How many job descriptions have you seen that says “Ability to multitask a must?” Personally I have always thought that “multi-tasking” was bullshit. Oh, sure, you could have several projects open at once but if you flit tirelessly from one to another, you are engaging in what we used to call “thrashing” way back . . . → Read More: Multi-tasking is bullshit
 16 comments - (Comments are closed)  Geek Humor, Geek Stuff  bullshit, job description, job interview, multitasking, thrashing Ouch! I just solved a puzzling error in Zend Framework. It was telling me that I had an illegal file name. While the trace never did point to the exact line in my code that triggered it, it clearly had something to do with a PDO_SQL database. I checked the database file and . . . → Read More: OW! Zend Framework bit me OR Careful with that config One comment - (Comments are closed) Zend Framework apostrophes, application.ini, config file, database file, illegal file name, PDO_SQL, permissions, single quotes, Zend Framework Weblebrity by tixrus Updated this old toonlet now that we can size them! Wheeee! 15 comments - (Comments are closed) Geek Humor, Geek Stuff chicken and egg problem, ebook, fame, fortune, riches, social networking, weblebrity What is OAuth, and why should you care? Here’s the deal: Just like Skynet of Terminator fame, web apps have lately been doing a lot more talking to each other on the “back-end” instead of all web communication being between a human and a web app. This is a GOOD thing as long as the . . . → Read More: OAuth: Totally! 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Geek Stuff, Hacking and Security authentication, authorization, Bar Camp Portland, credentials, hack, hackers, handshake, humans, json, Legacy, Oauth, password, PHP5, security, serious hackers, skynet, third party, third party application, token, twitter, web application I am publishing this post on the anniversary of my business being summarily dispatched.This is an ugly story about the WORST credit card processor in the universe and what they did to me. I waited to publish this until I got my seized assets back and then even longer just in case I wanted to . . . → Read More: Card Services International: SUCKFEST extraordinaire 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Geek Stuff abandonment, adversity, B2B, BCP, bitch, blows dog, burn in hell, Business Continuity plan, Card Services International, chargebacks, client relations, clients, clusterfuck, contingencies, crash and burn, credit card, CSI, debacle, depression, destroy a business, devastating, emotional health, ex-clients, fester, fiasco, FirstData, frozen account, hacked, hell, horror story, isolation, Linkpoint, loan, online business, partner, Paypal, piss-ant, piss-rat, pull the plug, risk, seized assets, shared risk, single point of failure, skin in the game, suckfest, thrashing, WOMD THIS ARTICLE IS NOT SERIOUS DORKAGE. ANYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. You’re probably here because you suspect someone (parent, spouse, sibling, roomate, etc.) is reading your email. That’s the problem. Before I describe the booby-trap I will insert this caveat: Problems like this are best avoided from the get-go. Did you ever . . . → Read More: Booby Trap your Email: catch common snoops 28 comments - (Comments are closed) Geek Stuff, Hacking and Security bait, booby trap, can't resist, catch a spy, easy, email attachment, email snoop, hack, juicy, juicy pictures, juicy subject line, lightweight geekery, onestat.com, open attachment, quick, roommate, sex kitten, sexy, sexy hotmail address, significant other, slutty, snoop, spy, tempting, tracking code, trap, trap a snoop, tripwire, wise living, XXX Who is least likely to recognize a phish when he sees one? A noob or a luddite right? As more and more people get online, more and more people are getting savvy about phish scams. The only people still likely to be highly vulnerable are those people who still don’t have internet woven into their . . . → Read More: New offline phish technique targets noobs & luddites 15 comments - (Comments are closed) Hacking and Security Buick, Cadillac, cars, compel, fake parking ticket, infraction, luddite, malware, noobs, offline, Oldsmobile, parking ticket phish, phish, scam, victims, vulnerable, word of mouth Beaver Bar Camp 2009 was held at Kelley Engineering Center on Saturday April 4. Didn’t get quite the sponsorship of last year’s event, which I attributed to the economic meltdown. Still, there was food and T-shirts and excellent space to host the ad-hoc presentations that happen at Bar Camps. . . . → Read More: Bar Camp 2009 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Geek Stuff barcamp, Calagator, Corvallis, crack wireless, Eugene, geek girls, IT-Pros Group, Verso, wazzuplocal.com, WEP, WPA When Google talks, I at least pay attention. Whether you like them or not, no one can deny that Google has a great deal of KLOUT on the interwebz. This Google Friend Connect thing is the latest scuttlebutt. Of course I have to try it, even though I’m not insanely hopeful that it’s going to . . . → Read More: Testing Google Friend Connect 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Stuff compatibility, Google Friend Connect, Google stuff, home-rolled, identity, interconnect, javascript, member, social, tinker, widget, Wordpress, Wordpress MU |