Michael R. Barrick's blog
Mon, 2009/06/29 - 10:46pm
The Basics
Let me start by glossing over some of the classic arguments against extraterrestrial visitors:
Mon, 2009/06/22 - 2:25pm
Below is a snippet of marketing twaddle from the web equivalent of a chain letter/Ponzi scam, promulgated by an SEO snake-oil salesman. The business model is an "affiliate program[me]" where one earns commissions for suckering people into buying crappy, cookie-cutter websites for $20/mo.
Tue, 2009/06/02 - 11:06am
Try out the new friends feature - add me!
Tue, 2009/06/02 - 8:34am
I've just finished adding a new feature: now logged-in users can tag their friends in pictures in the photo gallery. Once you have added someone to your friends list just use the "tag friends" link in the caption area of the photo you want to tag.
Sun, 2009/05/17 - 3:35pm
There is a problem with the Drupal aggregator module stripping out HTML escape codes (i.e. < > & etc.) from RSS feeds when using PHP <= 5.2.6 with libxml2 >= 2.6.32.
This is due to an intentional change in the behaviour of libxml2 after version 2.6.32. Some sites suggest reverting to libxml2-2.6.30 - while this works as a temporary solution, it is no longer necessary or advisable.
Fri, 2009/05/08 - 10:25am
"You know, when you have a program that does something really cool, and you wrote it from scratch, and it took a significant part of your life, you grow fond of it. When it's finished, it feels like some kind of amorphous sculpture that you've created. It has an abstract shape in your head that's completely independent of its actual purpose. Elegant, simple, beautiful.
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