Monthly Archives: August 2007

“0″ is not Empty

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Mike G.

PHP offers a nifty thing called “silent type conversion” which allows data of different types to be easily compared with data of different types. This is cool because I can say that the integer 1 and the boolean true can … Continue reading →

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Come See Me Talk this Saturday

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Mike G.

I will be giving a talk on Flex and PHP development for my PHP user group this Saturday. If anyone is interested, please feel free to show up. This talk will be a very light one with the goal of … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! Photos is No More

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Mike G.

Just a moment ago, I received the following note from Yahoo! saying that Yahoo! Photos is closing its doors for good. Although I find it odd that I’m receiving this message (I’ve never used the service before), I am pleased … Continue reading →

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Please, hold the bacn…

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Mike G.

It seems as if yet another buzzword has slipped into the already overflowing bucket of marketable slop that pollutes my beloved industry. “Bacn” is a word for all of the semi-solicited email you receive from the various accounts you hold … Continue reading →

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Have You Registered for BarCamp Orlando Yet?

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Mike G.

At the time of this writing, 152 people from the Central Florida area have registered for the very first BarCamp Orlando. I’m proud to admit that I am one of the 152 people who will be making an appearance and … Continue reading →

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Screencasting is Hard

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Mike G.

So for the last two weeks I’ve been trying to get a screencasting site launched and it is proving to be more of a challenge than I originally anticipated. The troublesome site is PHP Casts — a site that I’ve … Continue reading →

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DIFF on Windows

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Mike G.

Ever have to use the DIFF utility in Windows? I just had to and boy-oh-boy was it lame. I guess when a shell program is called in a Windows environment, it only stays open until its execution terminates. This is … Continue reading →

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Come See Me Talk This Saturday

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Mike G.

If you’re in the area, come out to DeVry University and see me present at the next Central Florida PHP meeting. I’ll be giving a talk on web services in PHP 5 called “Creating and Consuming Web Services in PHP … Continue reading →

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