SCHOOL — 1957 vs. 2007

SCHOOL – 1957 vs. 2007

Scenario:
Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957
- Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007
- School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to
jail and never sees his truck […]

PHP SESSIONS: A Fairy Tale Primer

Once upon a time in the far away land of Sessionalvania, there was a weary traveler who showed up at a small town in the valley. He went into the first house in the town, and asked for a milk shake. When he did, there was this little chartreuse riding hood sashaying […]

Macro Mania II: Remote Workbook Calls

You would not believe how many times in your Microsoft Excel programming career that you will need to open a remote workbook, run a macro in that workbook (for whatever reason) and then quietly close that workbook again afterward.  All without your user having to interact with any of it for any reason.
Is that science […]

PHP Exploding String Theory

 The ability to confidently manipulate strings comes in extremely handy in web programming.  This is especially true since the advent of Web 2.0, with the Web evolving more toward programmed sites–not just a collection of static pages.  Many of these programmed sites contain automated processes.  One of the most commonly seen automated process on the […]

Beginning PHP Tutorial - Language of the Mad

There are several roadblocks between wanting to be a computer programmer and becoming a computer programmer.  The first is time.  Most people look at the diversity of languages, operating systems, platforms and resources and encounter what I call “Option Shock.”  Too many options available, so they just pick none.  That can be a real dream […]

Bacon - The Other Pork Meat

In our Cooking with Crash segment of the Joplin CrashPad, we show you creative concoctions of mad-scientist food that sometimes turn out tasty, occasionally test toxic, and are usually unusual.
Today’s topic is bacon. According to the good ‘ol Wikipedia, bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly or back of […]