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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
11:42 pm [paranoid_void]	Social website Idea Inspiration: Everywhere I go I see posted signs advertising www.yourcityheresingles.com. It seems like no matter how remote your location or how minimal your local population, there now exist websites devoted to finding singles in your area. As someone who hasn't had so much experience being single, but LOTS of experience being "lonely" and seemingly "friendless" amongst a HUGE population of people my age, I feel that a website for networking is long overdue. Sure we may live in large cities but rarely do we venture outside our circles when we go out. If you're in a relationship, bar outings typically involve you, your significant other, and either your own or your significant other's friends and their partners. Rarely do we involve ourselves with new faces outside of work or school and even if we want to, rarely do we introduce ourselves to new strangers when faced with the comforting presence of our current friends. As a former member of various sub-cultures including punks and ravers, this "random" meeting of new people with similar interests is an almost guaranteed outcome of attending the various musical events associated with your "scene." I definitely took this for granted in college, meeting 2-a dozen new faces each evening without even trying. If you've been involved in a sub-culture you understand. Simply asking to bum a cigarette or paying someone a compliment on their wardrobe or dance technique is an easy enough way to find a new friend. Then I entered the "real world," full of business types and outgoing yet reserved people, social enough to find themselves in a bar trivia night yet frightened/uninterested enough to avoid social contacts beyond the group they arrived with. Unfortunately I place myself in this category as well; it's not that I don't want to meet new people but when you're already with 10 other people it just seems misplaced and sometimes desperate to strike up conversation with an unknown neighbor. And yet I'm willing to bet there are many like me who have friends and a relationship, and are relatively happy with their life....but still long for others out there with MORE similar interests, or at least a change of the rehearsed, overplayed interactions we're accustomed to. So, my idea is simply to build a site with a basic profile, available for free, to people living in the same zipcode, who aren't looking for anything more than a friend with similar interests. If you're interested and have programming knowledge, please reply so we can get something started. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
3:22 am [tonytraductor]	tickling addiction... I fixed a few things in again, today. (No...no eyecandy this time, since the changes were all internal, really). It was always doing a "save_as" before, because I had not correctly been globally setting the filename upon saving or opening a file. Now that's fixed. It won't ask you for a file name for a project you've opened or already saved, unless, of course, you choose save_as. Now, TickleText will ask you if you want to save your work before quitting, if you have modified the text since your last save. Also, I integrated a calculator. And, last but not least, the "browser" menu item doesn't point to Hv3, the tcl browser I have on my system, by default. The first time you click "browser" a dialog comes up to allow the user the choose the browser. Oh yeah, and I loaded in a smaller version of the above logo, as an .ico file for the user to make a desktop shortcut or whatever. O versão brasileiro foi atualizado igual o inglês também (the Brazilian version was updated as was the English, too). I'll probably have it up in Spanish before this coming week is over, too. (Probablemente voy localizarlo al español esta semana, también). Now, the find/replace is a little buggy, yet. Replace All sometimes misses a few items. Haven't figured that out... Also, I will soon be getting it to actually save configurations, such as the color theme, browser config, etc. At this moment it save no configs, but, I have learned how to implement that by having it write a config script and load it with uplevel. Incidentally, I will also be able to use this same command to get TransProCalc to save projects, finally! I had tried simply having it write a script to set variables and run it with exec to re-open a project, but, of course, that was setting the variables locally to the proc, but not globally to the program. Uplevel #0 $project_save will do the trick! (uplevel #0 $config for the configs for tickle text). So, I now know what to do...but, I've had enough hacking for today. It's 3:20 am, and I still have 3000 words of translation to do before the weekend is out, and we're going to my mom's house for Easter tomorrow, so, this stuff will have to wait until later this week. Ciao. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 7th, 2007
11:19 am [bobbotron]	Managing objects in C# I'm working on a C# project right now - I'm new to C#, I'm pretty familiar with Java. We're working with a C# project that we're hoping to refactor to make it easier to work with. It's a database driven app, and we have this problem where we're always passing around database, logging and configuration object references, and it's a bit of a pain to get a hold of those objects when you need them. What are good ways to do this in C#? I was thinking either some kind of singleton object or use a naming service, like JNDI. Thoughts? (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
