Just released another side project
Wanted a quick way to find free high quality Android apps. Google’s Play Store isn’t exactly helpful for this kind of search so I created my own service. Check it out under the fun projects menu…
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PHP – switch statement vs. function dispatching
When you start having too many cases in your switch statement, it might be worth looking into using a function lookup. This is possible in all languages where functions are first class citizens… <?php $post = "hello"; $info = "3.1415"; //———————————————————– // Version 1 – using a switch statement //———————————————————– switch ($post) { …
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SQL and datetime from unix (epoch) time
from here: SQLite SELECT datetime(MyColumn, “unixepoch”, “localtime”) FROM MyTable MySQL SELECT from_unixtime(MyColumn) FROM MyTable
Virtual Box – Shared folders on Ubuntu Guest
Well, the first thing to make sure is that Guest Additions are correctly installed. For example, on Ubuntu 16.04 guest on VirtualBox 5.0.32 r112930 I received a message that the kernel headers were not found (even though they did exist). This was fixed with: sudo apt-get install dkms Next problem was constantly receiving a protocol …
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Google can’t find everything
For some reason there’s an old song I learned at school more than 35 years ago, whose tune and lyrics I can still remember. It goes like this: I hear echoes that are dear to me that whisper oh so sweetly to my heart You must come, come to those you love across the sea …
How many days ago ?
I once created a site that shows you interesting things that happened a round number of days ago. You can also check when you special day birthday is, for example, at what date do you turn to be 17000 days old ? Although the site even made the news once, I didn’t bother to maintain …