We have been using I-GO car sharing for a few months now, since we sold the Volvo Cross Country (which I loved) to cut down on our monthly expenses. With the car loan, parking, gas, maintenance, and insurance, we were paying around $400 a month, and because we both take public transportation whenever possible, we […]
Accidental fast scrolling in Android
What am I doing that makes Android occasionally scroll very quickly?
OOP PHP Notes
My notes on learning Object Oriented Programming in PHP.
Native Windows compressed folders utility fails, asks for 5.99 PB free space
Extracting certain large zip files using Windows’ native compression utility fails with a pretty neat error: You need an additional 5.99 PB to copy these files.
Fixed: XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3].
A simple fix for the XAMPP Component Status Check failure [3]. error when launching the XAMPP 1.7.4 Control Panel.
Xbox.com forums redesigned – old content deleted or abandoned
After the Xbox forums were redesigned, some of the old forum’s content was moved to a subdomain and abandoned.
Blogspot.com and Googlebot
Just how quickly does Googlebot visit a page after it is linked to from a post on blogspot.com?
Illinois Bright Start Match Promotion Update – Refunds
A refund of contributions is the best we’re going to get from Bright Start and Office of the Illinois State Treasurer after they botch a promotion and disappoint over 7,000 account owners.
Jealous of The Social Network
A short list of my programming accomplishments.
Illinois Bright Start Match Promotion Update – You Lose, Slowpokes
A rant about the badly mismanaged Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program Deposit Match promotion of June, 2010, in which a very small percentage of the program participants had any chance of taking advantage of the offer.