Author Archives: robert

Stories I Tell To Entertain The Weak Minded

Posted on July 17, 2011 by robert

When left alone with my nephew (he’s presently 13 years of age) for long periods of time, I try to entertain him with wild stories and daydreams.  The last time I had one of these “daydreams” we were walking to … Continue reading →

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Bagpipes And Bus Rides

Posted on July 4, 2011 by robert

Steve was not happy that morning.  Well, to be honest, he was never happy.  How could he be?  Steve!  Steve!  Not Stephan, which could be pronounced like Stefan or Steven, but Steve!  So plain, so ordinary.  How could his parents … Continue reading →

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Salsa Snob or Salsa Connoisseur

Posted on June 5, 2011 by robert

Someone in my family calls me a salsa snob, because I turn up my nose at any salsa that’s not fresh. Hey, if it’s cooked (in New York City !?!) and then sits in a bottle on a shelf for … Continue reading →

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Interview With A Shrink

Posted on April 23, 2011 by robert

Went to an interview fairly recently where two people, an HR person and the owner of the company, interviewed me. The owner, I suspect, prescribed (a psychologist or psychiatrist, hence prescribed) the interview process in which I was caught: good … Continue reading →

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PHP Image Manipulation

Posted on March 17, 2011 by robert

I recently played with some of PHP’s built-in image manipulation features and produced a script that will automatically resize, save, and display an image using hash marks to represent each individual pixel (of the image) in either color or black … Continue reading →

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Mail Merge For Something Other Than Letters

Posted on February 26, 2011 by robert

First and foremost, I am not saying this is a good use of Mail Merge, nor am I saying that this is anything you should do to make a website. This is only an example of Mail Merge being used … Continue reading →

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Restricting Access To One Folder On Webserver

Posted on January 13, 2011 by robert

I have Apache webserver running on my personal computer so I can do testing locally (before embarrassing myself on the internet).  I am also networked locally to other computers in my home.  For reasons I won’t go into, I want … Continue reading →

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Dear Mighty Portal

Posted on December 23, 2010 by robert

Dear Portal (like Yahoo and other web based e-mail providers): Recently on one of my junk* e-mail accounts I received an e-mail from a friend that told a well-woven tale of woe.   The gist of it was she was traveling … Continue reading →

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Crosswalk Signals and Traffic Control

Posted on November 20, 2010 by robert

Okay, before I get off on my tangent, I’d like to say that the traffic signal light stack (for lack of a better term, known to me – green light, yellow light, red light) needs a pedestrian walk light.  Why?  … Continue reading →

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The Price of Tea

Posted on November 17, 2010 by robert

I was a child of the 60’s and 70’s.  Yes, kids, that means I’m old.  No, kids, dinosaurs did not roam the earth in my childhood, more’s the pity.  It was a wonderful and terrible age.  It was before the … Continue reading →

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