May 12, 2010
by Joe
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As of today, I’ve been blogging at SanBeiJi.com for eight years. Happy birthday, blog! The original blog was a hand-rolled PHP/MySQL app, before Michael insisted that I upgrade to WordPress. It was actually a fun little SQL mapping exercise to … Continue reading
June 4, 2007
by Joe
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Here is a basic MySQL tip regarding application users: When building applications that use MySQL, it is a best practice to create a MySQL application user that is dedicated to your app and has privileges to access only the database … Continue reading
March 22, 2007
by Joe
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I was trying to think of a straightforward explanation of the difference between a class and an object (in OOP terms), and came up with this: Objects are specific instances of classes. When you create a class, you are literally … Continue reading
March 13, 2006
by Joe
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This week I took the first steps towards enrolling myself for another masters degree, in computer information systems. My first class starts at the end of this month. I’ve been eyeing school programs now for years, so this has definitley … Continue reading
February 27, 2006
by Joe
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It was cool to have del.icio.us post daily links to my blog, but the experiment is over. I didn’t like the fact that I had no control over the title, or the fact that it was posting daily and not … Continue reading