I’ve been using Wordpress for years now and I’ll be the first to admit it’s by no means perfect, but when it comes to the blogging platforms–it’s second to none. Specifically, I’m going to outline a few reasons why it’s better than it’s newly open sourced corporate competitor, Movable Type. Now that’s not to say that Movable Type doesn’t have it’s place and totally suckz deez nutz, but unless you’re a corporate lacky and have no idea what you’re doing… then yea, Wordpress is going to be your propaganda pushing machine. Read More
Timmers Tidbits seeking experienced 1337 individual
January 25, 2008 – 6:37 pm
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I remember reading through hundreds of different job requirements and job postings all over the net back a year ago this time when I was still trying to find a job. Some were very vague, some were quite short, and some were very specific and detailed. By detailed of course I mean, intimidating. By that I mean, totally ****ing impossible to qualify.
With that, I have decided to post my own personal job posting for Timmers Tidbits incorporated (formerly known as timmyblog.com) for my very first historical hire (unless you count that time in 2005 when Brandon posted to my blog, which hath since been deleted) If you meet the following requirements, please inquire within. (click read more stupid) Read More
Custom personalized home screen icon for iPhone and iPod touch
January 24, 2008 – 12:54 pm
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With the most recent update of the iPhone to version 1.1.3 came the ability to customize your icons for your home screen. You are now able to add bookmarks or weblinks to the homescreen as well as add multiple pages of content. The only thing that sucked about adding your favorite sites to your home screen (namely my blog, Bank of America, and Assault T-Shirts) was that the icon was a crappy looking screenshot of the current screen. Thanks to some reading on the iPhone dev site and on a few others sites, I figured out how to get the smoothest custom rounded glowing icon in just a few easy steps…
Image maps in Coda
January 21, 2008 – 7:01 pm
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I recently splurged and bought my first piece of editing software since I jumped onto the Dreamweaver bandwagon about four years ago. After getting sick and tired of Dreamweaver crashing during direct remote file editing, I decided it was time for something that was a little more streamlined and a bit more stable, enter Coda. Coda seemed like it finally had everything I wanted: terminal, preview, code hints, color coordinated code, but despite that I’ve run into a few speed bumps that I hope get addressed in the next version… Read More
Tidbit #4: How to verify and hide credit card numbers with PHP
January 23, 2007 – 10:31 pm
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At my current job I was recently assigned the task of creating a shopping cart and auction system to sell furniture and antiques online. After getting most of the legwork done it was decided that customers would have to pay by credit card online. This brings up a load of questions and requirements of course such as SSL certificates, Real Time processings vs. simple verification, which cards do we want to accept from customers etc. etc. After a meeting or two it was decided that customers would enter a credit card number that would be verified with our online shopping cart, but they would be charged locally at a terminal when the item was actually shipped. After all it’s illegal to charge a credit card for something that has not been shipped. I recommend checking out the laws in your state before jumping headfirst into e-commerce.
I began the endless search on the net for a simple credit card verification class written in PHP and found several that were were very helpful and descriptive, but they generally required lots of modification. Generally, a quick Google search turns up exactly what I want, but low and behold there was no such script. I used what I could find on the net and combined them into my own little script.
A little disclaimer: This is not the actual script we ended up using, but it gives you a good head start on being able to verify credit card numbers through an online form. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND using test numbers and not real numbers when testing your scripts out. DO NOT USE THIS SCRIPT unless you are behind an SSL encrypted https connection, or unless you know what you are doing. That being said…….
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Tidbit # 2: How to make users Agree to Terms using Javascript on your forms
January 16, 2007 – 12:36 pm
