Ping.fm Custom URL Functionality

Ping.fm is a message posting service that allows you to post to several social networking sites very easily (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.).  It also allows you to post to several networks at the same time, and there are various desktop and mobile apps currently available that use this service.  Recently I discovered that it also has custom URL functionality, which allows you to direct...

Programming Comics

The following are some funny viral comics that my Twitter friends posted.  I thought they were pretty good, so I thought I would share them here… A Call to Code Superheroes How a Programmer Reads Your Résumé Lines of (Mis)Communication in Projects Hope you enjoyed as much as I...

Shipping Estimator in AIR

The fire sales division at work asked me the other day if I could create a program for tracking the flow of fire truck sales. It got me real excited, because I have started getting more into Adobe AIR and Flex recently, and this gives me the opportunity to do something major with Flex and AIR since that is probably what I would use for this project. I have actually been using Flash for about...

Flash Image Slideshow with XML

I finished a Flash image slideshow for a website and this post explains how I created it. First, I created a PHP class with methods for uploading the images to the server. When a file is uploaded by the user, the script creates a filename for the image and stores it in a pre-built directory, and then inserts the filename and file location to a table in the MySQL database. This way I am able to...

Status Updates in MySQL

I have been working on a website that required a script that imitates the status updates a la Twitter, Facebook status, MySpace status, etc. This post explains how I programmed that part of the website. First, as part of a backend CMS, I created a form that submits the status update via PHP to a MySQL database. Then I wrote a PHP class that includes a method to query the database for the most...

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. The Web has enhanced productivity and knowledge throughout the civilized world because of the wide-spread availability of information and collaboration over the Internet. My side business is centered on...