February 2010
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January 2010
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November 2009
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15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee →
It all started with dancing goats …
“There are no stupid question, only inquisitive idiots.”
– Mario Hipol
“The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the...”
– Albert Einstein
“API design is like sex: make one mistake and support if for the rest of your...”
October 2009
4 posts
“Are self-absorbed people really just dehydrated?”
“Don’t shake the chicken, unless you want scrambled eggs.”
“I have flying monkeys … and I’m not afraid to use them!”
“Never settle for the Emperors new code!”
May 2009
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April 2009
11 posts
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Facebook & CodeIgniter - Definitive Guide →
I spent hours more that expected starting the development of a new Facebook application that runs over CodeIgniter. I read A LOT, checked for solutions, and read a little bit more. At the end I was kind of frustrated about the result. So I decided to start it from the scratch and use only the code if found under few sites as guide. Here’s the result.
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CodeIgniter Library by Elliot Haughin →
CodeIgniter Libraries for Twitter, Vimeo, etc.
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.”
– Japanese Proverb
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Introducing Sign-in with Twitter →
Yesterday Twitter released ‘Sign-in with Twitter’, the ability to use Twitter as a delegated sign-in provider for third-party websites. The cool thing about this new feature, which is part of their OAuth API beta, is that it is completely standard OAuth. No extensions, not secret sauce, and not another proprietary provider
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Role-based Access Control in CodeIgniter using... →
Whether you’re building a full-fledged Content Management System or a simple to-do list application, if you have multiple users logging in you’re going to eventually want to prevent some of them from accessing certain areas. My recommendation is to use roles (admin, content provider, member, guest, etc.) to do this, luckily this is very easy in CodeIgniter.
“Drink Coffee - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy”
March 2009
16 posts
“When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Crisis is Danger + Opportunity”
“Assumptions left unchallenged become hemorroids”
– Ed Orcutt
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you’re not.” - Margaret Thatcher
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.” -Michael Jordan
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” - Albert Einstein
“You are now, and you do become, what you think about.” ~ Earl Nightingale
“If you don’t make your product free, pirates will do it for you.” Chris Anderson
“When you are finished changing, you’re finished.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“pardon the ugly analogy but IMO, facebook is pot (the gateway drug), twitter is crack, and friendfeed is heroin.” twitter.com@jowyang
Religion is like a large dog.You find yours comforting but it scares everyone else. Also, you should probably keep it away from kids. -Nathan Torkington
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
As I’ve begun to immerse myself in Social Media, it has many attributes which parallel the Open Source movement which rose 15ish years ago
You will only be able to see your reflection clearly in the eyes of others when you are transparent. Only when you understand yourself can you explain yourself to others.