In ColdFusion, it can get a little confusing to know when you should and should not wrap your variables in the # symbol. Here’s a little reference that helps me:
Roxy! is peeking her head in for sec to share two completely ossim things that I picked up this past week via the hubby and a coworker, but I don’t really have time to go into detail right now. That and some Bash scripting a-ha moments will be coming along very soon but for now, you can check out these two amazing linkys…
For those Android users who can’t quite make the full jump to a 100% touch screen yet… this is for you. (Thanks Chris!)
Most awesome use of a Nook Color. (Thanks honey!)
I can’t wait. *squee*
One more link – please take a moment to vote for a dear and close friend of the TechRemedy.net family Christiaan Conover
He’s trying to win Endras BMW’s Ultimate Blogger contest and we can get him there! Vote from home, work, cellie, any place you can load the URL and see a +1 next to his name – once every 24-hours from each device is the basic rule of thumb :)
Thank you!
I’ll be doing more detailed write-ups after I get my sh*t caught up XD
TTFN,
xoxo Roxy!
RIM's New Blackberry PlayBook
It wasn’t too long ago that Beef Supreme posted about the Research in Motion (RIM) announcement of the PC tablet. I was very excited to have the recent opportunity to play with the forthcoming BlackBerry tablet, the PlayBook. My love for the iPad aside, I was very curious about this new machine. Since the iPad remains my personal “base” for the tablet, my comparisons are all with the iPad.
This is a helpful reference for any web developer. Let me know if I missed any!
| Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ∀ | ∀ | ∀ | for all |
| ∂ | ∂ | ∂ | part |
| ∃ | ∃ | ∃ | exists |
| ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | empty |
| ∇ | ∇ | ∇ | nabla |
| ∈ | ∈ | ∈ | isin |
| ∉ | ∉ | ∉ | notin |
| ∋ | ∋ | ∋ | ni |
| ∏ | ∏ | ∏ | prod |
| ∑ | ∑ | ∑ | sum |
| − | − | − | minus |
| ∗ | ∗ | ∗ | lowast |
| √ | √ | √ | square root |
| ∝ | ∝ | ∝ | proportional to |
| ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | infinity |
| ∠ | ∠ | ∠ | angle |
| ∧ | ∧ | ∧ | and |
| ∨ | ∨ | ∨ | or |
| ∩ | ∩ | ∩ | cap |
| ∪ | ∪ | ∪ | cup |
| ∫ | ∫ | ∫ | integral |
| ∴ | ∴ | ∴ | therefore |
| ∼ | ∼ | ∼ | similar to |
| ≅ | ≅ | ≅ | congruent to |
| ≈ | ≈ | ≈ | almost equal |
| ≠ | ≠ | ≠ | not equal |
| ≡ | ≡ | ≡ | equivalent |
| ≤ | ≤ | ≤ | less or equal |
| ≥ | ≥ | ≥ | greater or equal |
| ⊂ | ⊂ | ⊂ | subset of |
| ⊃ | ⊃ | ⊃ | superset of |
| ⊄ | ⊄ | ⊄ | not subset of |
| ⊆ | ⊆ | ⊆ | subset or equal |
| ⊇ | ⊇ | ⊇ | superset or equal |
| ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | circled plus |
| ⊗ | ⊗ | ⊗ | cirled times |
| ⊥ | ⊥ | ⊥ | perpendicular |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | dot operator |
| Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Α | Α | Α | Alpha |
| Β | Β | Β | Beta |
| Γ | Γ | Γ | Gamma |
| Δ | Δ | Δ | Delta |
| Ε | Ε | Ε | Epsilon |
| Ζ | Ζ | Ζ | Zeta |
| Η | Η | Η | Eta |
| Θ | Θ | Θ | Theta |
| Ι | Ι | Ι | Iota |
| Κ | Κ | Κ | Kappa |
| Λ | Λ | Λ | Lambda |
| Μ | Μ | Μ | Mu |
| Ν | Ν | Ν | Nu |
| Ξ | Ξ | Ξ | Xi |
| Ο | Ο | Ο | Omicron |
| Π | Π | Π | Pi |
| Ρ | Ρ | Ρ | Rho |
