Pete Kruckenberg's Perfect WorldNow you're in itCoding with negative logic - tips and tricks- December 29, 2006 The last few days I've been working on a change that involves somewhat complex logic. I found that the statements I struggled with the most were dealing with negative logic: $list-disable_columns('env_overlap') unless ((!$st->get('enable_te_length_user') && $st->get('te_suppress_name') $st->get('enable_te_length_user') && $st->get('te_length_user') ne...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/coding_with_neg.php (Re)learning to ice skate- December 21, 2006 I grew up in North Dakota where there's plenty of winter-time to enjoy. Since there aren't mountains there's not a lot of downhill skiing, but there's plenty of other winter sports (cross-country skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, ice fishing, sledding, snowmobiling,...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/relearning_to_i.php FireBug excellent addition to Web developer's toolkit- December 19, 2006 Doing a job right (and efficiently) requires the right toolset, and I've been changing mine to fit my new job. One of the challenges of Web development is determining what caused an error on a complex Web page. Tracing through...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/firebug_excelle.php Telco vs Cableco, DSL vs cable modem- December 15, 2006 A few months ago I switched from cable Internet to DSL, so I could avoid the cable price hike (100% increase) after my 6-month "special rate." DSL has been OK, though the DSL interleaving is disappointing (a lot of my...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/telco_vs_cablec.php A good Dell support experience- December 4, 2006 I've been fortunate enough to not spend a lot of time on the phone with tech support, Dell or otherwise. But working remote means there's no Help Desk to do the busy-work, so when my Dell laptop started crashing enough...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/a_good_dell_sup.php TiVo code for iLo DTV2784- December 4, 2006 If you're trying to set up your TiVo remote to work with the unlisted iLo DTV2784 (27") TV you bought at WalMart: the code is 0091. That should save you about 2-4 hours of searching Google....http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/tivo_code_for_i.php Apparently they'll let anyone in these days- December 1, 2006 Ed: Title is said in jest The phrase "Stratum 1 clock source" has always made me think of NIST, atomic clocks, cesium, expensive servers and lots of bandwidth run by a government agency or university and accessible only under certain...http://pete.kruckenberg.com/blog/archives/2006/11/apparently_they.php |