Technology, Internet Law, Gadgets and Dogs
Posted on June 18, 2009 by scott
So, we were contemplating creating/developing a text speed testing application. LG has been sponsoring a “Fastest Texter” contest for a couple years now. The LG contest appears to be gaining traction and every recent study concludes that text messaging is becoming one of the preferred means of communicating. Initially, I thought such an application surely [...]
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Posted on August 03, 2008 by scott
Well, hindsight is 20/20. I debated filing a complaint with ICANN, but I’ve got enough headaches already. In retrospect, the story is somewhat amusing. I hope this post helps at least one other person. Here’s the story: it’s July 5th and I’m at a pool party with a bunch of people. Now I own a [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by scott
VBA is a hammer. It’s crude, but wonderfully efficient at getting things done. I don’t do a lot of “dirty work” anymore, but part of working at a small company is rolling up your sleeves every once in awhile. The situation at hand: we have 20,000 XML files that need to have information that is [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by scott
The iPhone is one cool gadget. (I’ve got an iTouch and I love it, but the developer in me has been trying to figure out a way to jump into iPhone development since I first laid eyes on it.) Fortunately, this notion can now be a reality as the iphone sdk has been released. The [...]
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Posted on October 06, 2006 by scott
The air conditioning on my car (SUV) went out while off roading near Idyllwild, CA. I could live without air conditioning, but my wife can’t. Thus, the Golden Wrench in Irvine to the rescue. I stumbled on a PHP issue where I considered using a GOTO statement. ZAP. A lightning bolt straight from the UChicago [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2006 by scott
Recursion is like having your cell phone forward to itself, then calling yourself. Got it? If you’re not a Comp Sci major, you’ve probably never heard of recursion. The simplest way to understand it is to look at some simple Visual Basic code that performs a factorial calculation. First, let’s take a look at how [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2006 by scott
A friend of mine called me on? a hobby I have? listed on ScottDriza.com. I list “Golf, Weight Lifting, Writing, Peak Bagging, Running” in that order. After reviewing that list, I realized it is not quite accurate. Instead, it should read: Lunchtime Driving Range Golfer Occassional Lifter of Weights Fledgling Writer Purchaser of Expensive Hiking/Mountain [...]
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Posted on September 27, 2006 by scott
I got another version of the “your blog sucks” email. This one can be summed up as, “talk about software development already!” This blog? relates to coding – no management technobabble, just some inapt references to Jessica Simpson. In the last few years I’ve adopted the last bastion of techno-snobbery: I’m indifferent to the language [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2006 by scott
A recent situation caused me identify striking similarities between the two. Wives have EXPECTATIONS and when those are not met, they make DEMANDS. If those go unanswered they become IRATE. If they still do not get appeased, they will LEAVE in search of a better product. In my personal situation, the EXPECTATION was that the [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2006 by scott
A blogging friend of mine IM’ed and basically said, “Hey man, your blog sucks. You should kill yourself before you write another line. I can’t ping it or trackback or anything.” This particular guy is ‘mac guy’ AND a ‘cat guy’ but he does now how to say cool things like, “consolidate the blogosphere” (whatever [...]
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