GoDaddy Hijacked My Domain! GoDaddy Search Steals Domains
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 BUNCH [...]
VB Nested Loop Algorithm Problem
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 currently [...]
iPhone SDK Forums!
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 implication [...]
GoTo Statements, Air Conditioning
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 CS department [...]
Recursion and Cell Phones
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 recursion is [...]
Peak Bagging and Resumes
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 Gear
Treadmill Runner
Different companies are offering their services [...]
Events in C#, Jessica Simpson
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 in which [...]
Wives are like Software Users
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 water bill [...]
Ping, BackTrack, Gimme Some Slack Jack
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 that [...]
Life Insurance, Motorcycles, and Barbed Wire
November 10, 2005: I get a large life insurance policy cuz I’m doing the responsible thing per Suze Orman.
December 25, 2005: My wife gets me the “MEXICO MOTOCROSS ADVENTURE” for Christmas (possibly encouraged by Suze Orman as well).
Luckily, my brother (a motocross madman) comes down for the day. We’re in rural Mexico. We’ve got unlimited access [...]
