Category Archives: Computer Stuff

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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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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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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Parsing XML With PHP SimpleXML

Posted on May 26, 2012 by robert

Needed to stay busy (a long story) and figured I’d kill two birds with one stone, so I parsed some XML for a friend I used to work with. PHP is my favorite scripting language, so of course I opted … Continue reading →

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The Nook Color Fiasco

Posted on October 1, 2011 by robert

I ordered a Nook Color recently (9/6/11) in spite of the fact that it cost way too much.  I made the mistake of clicking through the sale too quickly and didn’t realize the free two-day shipping I thought I was … Continue reading →

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phpMyAdmin on Windows 7

Posted on September 11, 2011 by robert

So, it’s been a while since I upgraded to Windows 7, and I thought everything was tweaked and functioning properly.  Turns out I was wrong.  I tried to login to phpMyAdmin, my favorite means of accessing a database (MySQL), on … 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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