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Archive for February 2005

save arrays into database

Posted by: pureessence on: February 28, 2005

i’ve known this for a while but forgot to share it. there is a very easy way you can store array into database as a string. then you can grab the string from the database and convert it back into an array. code example: you should get

record streaming audio and more

Posted by: pureessence on: February 27, 2005

ever wondered how you can grab streaming audio and convert it to mp3? or how to convert .rm to .mp3? well here’s my way of doing it. you need the wonderful softwere Total Recorder. it allows you to record anything that is played by your sound card. ^_^ download: the version i have is 4.1b [...]

latest puppy photos

Posted by: pureessence on: February 26, 2005

haven’t shared photos of bubo and misty for while misty’s sneaky attack! video (862kb)

new theme "pure"

Posted by: pureessence on: February 26, 2005

omg thank you beccary SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for making me this theme. i worked hard to put it up as soon as i got it i love it so much. my mind has been on programming forever. no brain cell left for graphic. this is great for a change. YAY click here if you don’t see

return to top link without bookmark

Posted by: pureessence on: February 25, 2005

i saw this on leslie’s site. i never thought of it before. the conventional way to do a “return to top” link is create a bookmark with: at the top of the page and then use: to link it. well there’s an easier way. this only works if you want to return to the very [...]

congratulations andy!

Posted by: pureessence on: February 24, 2005

today’s andy’s last day at his old job – auto technician for iowa city toyota shop. monday he’s gonna start a new desk job as a customer service for toyota financial (headquarter) with a pay raise and lots more benefits. i’m so proud of him ^_^ welcome to cubicle life XP. you get wonderful deals [...]

separate template from code

Posted by: pureessence on: February 23, 2005

when you do serious coding, it’s always a good idea to separate your layout design (template) from your logic code. i’m at the beginning stage rebuilding dmb. one thing i want to do very badly is to get rid of all templates in the database. every time i load a template right now it causes [...]

new plan for dmb

Posted by: pureessence on: February 22, 2005

thanks shi for being so sweet and supporting. maybe i’m being too pessimistic on dmb’s coding. yes it is inefficient but it’s still curable. if i re-plan the whole thing from database design to layout design (javascript, css) with all my knowledge i can probably improve its performance by 200%. and shi told me another [...]

critical mass

Posted by: pureessence on: February 20, 2005

when a codebase gets so large and unmanageable, that it’s impossible to work with. Of a software product, describes a condition of the software such that fixing one bug introduces one plus epsilon bugs. When software achieves critical mass, it can never be fixed; it can only be discarded and rewritten. yes that’s how i [...]

multi-page form submission trick

Posted by: pureessence on: February 18, 2005

someone asked on my board how to use an email script for a long form that expands into multiple pages. leslie gave me an idea which i played and got it working. it’s very cool You basically just make *fake* pages with javascript and div layers. the script is from alexking and i put everything [...]


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