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Cocoa Cay Hermet Crab

We found this little guy on a jetty in Cocoa Cay. He was friendly enough to pose for a few pics.

Javascript Explode and Implode

This is a really simple problem that many PHP developers come across when working with Javascript. Some common tasks in PHP are to explode a string or implode an array. While there are no methods in Javascript named explode or implode, the same functionality is very easy to accomplish. First, let’s tackle PHP’s explode. To… Continue reading Javascript Explode and Implode

Lego Christmas Village

I stitched together a picture of my Lego Christmas village. It consists of the four sets that are currently available. From left to right, Winter Village Cottage (10229), Winter Village Post Office (10222), Winter Village Bakery (10216), and Winter Village Toy Shop (10199).

WordPress Migration

I got sick of having to reinvent the wheel with CakePHP every time I wanted to make a post with some feature I was missing. So, I finally migrated my site to WordPress. There will be missing functionality for a while, but I wanted to at least get the site up and running. Over the… Continue reading WordPress Migration

One Reason Why I Continually Shop Wtih Amazon

In short, their customer service. Companies are bound to make mistakes. Orders will be misplaced, packages damaged during shipping, and products will malfunction or break. It’s how a company responds to those problems that makes them great, and I have consistently had a great experience with Amazon. Most recently, I had an issue with a… Continue reading One Reason Why I Continually Shop Wtih Amazon

DC Comics Sea World Ad from 1977

I thought this old ad from one of my comics was neat. There’s a coupon to save $0.75 off each Sea World park ticket. It might not seem like a lot, but remember tickets were probably $20 a piece or less at the time.

Walt Disney World Orlando VS Universal Orlando Resort

I was browsing Google Maps recently and noticed how large Walt Disney World Orlando is compared to Universal Orlando Resort. In the image below you can see Disney in the purple, and Universal in the red. To be fair, the purple is only the land Disney owns, and not necessarily their entire resort. With Universal,… Continue reading Walt Disney World Orlando VS Universal Orlando Resort

SVN Ignore

Telling SVN to ignore files and directories is crucial to keeping your repository clean, and to prevent it from needlessly bloating. It’s rather simple to tell SVN what you want it to ignore with svn propset/propedit svn:ignore. If you want SVN to ignore all files in a directory, you’d simply enter the following command: svn… Continue reading SVN Ignore

Samsung Fascinate Screen Capture

With the recent update to Android 2.2 Froyo, the Samsung Fascinate has the ability to take screen shots. There’s no need to root your phone, or even install other programs. Simply hold down the back button and push the power button. You will see a message stating “Screen captured. Saved as image file.” At this… Continue reading Samsung Fascinate Screen Capture

USB Hub Guy

Since I use a computer at work, I’m the resident computer guy in my family. Yes, simply using a computer on a regular basis makes me the go-to guy for anything computer related. While I am a web developer, and know a decent amount about computers, I don’t know everything about every computer, far from… Continue reading USB Hub Guy