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Archive for November, 2009
When unique isn’t really unique
24 Nov 2009Sometimes, an auto-generated number isn’t enough and what you really need is a unique identifier. Several people have different techniques for generating their unique identifiers. My favorite has been generating a random number and then hashing it through the md5 hash generator. Here’s an example I was once using:
<?php $unique_identifier = md5(rand(100000, 999999)); ?>
The problem [...]
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- Tags: php
Google Latitude Apps Review (Location History and Alerts)
In: General
20 Nov 2009I was really excited this morning when I read about the new Google Latitude apps (Location History and Alerts) on the Official Google Mobile Blog.
In case you’re not so conversant with Google Latitude, it’s a location based service that runs on top of Google Maps allowing you to track your geographical location and that of [...]
Kindle for PC?
In: Gadgets
19 Nov 2009This is hot! Just got an email from Amazon announcing the availability of a free download of the Kindle for PC. Ok like I just explained to a colleague, the Kindle is a device from Amazon that allows you to carry around and read ebooks that you download from the Amazon store.
The Kindle for PC [...]
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Web APIs and Mashups Seminar in Jos
In: Events| General| Web Development
16 Nov 2009I spent last week in the city of Jos where I went to spend some time with my family and also attend my class reunion. I had an idea to organize a seminar where I’ll teach and talk about anything I thought would be cool and constitute new knowledge.
So I went about contacting some of [...]
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- Ola White: Its what we've been waiting for for so long... Its time to get the buzz on... i just hope it w [...]
- Kizito S.M.: What I gather is that this G-Buzz is something like a blend between Facebook Updates and Twitter fol [...]
- concept37: They are trying to out-facebook facebook and out-twitter twitter, Folks who want to do these things [...]
- ray: Funny u took it from the LBS angle, which makes better sense. But from the social networking perspec [...]
- Ahmad Mukoshy: I've been using uniqid() for months now ;) #Lolz . I came across it on the php docs web site af [...]
- Just how buzz-worthy?
- Blacklisting Nigeria
- Thirsty?
- When unique isn’t really unique
- Google Latitude Apps Review (Location History and Alerts)
- Kindle for PC?
- Web APIs and Mashups Seminar in Jos
- Using git hooks to check syntax errors
- BOMs can really drive you nuts!
- Using Git over non-standard SSH ports