| undefined | Sigmaf | ||
| Σ | Σ | Σ | Sigma |
| Τ | Τ | Τ | Tau |
| Υ | Υ | Υ | Upsilon |
| Φ | Φ | Φ | Phi |
| Χ | Χ | Χ | Chi |
| Ψ | Ψ | Ψ | Psi |
| Ω | Ω | Ω | Omega |
| α | α | α | alpha |
| β | β | β | beta |
| γ | γ | γ | gamma |
| δ | δ | δ | delta |
| ε | ε | ε | epsilon |
| ζ | ζ | ζ | zeta |
| η | η | η | eta |
| θ | θ | θ | theta |
| ι | ι | ι | iota |
| κ | κ | κ | kappa |
| λ | λ | λ | lambda |
| μ | μ | μ | mu |
| ν | ν | ν | nu |
| ξ | ξ | ξ | xi |
| ο | ο | ο | omicron |
| π | π | π | pi |
| ρ | ρ | ρ | rho |
| ς | ς | ς | sigmaf |
| σ | σ | σ | sigma |
| τ | τ | τ | tau |
| υ | υ | υ | upsilon |
| φ | φ | φ | phi |
| χ | χ | χ | chi |
| ψ | ψ | ψ | psi |
| ω | ω | ω | omega |
| ϑ | ϑ | ϑ | theta symbol |
| ϒ | ϒ | ϒ | upsilon symbol |
| ϖ | ϖ | ϖ | pi symbol |
| Character | Entity Number | Entity Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Π| Π| Π| capital ligature OE |
| œ | œ | œ | small ligature oe |
| Š | Š | Š | capital S with caron |
| š | š | š | small S with caron |
| Ÿ | Ÿ | Ÿ | capital Y with diaeres |
| ƒ | ƒ | ƒ | f with hook |
| ˆ | ˆ | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent |
| ˜ | ˜ | ˜ | small tilde |
|   |   | en space | |
|   |   | em space | |
|   |   | thin space | |
| | ‌ | ‌ | zero width non-joiner |
| | ‍ | ‍ | zero width joiner |
| | ‎ | ‎ | left-to-right mark |
| | ‏ | ‏ | right-to-left mark |
| – | – | – | en dash |
| — | — | — | em dash |
| ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | left single quotation mark |
| ’ | ’ | ’ | right single quotation mark |
| ‚ | ‚ | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark |
| “ | “ | “ | left double quotation mark |
| ” | ” | ” | right double quotation mark |
| „ | „ | „ | double low-9 quotation mark |
| † | † | † | dagger |
| ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | double dagger |
| • | • | • | bullet |
| … | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |
| ‰ | ‰ | ‰ | per mille |
| ′ | ′ | ′ | minutes |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | seconds |
| ‹ | ‹ | ‹ | single left angle quotation |
| › | › | › | single right angle quotation |
| ‾ | ‾ | ‾ | overline |
| € | € | € | euro |
| ™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
| ← | ← | ← | left arrow |
| ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | up arrow |
| → | → | → | right arrow |
| ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | down arrow |
| ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow |
| ↵ | ↵ | ↵ | carriage return arrow |
| ⌈ | ⌈ | ⌈ | left ceiling |
| ⌉ | ⌉ | ⌉ | right ceiling |
| ⌊ | ⌊ | ⌊ | left floor |
| ⌋ | ⌋ | ⌋ | right floor |
| ◊ | ◊ | ◊ | lozenge |
| ♠ | ♠ | ♠ | spade |
| ♣ | ♣ | ♣ | club |
| ♥ | ♥ | ♥ | heart |
| ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | diamond |
PHP while loop with MySQL
I have been coming across a lot of “Essential Tools For Web Developers” lists lately and I noticed that they are all really extensive. Some of them have as many as 100 tools listed! This begs the question, “Do you understand what ‘essential’ means?”. So here is my EXTENSIVE list of essential tools for web developers. This is literally every essential tool you will need to develop web applications.
