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The Perfect 4th of July Mini-Burger

Daniel Costalis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:56:19 +0000

This really belongs over at http://phoneticsmellings.com, but I’m choosing to post it here, for no real reason. Mini burgers are all the rage, and great for a 4th of July barbecue, or any time you’re having a bunch of people over. They cook fast, so you can get something in hungry peoples stomachs quickly, make more [...]

The iPhone is NOT a computer.

Daniel Costalis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:46:42 +0000

The iPhone is NOT a computer. The iPhone is NOT a computer. I’d repeat it a few more times, but let me be perfectly clear: Comparing the iPhone to your home or office computer is a waste of time. I see and hear thing like this constantly, and I’d like to address and put an end to [...]

PHP Elapsed Time Function

Daniel Costalis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:51:19 +0000

After a time searching the internet, I couldn’t find a good function to return “human” elapsed time, so I wrote one. I’m sharing it with you in hopes that you’ll find it as useful as I did. This will give you a result that ends up looking very similar to the way Twitter shows time [...]

Viniki getting ready to launch private beta

Daniel Costalis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:31:03 +0000

I’m currently. preparing myself for a very big moment. Viniki has been in development for close to a year now, and I’m working on putting the finishing touches on it in preparation for a small private beta launch. We’re only allowing 100 users in at first, and those spots are very likely to fill up quickly. [...]

Dreamweaver PHP OOP Display Issue

Daniel Costalis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:22:10 +0000

Dreamweaver, thou hast failed me agian. As if your multiple, daily, unexplained, unrelated crashes weren’t enough, now you want to tell me you don’t understand object oriented PHP code? This blew my mind for a while. I had a piece of code that looked like: $gdi["header"] = username($update->username) . ' u....... in a php include file. For [...]

Anonymous Twitter – Another useless Whathuh Studios service

Daniel Costalis — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:57:18 +0000

Ever do, see, or think something stupid? Ever feel like you want to get something off your chest that is tweetworthy, but wouldn’t be caught dead actually telling it to anyone? I have. Many times. I decided to do something about it. Thus, http://www.anontwit.com was created. Be sure to follow @anontw to see what other random [...]

Fuck YouTube

Daniel Costalis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:54:56 +0000

My Analogy for working with PHP and MySQL

Daniel Costalis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:57:01 +0000

I was explaining an issue I was having with a site, and I think this did a great job of explaining it, so I figured I would share. PHP, and MySQL, and especially escape strings are a lot like when you try to fit 5 rubber balls into the bottom of a jar. There’s more than enough [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-08

Daniel Costalis — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Follow Friday! @jennielees @professorkliq @UpLoopMedia @LeafLee @tradeshowdispla # (?) Gives me an "ASL Emoticon" in Windows Live Mail 2009. Jesus Microsoft… welcome to 1996. # hearing Cairo, Egypt chant "Obama" is just effing cool. # I am not looking forward to Hannity and O'Reilly trash talking this speech. # Obama live in Cairo http://bit.ly/DAPZa # RT: @foryoumarketing "A zen saying: [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-01

Daniel Costalis — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000

I just wounded @Amralove in an assassination attempt. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # Just bought a Mod. 45 Automatic Knife. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # Just bought a Yarygin PYa “Grach” Pistol. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # I just reached level 3. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # I just reached level 2. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # Just bought a Mod. 45 Automatic Knife. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy # I just collected a [...]