March 2008
5 posts
“Cause of parents death? Got in my way…”
– Mr. Burns
Hype
It’s what Apple is famous for. They have such a great air about them that makes them a very good candidate for hype. But, there are some things to consider. I think that hype can be a very dangerous thing for a company if it is not handled properly. Hype can be a great thing if you can control it. There can be too little hype and too much. And the last thing you want is too much. I think...
Digg for sale?
According to TechCrunch both Google and Microsoft are possibly preparing to bid on Digg. As a long time Digg user these are some very interesting news to me. I’m not sure if I think that Kevin (and the rest of the crew) should sell Digg at all, but… if they are going to I have some advice (i.e. plea): Sell to Google! I think that the culture at Google is very similar to the culture at...
February 2008
4 posts
“In a New York Times-CBS News poll, 54 percent of Democratic primary voters say...”
– From boston.com (seriously great news!)
File this under "IE quirks"
If you are trying to make Internet Explorer open a PHP file as an Excel document I have a tip for you… Include the following at the top of your PHP script: header("Cache-Control: max-age=60"); For some reason IE deletes the temporary *.xls file that you created before it has a chance of letting Excel open it. Thank you IE for keeping me busy! Hope someone can use this information.
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January 2008
1 post
Old code
No matter how great you think your code is, no matter how much work you put into it, no matter how long you tweak it, some time later you will go “What was I thinking??”. It’s inevitable. Old code sucks. It always does and always will. And it will suck more and more the older it gets. I’m all for refactoring and reusing code as much as possible but when you’ve been...