First and foremost, you’re going to need a web server. If you have a web host, disregard this tool because this is essentially the service that they provide. If you plan to run your own web server, check out WAMP for Windows and LAMP for Linux.
Notepad will work. However, I would recommend getting a better one than that since it doesn’t really have any features! There are a ton of free options. Some people swear by Eclipse. I prefer Notepad++ on Windows, TextWrangler on Mac, and VIM on Linux.
After you have created a new script or app using your awesome text editor, you will have to upload it to the web server. Again, there are several free FTP clients out there. I prefer FileZilla personally. It was originally written for Windows, but has since been ported to Mac and Linux. The Mac version can be a tad buggy from time to time but it’s super fast still and I love it!
Ummmm…yeah…that’s it. Nothing else is needed to develop web applications. There are lots of helpful tools out there and they should certainly be used, but they are NOT essential!
Yep, that's my eye.
And why do eye love technology, you ask? On Thursday I got LASIK, and just days after the procedure it has already changed my life. I’ve worn glasses since I was in 2nd grade, and a 10-minute procedure completely corrected my eyesight. The actual laser portion was about 30 seconds in my right eye and 7 seconds in my left. Crazy, right? If you have the money and are a good candidate for this procedure, I highly recommend it.
It was a very interesting process, they do one eye at a time and start by giving you numbing drops. Then they tape up your eyelashes and insert a little device to keep your eye open. It is oddly reminiscent of the lovely scene in A Clockwork Orange. No, not the scene with the William Tell Overture, the one where they try to cure Alex of his ultra-violence!
A Clockwork Orange
Back to the procedure – they have your eye all wide and open-like, then they put some sort of suction thing on it. It’s at this point where you go blind. It’s totally weird; your vision just blacks out. Then you hear buzzing and feel a tickling sensation on your eye. That lasts for about 10 seconds – your vision comes back, but it’s blurry. It was at this point when the doctor explained to me that he had cut a flap in my eye and opened it. Which is why I wasn’t seeing quite right. He then had me gaze up into the laser machine (I’m pretty sure that’s the technical term) and focus as much as I could on a little red dot. Then the laser began – with a frantic pop-pop-pop sound, it started doing its work. It also started to smell like burning hair – which the doc said is normal. After the 30 seconds of laser in my right eye, he flopped my flap back on, squirted my eye with all sorts of soothing drops, and smoothed out the surface. I could instantly make out everything I saw. Then they did the same process on my left eye, which was significantly quicker due to the fact that my sight wasn’t nearly as jacked-up in that eye.
Once both eyes were done, they propped the chair back up, did a quick vision check, and sent me home. I was told to take a 4 hour nap, and put some drops in my eyes when I woke up. I’m kind of a pro at naps, so it was pretty easy. Since then, I’ve just been keeping my eyes lubricated with drops, as they are still a bit dry at times. I was told this would last for just a little while. It still beats the heck out of wearing contacts. My eyes were always getting dry and irritated with contact lenses.
Long story short, LASIK is a great thing. Dior sunglasses are also a great thing. Maybe I need to go shopping to celebrate!
mwahahaha.
http://reddevnews.com/articles/2011/02/03/google-offers-20000-to-hack-chrome.aspx
Are your hacking skills up to speed?
If I weren’t taking 17 credits this semester I’d actually research this project just for grins & giggles. I’m intrigued. Anyone who knows me IRL knows I adore Chrome.
My boy Christiaan Conover might be up for the challenge LOL
In other news…
I recently learned about the fun & joy of using Wireshark to packet sniff last week. I just now learned about Firesheep and the hazards of packet sniffing in an open Wi-Fi environment (ie, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, any unsecured network…) – your stuff can potentially be hijacked by an unscrupulous Firesheep script kitty…
which means you can add another line defense if you are using Firefox (which I hate, so I’m actually not worried yet)…
Confused? Initially, I was too. Sorry. Read here.
Okay, back to class. I am about to slog a 5-Hour Energy and buckle down for some TCP/UDP protocol and think about the phở I may nom for lunch later after class.
~Roxy <3′s you!
^_~
What your product photo shoot SHOULD look like...
