Category Archives: Computer Stuff

Graphing With Flot

Posted on March 3, 2015 by robert

I was working on one of my personal projects, graphing data with PHP, when I ran into a wall. Sure, with PHP, you can get all your data (in the words of some famous poet: database, oh database, how do … Continue reading →

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Install A Linux Web Server On Your Windows 7 PC With Vagrant

Posted on February 2, 2015 by robert

First, I’d like to reference an excellent video tutorial that I used for my initial foray into the Vagrant world. Click here to see that tutorial. Disclaimer: This blog entry does not necessarily follow safe computer/networking procedures. Use this only … Continue reading →

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MySQL Query Using Derived Temp Table And Left Join Against Self

Posted on January 8, 2015 by robert

An example (for a personal project) where I’m using a derived temp table (designated ‘x’) and a table joined against itself, used to find the max timestamp. Thanks, Martin! select tt.*, fkid, max(fldTimeStamp) as `maxTimeStamp`, (count(*)-1) as `calcCount` from tbl_todo … Continue reading →

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Towns In Connecticut – Highlighting Mapped Regions Of An Image With jQuery

Posted on November 22, 2014 by robert

Having lived most of my adult life in another part of the country, I am often at a loss when towns/cities are mentioned (say, for instance, in a job posting). Until recently, the only solution was to google or mapquest … Continue reading →

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Auto Image Display With PHP And JQuery

Posted on September 9, 2014 by robert

This script will automatically display all the .jpg images in a given folder. The beauty of this script is that it needs no database access. The information for the caption (and alt) are in the images themselves. Easy modifications that … Continue reading →

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Google Chromecast Ain’t All That (Nor A Bag Of Chips)

Posted on August 25, 2014 by robert

Received my Google Chromecast today, and in spite of the fact that I was tired, I had to try it out. Followed the instructions: Plug into hdmi port on tv, plug in power, switch tv input to hdmi port (that … Continue reading →

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Trigger Block Logic Or Why I Learned To Love Outlines

Posted on August 17, 2014 by robert

As a child they tried to teach me many things that I resisted learning. How could this possibly be useful was my first question? That, and the fact that their rigid teaching methods didn’t consider learning a concept enough, caused … Continue reading →

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Script Geek Talk

Posted on July 15, 2014 by robert

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

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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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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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