Category Archives: Tech

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Apple ID doesn’t Just Work

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Scott Allen

I changed the password on my Apple ID a couple days ago. As a person who works with technology and user management and database design and—albeit cursorily—web security, this is something we preach that people should do with online accounts. … Continue reading →

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iOS Status Message

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Scott Allen

This is something I’ve been meaning to write, and hadn’t yet, but this post on Engadget (which I’m sure will be followed by the same info on a million other sites) reminded me of it, and makes me hopeful that … Continue reading →

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iTunes Match

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Scott Allen

I’ve been using iTunes Match for a couple months now, and wanted to post some thoughts. The initial matching and uploading process was pretty slow. I can’t imagine how long it would have taken if I was uploading everything like … Continue reading →

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Fixing Messages for OS X

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Scott Allen

Now that Apple has released the Messages for OS X beta software, it’s possible to be able to send and receive iMessages on my computers alongside all the iOS devices in our house. It makes it very convenient to be … Continue reading →

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Clean Up OS X Lion Launchpad

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Scott Allen

I’m not especially a big fan of the OSX Lion Launchpad, but it pops up every once in a while. It would really bother me that it showed every single app in my Applications folder, including uninstallers and prefpanes and … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Scott Allen

I’m sure plenty of people will say it more elegantly than I ever could, so I’m not going to go on and on and on about it. Steve Jobs’ passing came too soon, and the future is not going to … Continue reading →

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MySQL Transactions

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Scott Allen

MySQL has the ability to handle what are known as transactions: a series of queries that must be executed in an all-or-none fashion. As a bonus, it’s super easy to use. Using PHP, you can do the following: mysql_query(“START TRANSACTION”); … Continue reading →

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Use PHP to get all images in a folder

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Scott Allen

This: $images = glob($directory . “*.{jpg,gif,png}”, GLOB_BRACE); is awesome.

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iOS Training: Day 2

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Scott Allen

This is going to be a short one. After spending a ton of time at a computer the last couple days, writing a blog post isn’t the thing I’m dying to do at the moment. [Ed: Nevermind. Got rolling and … Continue reading →

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iOS Training: Day 1

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Scott Allen

Today was the first real day of class. Over the course of about 12 hours working, I went through the first six chapters of the book we are supposed to make it all the way through this week. Today’s chapters … Continue reading →

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