Category Archives: Computers & Internet

Starting a blog vs starting a forum

Posted on May 14th, 2011 by Ryan

I’m a bit addicted to starting web sites. While WordPress is my go to software, I’ve been leaning towards forum software recently. While I like the idea of blogging because I can put pretty much whatever I want online, I … Continue reading →

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Video: Cabling a new data center

Posted on May 8th, 2011 by Ryan

The way I keep the cables under my desk organized is to just stuff them up and under where I can’t see ‘em. This video from Softlayer shows how it’s supposed to be done. I guess if you’re in the … Continue reading →

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UNC path vs mapped drive letter

Posted on May 7th, 2011 by Ryan

Bit of a random question for today. Is there a difference, speed or otherwise, in opening files through a mapped drive letter compared to a UNC path? When I work on a web project I open the files in  NetBeans … Continue reading →

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Liking Vanilla Forums so far

Posted on May 1st, 2011 by Ryan

Finished up converting another site of mine over from WordPress to a Vanilla Forum. Thought the potential for others to start threads was worth the move. Not that I’m expecting much, but it’s worth a shot. Turns out it works … Continue reading →

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PHP function to reset instance variables

Posted on March 20th, 2011 by Ryan

Quick snippet to reset all public instance variables inside a PHP class back to their original values. Can’t take credit for the code though. Found it on a website somewhere and have used it in pretty much every class I … Continue reading →

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Map of the Japan earthquakes

Posted on March 17th, 2011 by Ryan

I knew about the aftershocks from an earthquake, but I didn’t realize there were so many. The first time I went to the following site there were 555 listed. About 5 minutes later when I went back to get the … Continue reading →

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How to close all projects in NetBeans

Posted on January 22nd, 2011 by Ryan

File this under “duh.” I typically have several projects open in NetBeans and occasionally go through and close them all to clean up a little.  Turns out if you shift click on the projects you want closed there’s a new item on … Continue reading →

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Just finished up a couple of WordPress plugins

Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Ryan

Needed a break from a larger web app I’m working on and this weekend kicked out a couple of WordPress plugins that I’ve had on my idea file for a while now. The first is called rTwit and lets you … Continue reading →

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What if classic video games had an extra hard mode?

Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Ryan
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JavaScript version of PHP __FILE__ or __DIR__

Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Ryan

This is one of those issues I keep coming back to.  I need a way to get the path of the current JavaScript file.  Something analogous to the PHP __DIR__ constant or dirname(__FILE__). Found something close on Stack Overflow.  The … Continue reading →

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