Right when I thought I’d rid myself of the grip of Mountain Dew I discover Mountain Dew Amp. It’s a new high energy drink released by Mt. Dew that contains about twice the caffeine as regular Mt. Dew. Read on for more info on this new drink.
It appears that the stylish can with a “stylized A” on the front contains more than just caffeine. It also contains
As many of you know I used to host miester.org at HE.net (no link – they don’t deserve one). Even while I was a customer there they were nothing but trouble. Read on to learn why NOT to host there.
First off while I was a customer there they modified files of mine without my permission.
Second off when I moved my server into NMO I emailed support and billing to cancel my account. Well that was in January and I just now found out that they are STILL charging me for the service. I’ve since sent many flames to support, info, billing and anyone else who might listen. The last straw came today when I found out the overcharged one of my credit cards. A quick trip to the Better Business Bureau of California and many flames later I might get my money back and should definately get my account canceled.
I’ll keep you guys posted.
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve been busy with school and work. My free time has been spent mainly maintaing PHPTalk since I released it over the weekend. I’m already on version 0.0.4 with tons of bug fixes and even a few decent enhancements. Thanks to elanthis we have a maturing API as well.
You may be asking me, “Miester I know how to store dates in mysql – you just use the date or datetime data type … duh.” I disagree on this format of storing data. For the following reason …
It’s not flexible. If I store my date in there as YYYY-MM-DD then I have to do a whole bunch of parsing to change how it is displayed.
Why not just store it as a timestamp? You can do the same sorting as you can with dates as well as doing comparisons. Plus this method allows you to know seconds no matter what.
How do you start using this new method, you ask? Use the int(11) data type and then insert time() to insert the timestamp.
Are there any limitations? Yes, as you know (or should) the Unix timestamp was born in 1970 – therefore you will want to continue to use the date data type for birthdays or any date field that might contain a date prior to Jan 1st 1970.
That should be it. It works great for news postings, logs, etc. and is much more flexible than the date or datetime data type.
I have a few interesting links that people might be interested in checking out …
Most computers have some sort of indicator to show when it’s “thinking”. On Macs I believe it’s a watch, on windows it’s the everpopular and everpresent hour glass. But what about humans? Do we have the equivilent? I say we do.
What would you say is the human indicator? I say it’s the word
“um” – there’s no other explanation for what the heck to word is used for. In fact if you look at the definition and you will see that it means “to fill a pause when hesitating in speaking.”
Our brains – aka our CPU
CNN is running a story about one faction already boycotting the Afghan accord in Bonn. I can’t believe this – why can’t these people move forward and be happy their country isn’t ran by a bunch of terrorist and fudamentalists? Is it too much to ask for them to be the bigger men and be humble about the whole thing?
Many people know I’m a geek. It’s ok, I have come to terms with it. Basically, it’s a compliment in my opinion. Here I outline what it takes to be a geek. Read on.
Make your list and check it twice ….
That’s just a short list of what it takes to be a true geek. If you have done more than 90% of the things on this list then I’d consider you l33+ hax0r.
Things in Ypsi are boring as usual. My fraternity had it’s semiformal last night – not quite the party I was hoping for, but those who did show up had a good time I think. Also, I got AIM working on my palm – handle is mobilemiester. You can AIM me when I’m on – also to email my Palm just send an email to palm@joestump.net.