With all the fancy cURL-based API’s out there these days (Facebook and Twitter immediately come to mind), using cURL to directly access and manipulate data is becoming quite common. However like all programming, there’s always the chance for an error to occur, and thus these calls must be immediately followed by error checks to ensure [...]
Read More browsers, php, software development, TwitterI just posted a new article over at the Fwd:Vault Blog discussing the antivirus software I use for myself and my customers’ computers… I learned long ago that every type of utility software — spyware/virus protection, disk defrag, firewalls, system optimizers, etc. — has a decent free version available somewhere on the web. Back in [...]
Read MoreWith the untimely and unfortunate death of beloved Logitech G5, I was forced to quickly find a replacement. While I know I could simply get a replacement, I figured it might be time to look for newer gear. So after a thorough Google consultation and some in-store browsing, I purchased a Logitech G9 through Amazon. [...]
Read More gaming, hardware, review, usability failSo I was testing some updates to Fwd:Vault’s mail processing logic today, and I was using a billing message I received from 1&1. While tracking down a bug, I noticed a fantastic header line in the raw message: [...] Message-Id: X-Billing-Backreference: 357619014-200908300000@@9420000.7395000.357600000 X-Binford: 6100 (more power) [...] Let’s hope it’s more stable than Tim Taylor’s [...]
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