Entries written in March 2008

Written March 31, 2008 in webdev, zend framework

Great little tutorial on getting started with Zend Framework and the Doctrine ORM. It only provides simple usage, but it’s a good place to start. Doctrine is an Object Relational Model library for PHP >=5.2 that supports all kinds of nifty features like Migrations.

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Written March 30, 2008 in zend framework

Let’s say you’re scanning a website for it’s feeds using Zend_Feed::findFeeds($URL). The function looks at a website, and checks for the link tags in the head part of the document that would indicate that it has feeds. Then it returns an array of those feeds.

Now, for the sake of …

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Written March 26, 2008 in meta, puppy

Dr. Lipsey at the Boonville Animal Hospital said that it’s the worst case of juvenile dysplasia she’s seen. We’re going to try to do everything we can to get her right hip replaced this year without costing me (heh, heh) an arm and a leg. In the meantime, I’ve got an appointment on the 23rd for her to see a specialist at the Texas A&M Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

I really appreciate the support that everyone across the different communities I’m in is giving me.

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Written March 25, 2008 in meta, puppy

Most people who know me know how much I love my dog, Eowyn. She’s been my constant companion for the past two years. She got me out of a bad relationship, taught me how to love another unconditionally, and gave me the confidence, support, and company I needed to mature …

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Written March 24, 2008 in apple

Daring Fireball has a bunch of Mac apps sponsoring it’s RSS feed this week. They’re all worthy, they’re all cool, but they’re all very regrettably overpriced.

Indie Mac developers should learn from Apple’s approach with the Apple Store. $.99 is the right price for a song, and millions of people …

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Written March 24, 2008 in reviews

I bought Sins of a Solar Empire expecting it to be a Moo2 — but instead, I got a Starcraft. That’s not to say it’s a bad thing.

I have yet to play all three races, but the special abilities seem to be similar for all of them. From all …

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Written March 22, 2008 in apple, php, symfony, webdev, zend framework

If you use vim and develop in PHP, you need these tips.

If you’re on a Mac like I am but prefer command-line vim in a terminal window, you can download an updated version of VIM and then just symlink /usr/bin/vim to the bundle in the /Applications directory, and it’ll run …

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Written March 22, 2008 in apple

I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard last night. First thing I did was back up safely to a bootable drive using SuperDuper!, then I slipped the DVD in and gave it a go. I was thinking about starting from a fresh partition, but I’m busy right now and don’t want

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