People like John Valentine make me want to get into politics some day. The economy is in shambles, personal freedoms are under attack, and the government is steadily increasing in size and scope. But State Senator Valentine has a plan...
#nrcc-survey{font-family: sans-serif;line-height:1.25}#nrcc-survey label, #nrcc-survey i{padding: 0 2em 0 1em;}#nrcc-survey i{color: #a00;}#nrcc-survey img{vertical-align: top;padding: 2px 0;}#nrcc-survey li{margin-bottom: 0.5em;padding-bottom: 0.5em;border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;}So it turns out that Tom Cole and the NRCC need my help to win back the House and Senate....
The good news: The coding deathmatch is back, this time with twice the prize money and a guarantee that every finalist will win something. The bad news: Employees can't compete (obviously), and previous finalists can't win prize money, so that...
There are a variety of approaches to combatting blog spam. Each has its pros and cons, and none of them is perfect. Three common approaches that I've seen: 1. CAPTCHA's can be effective, but spammers are getting better at finding...
Even though I've been doing CSS for years, I still think it's the coolest thing since sliced bread—the novelty hasn't worn off and probably won't until something better comes along. Last night I gave my CV a much needed update....
Whereas spam is the leading cause of lost productivity for many people, digg is my Achilles' heel. I spend more time on digg (and slashdot and fark) than I'd like to admit, so it's nice to see it finally paying...
So it looks like either my reverse page-hijacking did the trick, or it just fixed itself automagically. I may never know for sure. In other news, jenChat got a long overdue facelift. Fixed a few minor bugs/issues with the code...
It looks a couple pages on my site got 302-hijacked when I wasn't paying attention... Once upon a time, my site was one of the top Google results for "sqlite and php". Now the pages in question are no longer...
The last eight months or so have also been quite busy due to a not-so-small side project called CardCafe.com. Early in 2005 I was approached by some former associates of mine who had a fantastic idea but needed someone to...
Okay, so it's been quiet around here as of late. To those looking for updates, or whose emails went unanswered, I apologize and resolve to do better this year. In my defense, I have been a bit busy the last...
Dear State Senator Mike Fair, If there were a Dumbass Olympics, you would take the gold in every event. I am referring, of course, to your recent defense of an Intelligent Design curriculum for the State of South Carolina:We'd like...
It's nice that you can always count on the media to be objective, especially during a time of crisis. Oh wait, scratch that. Here are a couple photos and their captions from the Yahoo News web site (emphasis added). A...
God I hate Internet Explorer... Here's another case of Microsoft trying to be clever, but shooting itself in the foot and thwarting its users in the process. If I have a document, say foo.txt, that is in fact a text...
I've been playing around with the PHP-CLI a bit recently and thought I'd post a couple solutions to issues that I have come across:How can I prevent user input from being echoed back as it is being typed (e.g. for...
The past few seasons have been a bit rough for the home team due to the Neocons' enormous payroll and the fact that they own all the umpires. But occasionally the Truth is able to pull out a win, and...