4:26 am [elgordochico]	Mysterious copy text property on HTML form fields Hey there-- I noticed that when I highlight and carry a piece of text in Google search from one field to another, the action only copies the text there instead of moving it. (As seen in the image below.) I'm curious how one can do that using CSS. Does anyone have an idea? (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
3:40 pm [barrie3]	Please, please help: I'm trying to incorporate the javascript show/hide toggle tag into a menu frame on a site I'm working on in FrontPage. I've used the code before but I can't seem to figure out what I did and it's driving me nuts. Any help would be hugely appreciated. (x-posted) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
12:31 pm [groovitude]	Hey guys, Can anyone suggest to me some open source projects that I can volunteer some time to? I know PHP, JavaScript, Java and C++. I dunno if you know something that would put my skills to work. I'm jobhunting and a lot of the places I'm applying require development experience, and though I know programming, I'm self-taught and I need some work experience to put flesh on the bone, and maybe contribute to some groovy project that I can be proud of. Current Mood: curious (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
9:57 am [angelamaria]	Apache 2 and SSL I've been trying to setup on my own computer an Apache installation with mod_ssl. Unfortunately, I'm getting into some problems, and I've spent all of yesterday already trying to find a solution, but come up with nothing. :p I'm running Apache 2.0.59, and downloaded OpenSSL/mod_ssl files from hunter.campbus.com (and also this site, which I'm also using as primary reference... I've downloaded so many binaries already, bah). I reinstalled Apache 2, followed the instructions, and was able to create the certificate and key files. I've put them into proper directories and pointed to them correctly in Apache's conf file. ( Cutting for quoting etc. ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
3:00 pm [angelamaria]	Email/join form spam I'm working on one of my linkware scripts, a part of which allows people to join (it's a script for fanlistings, if you're aware of those). Of course, spammers have found their way to it, so I'm trying to make it as spam-proof as possible. I've been doing it the "usual" way—checking for fake email, bad strings, stripping tags and trimming et al, but it doesn't seem to be working as well as I'd like; there are still those who end up in the approval queue. :p I'd like to limit this, obviously. Are are any other ways? I don't want to use captchas or otherwise making the visitor who wants to join add more fields than necessary :/ I put up the source over somewhere (http://indisguise.org/temp/show_join.txt) where you guys could see it, and if anyone would be willing to give it a look and all, I would appreciate that immensely. Thanks! Crossposted: php, webdev, developers UPDATE: I've been discussing with a lot of people in comments, and I wanted to summarize what I've gotten so far, and other ideas I've had myself which I may implement. Of course, if you have anything to add, I would love hearing that, too! ( Read more... ) (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 7th, 2006
1:53 pm [cambrianhouse]	Programmers Wanted! Do what you love. Lots of us write software professionally, but how many are working on projects that we're passionate about? At Cambrian House, you get to work on what you love. Work as much as you want. Pick the project, develop the product! Want more details? About Us: The Cambrian House Mission Statement Cambrian House's mission is to discover and commercialize software ideas through the wisdom and participation of crowds. Contributors earn royalties, sharing in the success of the products. How It Works You think it Most aspiring entrepreneurs and armchair innovators have more ideas than resources. Why let the fruits of your genius languish on the vine? They're yours to grow. Put them in play. Got one just waiting to burst out? Submit it now! Crowds test it But don't buy that Mercedes just yet. Before we greenlight production, your freshly baked ideas run the consumer gauntlet. Flourish or flounder? The market decides. Take a peek at the process: vote on Idea Warz! Crowds build it So the people have spoken, and they love your idea. With the help of the worldwide development community, we turn it into reality. Contributors can take their pick of exciting projects, and in return, they get a piece of the royalty pie. Want your piece? Join our community now and get a head start! We sell it Show time! YourIdea 1.0 hits the virtual shelves with all the marketing power of Cambrian House behind it and with a little help from Chameleon. Every contributor – including you – has a vested interest in helping the product shine, because every contributor benefits from its success. You profit When we say "every contributor benefits," we don't mean warm and fuzzy feelings. We mean real money. When you collaborate with Cambrian House, you get Royalty Points. That means as long as the product generates profit, so will you! What are you waiting for? Submit Ideas, Submit Code and Submit Creative Content! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