I was working on a project recently and I realized something very crucial to the world of web design. Many people might look at this and think I’m slow for never realizing it before, but whatever. What I realized is that no matter how amazing the layout and web design work is, the site will look bad if product photos are bad. Up until this point I haven’t put much thought into the importance of product photos. Most small businesses do all of their own product photography with a point and shoot digital camera with little thought about composition, color balance, background, etc.
I’m about to say something that I don’t like. But it is the truth, and I can’t keep the truth from people. Your website will look better if you hire a professional photographer for the product photos and spend less money on a simple web design. Obviously, if you need a more complicated and dynamic website, you should be willing to pay for it. I’m saying that it might not be worth it if your product photos are amateur.
The new problem is that higher quality digital SLR cameras are getting more affordable. People buy them and suddenly they think they’re Ansel Adams. Well, trust me, there’s a lot more to photography than the camera! So, if you are thinking about hiring a web designer, start by taking a close look at your product photos. If they are fairly sterile and bland looking, you might want to consider hiring a photographer instead of a web designer. That way you can drop your new product photos into your existing website for a quick upgrade. This will also mean that when you are ready to spring for a web designer, you will already have some professional product photos for them to work with.
I see quite a future with my new love.
For the past six months, I’ve been craving a smartphone like my dog craves Greenies. Since I’ve been counting down my “New Every Two” with Verizon like a kid counts down to Christmas,* it gave me plenty of time to think out what to do. It basically came down to Android vs. iPhone. On Monday the decision was made, the contract was signed, and I got a Motorola Droid X!
I have Verizon, and I’ve been hearing for years that the iPhone is coming soon – just wait, it will be here in no time. Well, it’s finally on its way, and what did I do? I went Android. Why you ask?
First off, I waited so long that I wanted it NOW, didn’t care to wait for the iPhone in February. Recommendations were also up there in my decision-making; my husband has Motorola Droid and loves it, and my father has Motorola Droid 2 and loves it more than he loves me.** Also, the ratings of the Droid X were just fantastic.
Now, what do I think of this phone I just purchased? I absolutely love it. It was pretty easy to get going on, especially considering I’ve never used one before. I was even able to easily set up my email from my personal domain – high-five ME! It’s also got a nice big screen, decent battery life, and it’s light. It’s not as bulky as I thought it would be. Being Android, it’s basically a Linux computer that you can root and re-program the OS .***
The only thing kind of lame about it was that it comes with apps already loaded, and some of them – Blockbuster and Madden – can’t be uninstalled. With before-mentioned reprogramming, I’m assuming that these apps actually can be uninstalled. If anyone knows anything about it, please let me know!
Oh, you would like to know what apps I downloaded for it on my first day? Considering I’m a newbie at the smartphone, I felt very fancy to “get apps” as the kids say. Here they are in order of download:
There ya go – that’s my love story. I hope you didn’t have to break out the tissue.
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* Two similes in one sentence, what do you think about that? I got mad 8th grade English skills.
** Well, it doesn’t cry or talk back – can’t really argue that.
*** Sounds hot, yeah? I have no idea how to do that, but darnit, it’s something I’d like to learn.
**** I made the lady say the F-word like 100 times, husband’s reaction, “Congratulations, you’re a 12-year old.”
This was also in the topic of discussion of one of my lectures yesterday, so we were given this cool tool to strengthen our passwords
How safe is your password pool? I’ve updated mine but here’s further proof that no one is fully immune to hacking
http://mashable.com/2011/01/26/mark-zuckerberg-fan-page-hacked/
My next step is to get a portable encryption key drive, but for right now I’m trying to get this f*$#@%g Eagle server to work for a class assignment due this week. I’ll circle back with you if I haven’t blown up my laptop yet.
As a frivolous bonus for those of you with an extra $160USD laying around, I present to you Calvin Klein designer sunglasses with 4GB of storage in the temple-mounted USB drive.
http://www.bestbuyeyeglasses.com/product_details.asp?product=306933&mid=999&cse=8&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=306933
Here’s to dirt Slurpee-style snow and a shitload of unplowed anger tomorrow morning.
^_~ Roxy!
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