 by tychay

Gizmodo and others are unhappy that the new Canon 40D is the 30D with 10 megapixels and dust shake.
I have to wonder what the hell they were expecting?
[The 40D is a good camera after the jump]

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