Once Again, Thank You Apple
Yesterday at 4:45 PM, I called Apple to get a replacement set of headphones (my right earbud was going in and out). In 10-15 minutes, I had spoken with a service representative, explained my problem, gave my shipping information, and was off the phone. From there, I expected to see my new replacement headphones within a few days. More on the story after the jump.
This morning, at approximately 10:30 AM, FedEx was knocking on my door; my headphones were already here! I had my old headphones in hand, so I just threw them in the returnable box, ripped off the two part shipping label, and handed it right back to the FedEx delivery guy. Done.
Clearing Floats With WordPress
Using a "float" in a web design is fairly common these days; it is used to float images for wrapping text, as well as being one of the easier, standard-compliant methods to achieve columns. For example, if you want to have a content column,
Cisco Clean Access + Mac OS X = Headache
At Ferris State University, the network implements a system called Cisco Clean Access (CCA). This is a system designed to keep all Windows-based computers up-to-date,
Git, Capistrano, SSH, and WordPress
UPDATE: This tutorial has been updated! Several bugs have been fixed, please be sure to read all of the updates (especially if you've referenced this tutorial before).
Sanitizing Phone Numbers With C#
An extension method to remove all but digits from a phone number. This should be useful for sanitizing input to put into your database.
SQL UPSERTing in SQL Server 2005 via a Variable Table
I was trying to find an example of how to UPSERT data the other day, and could not find anything half-way decent. After doing some research into some of the
Startup Themes
Brad, Bill, Joy, and I were in Appleton, Wisconsin over the weekend, and stopped by Guitar Center to see what was going down (I haven't been to any music shops since we were in Michigan; it's been killing me!). Brad and Bill ended up over by the keyboard section (Bill was making some excellent jams), so I wandered over to see what was up. There was a keyboard next to them, and it was set up with this exact sound. Video after the jump.
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Make Google Notifier More “Push”-Like
I recently installed Prowl on my iPhone to receive push notification from, well, just about everything. One of the things that was excited was that I could setup a faux-Gmail Push System. After setting everything up, I noticed that the Google Notifier was only checking every 15 minutes (sometimes longer it seemed). After doing a little digging, I came across a forum post over at macosxhints. Luckily, it was quite easy to fix:
- While holding Command and Option down on the keyboard, select the Google Notifier Gmail icon and select preferences. This will generate a pop-up dialog.
C# Interfaces: Under (no) Construction?
Why can't C# allow for a constructor definition in an Interface? For example, say you have this interface:
WordPress: Remove Stuck Maintenance Message
If your WordPress site is stuck at the maintenance screen ("Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute."), this tip will clear the issue up really quick.