5:52 pm [c0rrupt0]	Calling all LAMPheads Hello. First let me explain LAMP just in case some may not have heard that term yet. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Four separate applications that work together to form a very user friendly and developer friendly environment. So if you are a LAMP developer, or even have experience in working with PHP and MySQL period regardless of OS or web server, then this post is for you. Now for the goods. Some may know me, some may not. My name is Glenn Barres and I have been in web development for over 9 years now. I started off making little advertisement websites for my mentor, Chris Toughill, when I was 19. I have always had an immense interest in computers, namely video games, for as long as I can remember. I got into computers because I wanted to make my own video games. Much has changed since that initial desire, but the desire has not. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work in a wide area of environments including web hosting, application development, application service providers, ISP's, telco, (a telephone company), marketing, and media creation. All of these within a Windows and *NIX based platforms. I personally have designed from scratch helpdesk systems, point of sale interfaces, hosting management systems, numerous personal and professional websites, billing systems, call detail systems(that was a tricky one), Meta search engines, and Multiple Level Marketing platforms, (not pyramid schemes). There are probably others that are just escaping me at this time. This is my general professional background. Now my main interests are in Neuro-science (the science of the mind/brain), user friendliness, entertainment, and non invasive marketing. What this means is that I have a desire to create applications that are fun, easy to use, immensely popular, (via word of mouth and non annoying advertisement), and help promote elevated levels of thinking. To put it simply, I am an idea guy. Ideas flow through me like water over the Niagara Falls. It is impossible for me to look at something in life and not get an idea on how to make it better. So one day I decided to take all I know and turn it into a profitable venture called Mediawake. This being said, I will get to my point. My company, Mediawake LLC, is in need of developers and other like-minded individuals as myself. If your interests are close to mine then you have a very good chance in being part of this company. If they are not, you still have a chance so keep reading, we do after all like diversity, it keeps the juices flowing. Mediawake is about a year old and up till now has focused on the development of other people's ideas. At this time we are refocusing on our own ideas. I have come to realize though that I cannot do it all myself. Hence, the reason for this post. I am looking for people to fit the needs and growth of this exciting new company. Below you will find a list of the most desired positions with the most important first. Programmer, (PHP, MySQL a must, working Linux knowledge a plus) Database Admins, (MySQL in a Linux environment) Systems Administrator (Strong working Linux knowledge a must with a background in security and optimization being a plus) Marketing Enthusiasts (great a finding niche markets that we can plug into) Brain stormers (people persons a plus. Finding out what makes people tick and being able to help solve their collective needs) As our company grows other positions will become available. I do not require any schooling but you must be able to demonstrate your skill sets. Send all applications, resumes, stories, or whatever else you think may get your foot in the door to work@mediawake.net What I am looking for is a partner, not only an employee. If you feel up to this then do not hesitate. Current Mood: creative (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
12:56 pm [winterlion]	tired programmer trying to return... This may be the wrong place to ask (but I can't find the right place) I'm trying to find out what I need to get started working as a programmer again. I've got 10+ years experience but it's all in a small town very isolated from anyone else in the field. It's been years since I've worked with another programmer and I don't have a degree as such wasn't available in that area - and the income was never sufficient for me to explore education. I have no experience working for a professional company - or what would be needed to enter into that field.. Any suggestions? I've been looking offline for about 5 years now for help on this one - but have reached the realization I just don't know the right people or questions to ask. Incidentally, I'm currently building a libevent based jabber communications server as an exercise - anyone interested? Language: C dependancies: libevent, libexpat, openssl Platforms: MacOSX, reasonably portable to Linux and should work on Windows but haven't tested yet. Core communications and XML (please feel free to delete / ask me to rewrite / ... as appropriate. Please do let me know if there's any place I CAN ask about this though if you do) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 27th, 2006
