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Post to Twitter from PHP

Post to Twitter from PHP

February 07, 2010 0 Comments

Looking to Tweet from PHP? This little function will do exactly that. Simply supply a username, password and Tweet, and thanks to CURLs black magic your message will be Tweeted.

MediaCenter – Mac Mini vs Acer Aspire Revo

MediaCenter – Mac Mini vs Acer Aspire Revo

February 03, 2010 0 Comments

I recently purchased the Acer AspireRevo from Frys for $329.99 – this is a tiny little thing with 2gigs of ram, HDMI, Wifi (n), 160GB HD and a nice graphics card (NVidia Ion) with Windows 7 installed. The only reason I was looking for a new computer was due to the fact that my MacMini (with 1gig of ram, and a 80GB HD) “seemingly” broke while I was trying to replace the hard drive.

Why HTML5

Why HTML5

January 31, 2010 0 Comments

For the last 12 years we have experienced the internet in basically the same static boring way, sure we came up with clever hacks to make HTML do things it didn’t – but by and large, the way we interact with the information is the same.
Designers continually craved creating rich and engaging experiences, but were [...]

Dropbox – one place for all your eStuff.

Dropbox – one place for all your eStuff.

January 25, 2010 0 Comments

I haven’t given Dropbox enough public love.
Everyday I should be required to stand atop the tallest building in Indianapolis – screaming my undying gratitude for this amazing online service – that has never once failed me. Why might I owe them this, you ask? Because I have yet to pay them a single penny – [...]