Feb 28 2012
When perusing the internet for discussions on PHP sessions and cookies in regards to credential validation and user logins, I’ve never been satisfied with the approaches I find. Many of the tutorials are just plain lousy or incomplete. And the others seem to imply that you should only use sessions or cookies and never mix-and-match, …
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Feb 07 2011
www.getorganizedapp.com Look, I know you’re all tired of me going on and on about Get Organized, but I promise this one is actually significant enough to warrant a blog post. I am please to announce that I have finally rolled out the first out-of-beta release of Get Organized: v1.0. This is especially exciting because, not …
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Feb 07 2011
For as long as I’ve been developing in Java, its lack of native support for OS X has always bothered me. This is more than likely an issue with Apple’s proprietary interface rather than Java, but, for the sake of being loyal to my Master, we’ll pretend the fault is on Java. I don’t want …
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Jan 03 2011
www.getorganizedapp.com Today, I rolled out a full-featured version of Get Organized. Most significantly, this latest version, 0.18 (Beta), includes the Grade Book, a quick and easy way to view your grades for each individual course throughout a term. Your overall course grade is shown, a summary of grades within each course is shown, overall term …
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Sep 27 2010
Just a quick note to anyone who downloaded Get Organized after reading my last post. An update has been released. However, the updater attached to any version prior to 0.143 is broken (oops). It will find the update, but it will “Launch Updater” indefinitely. If you want the update (which fixes an awful lot of …
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Sep 19 2010
Beta testers. You’re familiar with the word, right? Well, if you’re not a computer-type person, maybe you’re not. Anyway, I need you. I’ll explain briefly. I have this program, see? It’s, like, a digital assignment planner. I named it Get Organized, cuz it was the catchiest name I could think of. Anyway, this morning I …
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Aug 05 2009
This is something I’ve been mulling over for the last couple of months, but it wasn’t until hearing the continued “Apple or Microsoft” arguments at camp this week that I was finally moved to write this. So, in a manner of speaking, this one’s for you, Jesse and Joe. Oh, and Erin, I’ll try to …
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Jul 15 2009
Kylee reprimanded me for not blogging enough. While this is a very valid accusation, I’ve decided to oblige her in only the most annoying sort of way. So here you go, Kylee. A blog post just for you. Enjoy. Visa Overcharges Customers There’s no way this can work out in a positive manner for …
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Dec 13 2008
There are reasons software goes through rigorous testing (on multiple levels) before it is released to the public. My parents have this fancy DVD player that skips over crap they don’t like. It’s called ClearPlay. You can select what type of stuff you want it to cut out, and you can connect to the …
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Jun 15 2008
“Why did The Happening suck so bad?” “At around 5:20 pm in Iowa City, IA, over Coral Ridge Mall, was there a funnel cloud or any reports of a tornado?” “Can males wear earrings in the ’08-’09 semesters at Cedarville University?” “Who is Alex Laird of Iowa?” “How does ChaCha make money?” Ever used Google’s …
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