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Monthly Archives: December 2004
Javascript time formatting function
While working on a web application, I found myself with the need for a Javascript function that would format dates to a consistent state. Several different functions exist out on the internet to perform this task, but none were exactly … Continue reading
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100 Oldest Domain Names
Just a quick, fun link. It’s a list of the 100 oldest .com domain names with links to their WHOIS information. Most of them look familar, but there are a few odd balls in there.
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Santy worm blocked by Google
Google, responding to pleas from anti-virus companies, has shut down a virus that uses the search engine to find victims. The Santy virus uses the search engine to find vulnerable phpBB sites to spread to. An estimated 40,000 sites have … Continue reading
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Benchmarking PHP: Inserting text with include(), require(), or get_file_contents()
Often times in PHP you find yourself needing to insert text. Most sites do this by using a database backend, but you also have the option to include data from a text file. Three methods are available for this; require, … Continue reading
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StatTraq and WordPress Permalinks
For this and my other blog, I use WordPress with permalinks turned on. I installed an add-in called StatTraq to keep track of statistics. But, the stats page never showed which pages were being shown. It just showed that ‘Multiple … Continue reading
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TinyP2P – “The World’s Smallest P2P Application”
Ed Felten and Alex Halderman released the smallest fully functional P2P application. TinyP2P is a 15 (yes 15) line Python program. The authors claim that they are not intending to facilitate copyright infringement, but are trying to show how easy … Continue reading
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Benchmarking PHP: Single versus Double Quotes
PHP allows you to define a string using either a single quote (‘) or a double quote (“). Why? Is one better? Faster? Why should you use one over the other. In this article, I am going to benchmark both … Continue reading
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Benchmarking PHP functions
Often a PHP developer will find themselves needing to know how long a function they are writing takes. Maybe a page seems to be taking too long to load, or maybe they have two different functions that perform the same … Continue reading
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CNet News.com adds support for pingback and trackback
Late last month, CNet News.com officially began to support the TalkBack and PingBack standards in weblogs. This is a major step in large media outlets seeing value in blogs.
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Penn state urges students to dump Internet Explorer
Penn State is telling 80,000 plus students that they should stop using Microsoft Internet Explorer, and replace it with an alternate. Earlier this week, Penn State issued and alert to its students and staff recommending that they switch from Internet … Continue reading
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