TheDrunkenEpic

Hello, I'm Wilhelm, a PHP developer, and this is my little corner of the internet where I can discuss things that interest me and, hopefully, you too. :-)


25May 2009

MyTopix is still out there ...

Yeah, yeah, I know it's been a while, but I've been working on a super-secret project for the past few months. After which, I'll find the time to finish Great British Walks. Speaking of which, I should probably shoot myself in the face because it's been in development in some form or another for the past few years. Not sure what my problem is as I usually finish my contracted projects post haste. Honestly, Pete is the most patient guy in the universe... and I suck.


6Apr 2009

All work and no play makes Wil a dull boy.

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6Apr 2009

MySQL: Sorting records by order they were requested ...

Ok, probably not the best title for this article, but it's Monday, so you'll just have to make due. Hopefully, it will make sense by the end of this entry and you will have walked away with a neat trick to hide up your sleeve.

When working with insert language here and MySQL, have you ever had a collected list of record ids that needed the rest of their corresponding record data? Probably. If you've been doing insert language here and MySQL development for more than a few months, it's likely you've done something like the following:

tagged with Development and Code Monkey and has 1 comment


14Mar 2009

DomQuery Alpha Released!

Well, I did some cleaning up of the code and appropriately commented everything. I'll be adding this to a Google Code repository very soon and get a wiki going. The documentation is pretty poor, but there are inline comments to help you for the interim; this project is only a few days old, mind you.

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13Mar 2009

Introducing DomQuery!!!

I'v been doing a great deal of work on the latest version of my XML/XSL-based framework, Sauc'd, and came to the conclusion that the DOMDocument class, and others related to the PHP library, while VERY useful, are fucking terrible to work with. By themselves, it takes a serious amount of code to iterate across an xml document just to find a node, or group of nodes, that you're looking for. And when you finally find what you need, you have to implement migraine-inducing logic just to manipulate the resulting nodes.

There's gotta be an easier way and, guess what, THERE IS! It's called XPath. XPath allows you to traverse over a DOM with ease and select only the data you want with a simple querying language. Think of XPath as the CSS selectors you use with popular javascript frameworks like jQuery, Mootools or Prototype. PHP 5.x comes with another library that you can use along side DOMDocument that makes applying XPath to your DOM possible.

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jQuery: Plugin qTips

posted on February 20th 2009 and tagged with Development, Free Goodies, Code Monkey and jQuery


Fuck my life. What a horrible day ...

posted on February 18th 2009 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense



Ouch... My penis is on fire...

posted on February 11th 2009 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


jQuery: Mirroring Selections

posted on February 11th 2009 and tagged with Code Monkey, Tutorials and Such and jQuery


Domain Redirects Using PHP for SEO Optimization!

posted on February 11th 2009 and tagged with Development and Code Monkey


Not happy at the current moment ...

posted on January 6th 2009 and tagged with Rants and Raves


The cause of Z2k ...

posted on January 2nd 2009 and tagged with Development, Code Monkey, The Funny and General Nonsense


"Sorry, Wilhelm, but due to the economy..."

posted on November 26th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


Follow me ...

posted on November 20th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


I think I just made a terrible mistake ...

posted on November 11th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves


And a new framework is born!

posted on October 17th 2008 and tagged with Development, Code Monkey and Cogsworth


Free stuff at FlipSquare... again!!!

posted on October 10th 2008 and tagged with Development, Free Goodies and FlipSquare


Hey, this can be fun!

posted on October 2nd 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves, Development and Code Monkey




I are so sore ...

posted on September 16th 2008 and tagged with General Nonsense and Distractions


Awesome PHP updates!

posted on September 12th 2008 and tagged with Development and Code Monkey




Guess who just got paid?

posted on August 29th 2008 and tagged with General Nonsense


A handy little project ...

posted on August 21st 2008 and tagged with Development, Free Goodies, Code Monkey and General Nonsense



People are dumb ...

posted on August 19th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves, The Funny and General Nonsense


FlipSquare's payment system is active!

posted on August 17th 2008 and tagged with Development, General Nonsense and FlipSquare


Friday Feast #10

posted on June 7th 2008 and tagged with The Funny, General Nonsense and Friday Feast


Spam is cool only in Hawaii

posted on May 23rd 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense


The $100 House & Essay Contest!

posted on May 13th 2008 and tagged with The Funny, General Nonsense and Distractions



Ze Spam Goggles... ZAY DO NUTSING!

posted on May 9th 2008 and tagged with Rants and Raves and General Nonsense