Copyright 101
So recently I have been put in a situation where I am forced to think about copyrights (the law not the band). Despite my personal...
Awesome lego machine solves Rubiks cube!
I thought it would be fun to post random videos and things I find interesting about machines on this blog every weekend. This one is...
The Scope Resolution Operator (::) explained
I remember when I first came across the mysterious double-colon (::), also known as the Scope Resolution Operator. I was experimenting with a php library...
PHP Classes briefly explained
What is a Class A class is also known as an object. To better understand the concept of an object, think of it as you...
Remove dropbox conflicted files on Mac or Linux using Terminal
I like Dropbox. I use it all the time to share files across machines and work on group projects. However, I don't like how Dropbox...
Increase PHP Script Execution Time Limit Using ini_set()
Today I had to set the PHP script execution time directly from within the php file. Here's what I did. Add the following code to...
Life lesson #2: Passion is not a luxury.
My first post for this blog was about inspiration and why I believed it was necessary for success in business. The other day I was...
What to do when you have the error “too many connections”
Recently our servers went down. The error we were getting was "Too many connections". This meant that we needed to increase the limit on the...
3 things I wish I had known before moving to Media Temple
Recently we migrated our server to Media Temple's grid servers. I had heard good things about Media Temple from others before making the decision to...
MVC architecture explained briefly.
Inevitably every programmer is going to encounter MVC architecture. MVC or model-view-controller is a pattern used by applications that divides the application into 3 parts....