Archive for the ‘Amazing’ Category
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Today I taught myself how to use Zend_Cache and implemented it within 20 minutes. It's super easy and very effective. Take a look at the code sample below and you'll be up and running in no time.
Step 1: Setup the Cache
{code type=php}
$frontendOptions = array(
'lifetime' => 180, // Cache for 3 minutes
'automatic_serialization' ...
Posted in Amazing, PHP, Programming, Software, Web Development, Zend Framework | No Comments »
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Kara and I just returned from a seven-day trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We stayed at Royal Decameron Costa Flamingos all-inclusive resort which had fantastic scenery and was reasonably priced at $1700 for the week including all meals, unlimited drinks, taxis to and from the airport, and airfare.
The best part ...
Posted in Amazing, Entertainment, Food, Life, Reviews, Vacation | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
For my mother's birthday I purchased a TomTom One 130. The updated maps had the other half of my road, so I was happy it could navigate more efficiently. Tonight I stumbled across a new site called DealWaiter. I plugged in "Garmin Nuvi" and it had a few results but ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Deals, Depressing, GPS, Hardware, Money, Ridiculous, Technology, Toys | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Midway through Heroes: Season 3 I realized how quickly video streaming technology has evolved in the last few years. Think about the multitude of ways you can now get your fix.
Regular old TV
Digital Video Recorder (DVR): TiVo, MythTV, cable box DVR
Hulu
YouTube (and other video-sharing sites)
NetFlix's Watch Instantly
Networks' websites (ABC, CBS, ...
Posted in Amazing, DVR, Entertainment, Google, Hardware, Hosting, Software, TV, Technology, Web Development | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, DIY, Deals, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development | 3 Comments »
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Kara and I had a lovely vacation in the Bahamas in November. Below are some of the highlights. If you'd like to see all of the pictures (the good ones, at least), head over to our online photo gallery.
Oprah's House
3 sharks as seen through a glass-bottom boat
Related posts:Welcome ...
Posted in Amazing, Entertainment, Life, Vacation | No Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...
Posted in Amazing, Hardware, Hosting, IT, Linux, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
It really couldn't be any easier than this:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
You're done. Now you can use ssh to remotely connect to your Ubuntu box.
Related posts:How to backup your website
Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3
Posted in Amazing, DIY, IT, Linux, Security, Software, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Every year my desktop gets older, our mortgage gets smaller, the games get better, and I crave new hardware. The 1st step is to admit you're addicted, right? Without further adieu, I present you with my pick for the best gaming desktop of 2008. My picks were ...
Posted in Amazing, DIY, Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, IT, Money, Reviews, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
...mostly.
Kara and I have worked feverishly over the last year-and-a-half to pay off our high interest (8.25%) second mortgage. When we bought our home in October of 2006 we opted to do an 85/15 mortgage setup to conserve our savings. Instead of a down payment we got a ...
Posted in Amazing, House, Money | 5 Comments »
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