Monthly Archives: April 2009

Bad advice

Posted on 29 April 2009 by tychay

A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck. For decades, the typical college graduate’s wage rose well above inflation. But no longer. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics | 7 Comments

Autoloading and Lazy Loading

Posted on 26 April 2009 by tychay

Two and a half years ago, when first wrestling with the Tagged codebase, I asked Andrei about replacing all my PHP includes with __autoload. I was told under no uncertain terms to not do this.
I did it anyway.
It’s not that … Continue reading →

Posted in PHP, PHP BLX, Tagged | Tagged Andrei Zmievski, APC, Brian Shire, caching, code caching, include_once, inclued, lazy loading, OpArrays, PHP, require_once, TGIFramework, unserialize_callback_func, Zend Engine, Zend Opcodes, __autoload | 12 Comments

Vee-oh-la

Posted on 26 April 2009 by tychay

Voilá!
I am forever reminded of the French section of my Latin I class when reading the first lesson, J— pronounced this “Vee-O-La!”
If it isn’t obvious from the repeated mentions of me almost failing French I, I’m glad J— was called … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, wordplay | Tagged French, languages, Latin, pronunciation | 1 Comment

Dirty

Posted on 24 April 2009 by tychay

Some words sound dirty.
For instance did you know that you can’t spell socialism without cialis?
Me neither, until just recently.

Posted in religion and politics, wordplay | Tagged cialis, socialism | Leave a comment

New York vs. New Yorker

Posted on 22 April 2009 by tychay

There was been a lot of hoopla a couple years ago that New York Magazine was eclipsing my beloved The New Yorker.
It bothers me that people often confuse the two.
So for your edification, The New Yorker is the magazine where … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics | 6 Comments

Où est le boeuf?

Posted on 16 April 2009 by tychay

One of the weird consequences a publicly-known fast food obsession housed in a tiny body is that friends keep sending me tasty things like turbaconducken and This Is Why You’re Fat.
A friend e-mailed this gem from Canada.

The Double Big Mac … Continue reading →

Posted in books, food and wine, society and culture | 6 Comments

Join Kiva for a Developer Drink-up

Posted on 8 April 2009 by tychay

Halle is interning at Kiva, which, given her personality, I figure is her dream internship.
Kiva is a microfinance site for the poor that allows anyone to give flat-rate microloans via PayPal. As a coincidence of the “I seem to have … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, PHP, web development | Tagged Andrew Mager, API, development, Halle Tecco, Kiva, MarketWatch, microfinance, microloans, Moneywatch, web development | 3 Comments

I wish my colon was clear

Posted on 8 April 2009 by tychay

From flackette:
“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting”
—Edmund Burke
Alas, it seems that the Kindle has backed up my colon!

Posted in books, quotes, religion and politics | 1 Comment

CableBox

Posted on 7 April 2009 by tychay

The CableBox
I like to wait at least a day to mull over a purchase, sale or no sale. But I was waiting months on a purchase of some stuff, so tacking on a