October 2005
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Crime Doesn't Pay
Apparently this lady bought a lottery ticket with a stolen credit card, I presume to pretend like she made out even better, by getting something for nothing, plus winning and getting even more. The only problem? She won. $1 million. Normally that wouldn't be a problem. But because…
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Politics and Money
Politics and money shouldn't go together. I think that a large part of the problem is that the politicians spend money like it isn't theirs. And a huge percentage of it isn't. But the even larger problem is that people don't seem to get that. They want the…
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PHP Image Rotation
While trying to hastily assemble a Javascript image rotation script, it occured to me that you could probably do the same thing with PHP – and it would not only be easier, but more reliable, since PHP happens on the server-side, independent of the browser someone is using….
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Dynamic Publishing on Media Template
In working with a client, it became apparent that something was amiss with their server. Anytime we tried to set the offset in an MTEntries container, we would get an error. Please note, this was while using dynamic publishing. Static publishing should be fine. And also, as with…
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MySQL Search and Replace
I really, really wanted to do a search and replace in MySQL, but I just couldn't find it. Then I did. update tablename set field = replace(field,'search','replace');…
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Keep the Change
In an interesting move, Bank of America has implemented a new program for debit card holders, dubbed Keep the Change, where you can "round up" debit card purchases, and this rounded portion goes into your savings account. Since I've seen many people who have jars and jars of…
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Voice Recognition Stinks
For the second time in as many days, I find myself going around and around with a telephone menu that's run by voice recognition software, and unable to get anywhere. I'm all for making improvements, and the telephone menu is a great place to start – but those…
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Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.0
Version 1.6.0 of the Bloglines Toolkit is now available for download. The toolkit currently supports 8 languages out-of-the-box (contact me if you want to add more) and has been configured to be compatible with the 1.5 beta version of Firefox. Those of you with automatic update checking should…
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Indiana and Reproduction
Apparently a draft version of a law in Indiana will require you to file a petition for parentage if you can't become a parent, uh, the old-fashioned way and if the person helping you (we'll call them the donor) is not your spouse. Interesting. Even though they may…
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Another Camera Moment
And again, I was without mine. I'm going to have to start carrying that thing around with me. Ever since I switched phones and no longer have one with me almost constantly, I seem to be missing all the fun stuff. In any case, this was on the…