Author Archives: robert

Script Geek Talk

Posted on July 15, 2014 by robert

action = !understand ? ‘nothing’ : ‘like’;

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Dates in Month-Day-Year Format

Posted on July 14, 2014 by robert

I’ve seen posts and heard comments about how illogical it is that we (Americans of U.S. variety) use month/day/year date format. How can it possibly be logical? It doesn’t go from largest, most significant to smallest, least significant–you’re most familiar … Continue reading →

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EHR Experiences So Far

Posted on May 4, 2014 by robert

We began our descent into madness, the madness of EHR, around April of 2013. We were informed that the EHR system would go live on July 22, so all vacations would be cancelled. That was the first thing that turned … Continue reading →

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Spring Is Here (in New England)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by robert

The grass is greening, the dandelions pepper the landscape, and the dogwoods are blooming. Spring is finally here!

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Random Password Generator

Posted on April 18, 2014 by robert

One way to make a random password generator. See it in action: Random Password Generator Example Hopefully I’ve commented enough in the code to explain it all: <?php /** * generateRandomPasswords.php * @author Robert Newton <lektrikpukeAtYahooDotCom> * if you use/reuse … Continue reading →

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Syncing MySQL Database Between A Mac And PC

Posted on April 13, 2014 by robert

I’ve been a long time Mac hater. Recently, though, I broke down and bought a Mac laptop. Being a geek on many levels, I immediately had to set it up as a development server environment. I won’t go into the … Continue reading →

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Missing George

Posted on September 21, 2013 by robert

Many times I’ve told my brother about George, and today he reminded me of that kindly, old gentleman. I worked in-house in security with George for many years. He was not perfect, but everybody liked him. He was just that … Continue reading →

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PHP Calculate Easter

Posted on December 25, 2012 by robert

My browser homepage is set to a localhost php calendar that is connected to a database (to display birthdays, events, reminders, data of all sorts). One of the dates I originally found difficult to calculate was Easter. One of the … Continue reading →

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Lyrics You Will Never Hear

Posted on December 23, 2012 by robert

When I woke up this morning Thinking of what to say Argue with myself right and wrong You said that you loved me You’d come back some day Out loud I wonder in this song My love, you’re my love … Continue reading →

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iCrap, Or Why I Hate Apple Products

Posted on November 11, 2012 by robert

Went over to my brother’s house to help him set up his wireless network.  By coincidence, his network went down when hurricane Sandy passed through the neighborhood.  Anyway, my brother went to a local store (rhymes with TestMy) and they … Continue reading →

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