Archive for January, 2009

My LG Dishwasher Is Having an Identity Crisis

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

We got a new dishwasher for Christmas (thanks Mom!) and I'm convinced it thinks it's an ice cream truck. Check out the video above to see what I'm talking about! The first time Kara heard it she thought I was playing Super Mario Brothers on my Nintendo. The Old: The ...

Easy Way to Convert UTC to Current Timezone in PHP

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

$utc_time = "2009-01-12 21:28:21"; // As pulled from the database date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York"); // Set to Eastern time (automatically handles daylight savings time) // Here's the secret: add a Z (for zulu) ...

Seven Things

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Thanks to Paul Reinheimer for sneakily tagging me. I made it to the state tennis tournament 3 out of 4 years in high school. I read the entire DOS manual when I was 5. I've owned a house since I was 23. In 1993 and 1994 I saw every state in the U.S. and ...