Monthly Archives: March 2007

That’s why they call it glue

Posted on 17 March 2007 by tychay

Read Dru’s Thoughts on PHP.
[A couple more thoughts after the jump]

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Ran out of hard drive space so I ordered a hard drive from ProVantage ($265.58) (PATA version—$265.39).
Here is the rub, the external drive is actually $13 cheaper ($251.74), but I ordered the one above because I’m done with PATA. Same … Continue reading →

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Stepping in it

Posted on 13 March 2007 by tychay

I’m not blogging about politics because the wind changed direction—waiting finally beats getting worked up.
This sarcastic post from Balloon Juice though has a novel summary of what is going on with the Attorney General firings and how it occurred. This … Continue reading →

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Facebook @ SXSW

Posted on 13 March 2007 by tychay

When did SXSW become the “It” conference? I remember when people in the Valley would say “I have to go to SXSW” followed by a sigh that reminded me of how I used to approach mowing the lawn.
First comes the … Continue reading →

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fo shizzle

Posted on 10 March 2007 by tychay

In an e-mail recently someone used the phrase “fo’ shizzle.”
Now having worked at Plaxo I’ve heard the term and seen it used when we play Counterstrike and such, and it’s used on television more, but I never saw it written … Continue reading →

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The Shu Ha Ri of strings

Posted on 7 March 2007 by tychay

In a discussion on the speed differences between various types of strings, I was completely misunderstood (or ignored).
Sad.
George told me his all-time favorite PHP talk of mine was the first one I gave: “OOPs: The PHP Fear and Loathing Guide … Continue reading →

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Sensing a great disturbance in the force

Posted on 7 March 2007 by tychay

…of my 2008 budget.
“Depth of field” huh?

A Pentax medium format digital camera. 19 or 31 megapixel CCD sensor with 1.4x crop factor in 645 format (44mmx33mm). Basically that’s twice the image area of 35mm “full frame” or .7x “crop factor” … Continue reading →

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More foot in mouth

Posted on 5 March 2007 by tychay

This CrunchGear announcing the Olympus E-510 is the height of moronitude.
Basically he doesn’t like this 4-3 10 megapixel wonder child because it cost $100 more than the E 410 sister camera with only one difference: image stabilization.

“Now, who’s willing to … Continue reading →

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PHP continues ass-kicking

Posted on 5 March 2007 by tychay

Another month of Nexen.net’s excellent report on the state of PHP on the internet.

Very useful stuff for a PHP developer, especially in a hosted environment.
Thanks Damien.

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Slashdot is still good for a laugh

Posted on 4 March 2007 by tychay

I thought maybe Slashdot at +5 would start getting better now that everyone has migrated to digg.
“Actually, lots of people have abandoned PHP for Python and Ruby.”
Dan Ost
Nope.
(I guess this depends on your definition of the word “lots.”)