Interesting article on the advances of modern technology. I never thought that I would be able to play video games at the same time as going to the bathroom. But some genius in Belgium has developed a game designed to be played by patrons of the a local bar. All I can say is “WOW”. Someone has way to much time on their hands. Here is a link to the article. Enjoy!
In my network programming class CS3670 at UVU (UVSC) we had an assignment to write a multicast chat program that would allow everyone in the class talk in the same chat window. This was used to show that we were able to use the multicast addresses and to also demonstrate our use of the UDP client libraries. Here is my solution: (more…)
I’ve been developing a website for a local group that supports the arts (www.scera.org). The client called my place of work and mentioned that some of their users were having difficulties with IE 6 locking up. After spending several hours on the issue, I discovered that Microsoft has a bug, that causes the filter to no work properly when the images are preloaded. So to fix this issue I had to do the following: (more…)
I own a Utah web hosting business called Preciant Hosting. Recently I have started experiencing several problems with one of my servers. It would constantly go up and down. My monitoring software (Nagios for those that are interested) was showing that the server would be up for an hour or so, and then go down for three-four hours while I tried to get the data center technicians to reboot the machine. Being as how I provide services for several customers from that machine, this up and down time is NOT acceptable.
I had previously decided to purchase some servers (rather than use dedicated servers spread around the nation) and move into a local data center. Since I work for a company that provides web hosting and other data center services, (such as colocation, which is what I needed) I got some rack space in the Fibernet & Nethosting data center and ordered my servers.
The servers have finally started to come in and I am slowly setting them up and moving them into the data center. I am planning on sharing all of my wo’s involved in migrating all of my servers and I am also planning on sharing my solutions to the problems
Return often to find out about my trials and solutions.
My development activies have called on my skill and talent to quickly and efficiently learn new things. So it is with CakePHP, at work we have several projects that need to be completed quickly with out much hassle, after looking at several different options, we decided to use the CakePHP libraries. I quickly discovered that CakePHP has some awesome features that allow me to quickly and easily built website from scratch.
From time to time, when programming with MySQL, I have needed to change the auto_increment value to something other than the default (Typically it starts counting with 1 and goes up from there). To change this, simply use the following command:
mysql> ALTER tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=new_number
There you go, it is that easy to change the auto increment value for MySQL.
NOTE: I have discovered that MySQL will not allow you to set the auto_increment value to a number smaller that what is currently set. The data must be truncated and then set to get it to work properly.
Companies in the game development industry are constantly attempting to keep up with the demands of consumers to provide more elaborate environments to inhabit. Games such as EVE Online, World of WarCraft, Planeshift and The Lord of The Rings Online are fun and enjoyable, yet have huge limitations. (more…)
I was given a Cisco router a few weeks back, so that I could practice for the Cisco CCNA exams. The only problem is that I had now idea what the passwords on it were. After some good old hard work, and lots of searching I finally figured out how to reset the password and set the router back to the defaults. This allowed me to start from a clean slate and start the process of learning how to manage and maintain a Cisco router. (more…)
I have always attempted to have strong secure passwords, I usually pick something 12-15 characters long with a mixture of letters (both uppercase and lowercase), number, and symbols all mixed together. This makes my password quite difficult to guess. One problem that I have found is that I don’t have to deal with my servers on a daily basis. Since my password are so complex, I usually forget what they are. Now, I simply keep a server log (a 3 ring binder) that keeps track of all my passwords. But until then, I kept needing to reset my passwords.
I am surprised by all of the technology that is coming out. It is interesting to me, that we are still living in the stone ages though. I mean, think about it… Processor speeds grow at a nearly exponential rate, memory is growing just as fast, hard drive sizes are as well. With all of these advances, do we still use the arcane method of a mouse and keyboard. Sure, the have finally started adding finger print scanners to laptops to use instead of passwords, but there is a serious lack of innovation when it comes to user input. (more…)
An avid technology user, programmer, builder, anything else that can be done person. My motto: "If you can imagine it, I can do it.
