Archive for August, 2007
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
PHP offers a nifty thing called “silent type conversion” which allows data of different types to be easily compared with data of different types. This is cool because I can say that the integer 1 and the boolean true can be evaluated to be the same thing. This becomes interesting when the concept of “emptiness” […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
I will be giving a talk on Flex and PHP development for my PHP user group this Saturday. If anyone is interested, please feel free to show up. This talk will be a very light one with the goal of providing a solid overview of the framework and how to build applications. And of course, […]
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Just a moment ago, I received the following note from Yahoo! saying that Yahoo! Photos is closing its doors for good. Although I find it odd that I’m receiving this message (I’ve never used the service before), I am pleased to see it. I always found it strange that Yahoo! would continue Photos even after […]
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
It seems as if yet another buzzword has slipped into the already overflowing bucket of marketable slop that pollutes my beloved industry.
“Bacn” is a word for all of the semi-solicited email you receive from the various accounts you hold with online companies and services. Unlink spam, it is legitimate email sent specifically to you; but […]
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