Archive for August, 2010

Shorten URLs with Zend Framework and bit.ly

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

This function uses version 3.0 of the bit.ly API. You'll need to register for an account with them if you don't already have one. Then you can retrieve your API key and begin using it immediately. {code type=php} function bitlyShorten($url) { $client = new Zend_Http_Client('http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten'); $client->setParameterGet(array( 'longUrl' => $url, 'login' => 'xyz', 'apiKey' => 'xyz' )); $response = $client->request(); if($response->isSuccessful()) { $response = ...

Outsourced Pest Control

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

I spotted this creepy spider while I was getting the mail this evening. Scary! Anyone know what type of spider this is? No related posts.

Hilton Head Island, SC – Day 8 of 8

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

It's over :( We had a wonderful time and great travels to and from the beach. I won't bore you with the details of today, so here are some pictures that didn't make it into the other posts. Enjoy! [caption id="attachment_658" align="alignnone" width="598" caption="Day 1 - Not quite relaxed yet"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_657" align="alignnone" width="598" ...