Monthly Archives: June 2008

Generic scaling

Posted on 30 June 2008 by tychay

“But one of the reasons we’re very lucky is our engineering team has selected to use PHP as the primary development language. That allows us to use a fairly generic server type. So we, with a couple of exceptions, have … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP, web development | 7 Comments

PHP anthem

Posted on 29 June 2008 by tychay

IM from a friend:
See ya.
Oh, by the way in OS X shell:
say -v Good oh PHP ow ow oh PHP ow oh PHP ow ow oh PHP ow oh PHP ow ow oh PHP ow oh PHP ow ow oh … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, Macintosh, PHP | 7 Comments

Internationalization PB&J

Posted on 29 June 2008 by tychay

I had to suffer, now it’s Andrei’s turn.

Badges, we don’t need no stinkin’ badges.

No, what I mean is that Andrei needs to practice his talk before OSCONdebut his talk!
Description of the talk:
PHP 6 brings fully functional and mature Unicode support … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP, presentation, web development | 2 Comments

Quiet desperation

Posted on 28 June 2008 by tychay

You: Did you read it?
Me: No, I don’t like to read. Reading for elitist liberal types.
Me: “Lives of quiet desperation.” Have you ever heard of that?
You: No.
[quiet desperation after the jump.]

Posted in books, quotes, religion and politics | 2 Comments

McMusings

Posted on 25 June 2008 by tychay

Because Morgan thinks I need to blog more fast food…
Today at lunch, I was talking really fast when a friend corrected me, “That’s a Sausage McMuffin, not a Egg McMuffin with Sausage. But the one with the ham is just … Continue reading →

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Cody’s closes

Posted on 25 June 2008 by tychay

The last Cody’s Books is closing. Years ago, I would go to one on Telegraph when visiting my brother, who reads even more than me.
I can’t believe it.
Cody’s.
Berkeley.
Free Speech.
Closed.

Books Everywhere
City Lights Bookstore, North Beach, San Francisco, California
Leica M8, … Continue reading →

Posted in books, photos, society and culture | 5 Comments

Following the trail of poverty and crime

Posted on 24 June 2008 by tychay

Wow.

Posted in business and economics, religion and politics, society and culture | 3 Comments

Job: PHP UI Engineer (Mountain View)

Posted on 24 June 2008 by tychay

Restarting this policy…
Job listing – User Interface Engineer (PHP) in Mountain View, California. Contact aknight [at] this site.
The company has developed a shopping search engine that delivers comprehensive lists of products and their corresponding images, ranked by the leading products, … Continue reading →