9:55 pm [retro1324]	please Teripets.com is looking for programmers. They do not pay people to program for them as they can not afford it(sorry about that, the site is fairly new and only has 37k members..but it is doing great for the time it has been open with haveing one programmer who did stuff who is no longer with teripets), but it will be great pratice for future reference and what not. they need php and flash programmers and artists. if interested please go to teripets.com, join and contact either King or Chris(or on the bottom click jobs and send some samples of your work threw support). thanks. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
5:15 pm [bobbotron]	Geographical image generation... I'm looking to create an image of some geographical oriented data. Basically I would like to create a bunch of squares or dots with different colours based on the data and be able to either create a mercator projection of it onto something like a jpeg, or create a vector map. Do any of you guys know of a good open source product that I could do this with? :) (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
9:22 pm [mc_funkymcmeep]	Cursor position I'm trying to basically make a simple notepad app in C# .NET and I want to display the cursor position, but I can't figure out a property or event to get it to work. Any suggestions? Thanks (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
9:41 am [shaman237]	java, errorpage, iserrorpage sorry, i don't speak english, but i have one problem described here: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/browse_thread/thread/2b253bd0e774d34a/7841b2be3b133eb8?lnk=st&q=jsp+iserrorpage&rnum=2#7841b2be3b133eb8 plz, help (Comment on this)
Friday, January 27th, 2006
10:04 am [multi_facetedg]	Hi, I'm so new to this that I'm currently trying to figure out what free C compiler to use. A few days ago I decided that I would really like to try to learn programing to attempt to right some sort of open source program and to be able to contribute to programs that I like using. I'm currently using this site How stuff works. Basically I would like adivce on what compiler to use. I have done a search but there are so many of them out there, I'd rather focus on learning then doing multiple downloads trying to find one I like. I've seen that some compilers are bundled with editors. Since I'm dyslexic I'd like to be able to find an editor that would color code, the code show I would know when I put something in the wrong order. Thank you for you time. eta: I'm using Windows XP Current Mood: anxious (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 20th, 2006
9:38 am [angelamaria]	PHP + MySQL 4.1 FIXED. Thanks to afromann, cowsandmilk, and kaolinfire! I've been looking around since yesterday and just can't seem to find a definitive answer -- how exactly do you use MySQL 4.1.x with PHP 4.x? Needing some of the functionality available in MySQL 4.1 (and since our host has that as well), I installed it, updated my phpMyAdmin settings, and came across "Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client" message. So I went looking for a fix for that. It told me I had to use the mysqli extension for PHP, but since I installed PHP using the installer (I am on a Windows machine, with Apache), I uninstalled PHP, downloaded the binary zip... but can't find the mysqli extension in the extensions folder in the zip. So now I am in a quandary. The mysqli extension is not in the binary zip; is it only for PHP5? But the host we're on has MySQL 4.1.x AND PHP 4.x! The manual says something about compiling PHP with support for the mysqli extension -- do I have to recompile PHP4, is that it? Help, advice, suggestions, etc would be very much appreciated, thanks. ( My machine's specs are under the cut. ) Update: ( phpMyAdmin works, but ONLY phpMyAdmin. ) Fix: I'm not sure why phpMyAdmin can connect using php4 without having to use MySQL's old password hashing algorithm for its user, but it's probably just amazing that way. Used the OLD_PASSWORD() function to change the password for my script's user, and now it's working fine again with the ordinary mysql_* calls. :) Crossposted: php, webdev, developers (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, January 8th, 2006
5:35 pm [mc_funkymcmeep]	My school officially teaches Java, but one of my required courses was a "logic" class which used Visual Basic.NET. After taking a semester of both I have decided I much prefer the .NET platform than Java. The logic/VB.net class only covered the first eight chapters of this book, http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?category=Programming&subcategory=Microsoft%20Visual%20Basic.NET&isbn=0-619-16010-1, but I decided I would finish reading it on my own. I have, and now I'm interested in continuing to learn more .NET programming (and I'll have to do it on my own since that class was the only non-Java class my school teaches.) I’ll be switching to Visual Studio.NET 2005 and .NET 2.0, and I would like to get into some C# programming as well. I also know PHP, Java, and some C++, so I’m not a programming newbie. What books would you suggest to continue from here? Also, my school suggests that Java is the big language to learn. However, many people outside the school suggest that Java is starting to take a back seat to the .NET platform. What's the truth of the industry? What should I try to learn if I want to get work? (Keeping in mind that I'm not very fond of website development.) Thanks (2 Comments |Comment on this)