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Avatar in IMAX 3D
So I finally got to watch Avatar in IMAX 3D! Let me tell you what an experience it was – an awesome movie with a great story line. The cherry on top was the 3D glasses you get to wear (but not to keep); the 3D effects were pretty mindblowing. Remember when Jurrasic Park came [...]
php session_start() issues for php captcha
I was going nuts (banging my head on my desk) because I just couldn’t figure out why session variables weren’t being stored after submitting a form with php captcha (http://www.phpcaptcha.org). I looked through the settings, http headers, check my validation code, almost everything just for a simple form to submit after a user enters the [...]
Sanitation dept melting snow away
As I went about my daily commute to work, I saw an entire New York City block blocked off to melt snow. Below is a picture I took of a snow melting machine (not sure what the real name of this machine is). Snow is thrown into this unit from the top – which then [...]
full-text index issue in mysql 5
I was having issues with full-text index using MySQL 5. Basically, on one host I would see results with the same query but not on another host. Here is the sample query I used:
SELECT * from table_name WHERE MATCH(Description, Title) AGAINST (’yes” IN BOOLEAN MODE) AND title like ‘%yes%’ ;
Because the length of the [...]
Golden Potatoes
We’ve all heard about gold going above $1000 an ounce but even Golden mashed potatoes? Hey folks at Walmart, what were you thinking?
