Posts from ‘September, 2004’

Amidst my ramblings on "Technology and Life":http://revjim.net/item/10132/, I only hinted at the conclusion I was attempting to make.
Technology will continue to adapt. Just like pink is the new black, technology, is the new evolution. The only way to survive is to adapt.
In the old days, you'd crochet. It was your art, your passion, your living. [...]

In a "recent discussion":http://www.livejournal.com/users/stick_figure/316768.html with "Laura":http://livejounal.com/users/stick_figure/ regarding the possibility of living in a commune or "intentional community", the concept of technology and it's role in life has risen.
I agree with Laura whole heartedly. A "self-sufficient community is not only difficult, it's, technically speaking, stupid":http://www.livejournal.com/users/stick_figure/316768.html?thread=406880#t406880. You would have to be an incredibly large community (say, a [...]

This morning while in the shower, I began to think about how nice it would be to have an application on my phone to read RSS. That way, regardless of where I was or what I was doing, I could keep up with the news, information, and life events that are regularly fed to me. [...]

Last night was Emily's birthday party. I was in charge of the grill, and I didn't do as well as I had hoped. Some of the burgers turned out just as I had intended, but, many of them were more cooked than I had expected. I don't grill that often, so, while I know all [...]

I have a propensity to procrastinate. Knowing this, and not wanting our house to turn into a shit hole, I've put technology to work.
Using a combination of "PHPiCalendar":http://phpicalendar.net/ and "Mozilla Calendar":http://mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ I've made a list of "chores for Jess":http://revjim.net/phpicalendar/week.php?cal=Chores-Jess and a list of "chores for myself":http://revjim.net/phpicalendar/week.php?cal=Chores-Daniel. Using PHPiCalendar's "RSS Feeds":http://revjim.net/phpicalendar/rss/index.php, I get notification on a [...]

I brought my truck in for inspection today. I was prepared for the worst. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to pass the Emissions Test. My truck stinks. I can smell it in the cab. I can see the soot left on my dash board from the exhaust. I can see the smoke billow [...]

"Aaron Wormus":http://www.wormus.com/aaron/ brings up an "interesting point":http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/09/22/dangers-of-sqlite-ignorance.html that may be obvious to the more seasoned web programmers, yet may not even cross the mind of those beginning PHP programmers, especially those just starting with the powerful PHP5/SQLite combination.
bq. I’ve been going through the Zend Contest Entries and have been very surprised to see that only [...]

I don't have every version of gallery at my disposal, so I haven't tested this against every version. However, as far back as I can remember, this has been the case, so I'm pretty sure it applies to all versions, and certainly all recent versions.
Public access to certain data files within your albums directory will [...]

With PHP5 being officially released over a month ago, I think it's about time to get some PHP5 software reviews online. Today, we'll look at "Sourdough":http://sourdough.phpee.com/, a PHP5 application framework.
Sourdough uses "coWiki":http://www.develnet.org/ to power its site. With an increasingly large number of sites using coWiki, I'm pretty sure I'll be reviewing it next.
Sourdough has created [...]

Thanks to "GAIM":http://gaim.sf.net/ (available for Windows and Linux, BTW), I can sort my buddy list by log size. Since I log every conversation I've ever had, ever, this provides a rather interesting indication of who I talk to most, or at least, who I talk to the most verbosely (my cybersex partners, of course, won't [...]