I work for a small web shop and enjoy a very casual atmosphere. This is great most of the time, but recently it caught up with me. We were all sitting around the conference table eating pizza on the company’s dime and watching the classic Batman film over lunch. I was sitting there scarfing down pizza next to my coworkers and my boss when our sales guy poked his head in and asked me how much we’d charge for hosting a simple e-commerce site. We’re not exactly what I’d call a premium services sort of company, so I quoted him a price of $25/month. But I quickly added that at that...

This song makes me feel like I’ve swallowed rainbows… Thanks to nichitastanescu for the translation of the lyrics into English: I’m told that our lives aren’t worth much, They pass like an instant, like wilting roses. I’m told that time slipping by is a bastard Making its coat of our sorrows. Yet someone told me… That you still loved me Someone told me… That you still loved me. Well ? Could that be possible? ...

I’ve been trying really hard to avoid news that pisses me off and/ or upsets me lately. Dodging Glenn Beck’s lies, propaganda, histrionics, and nonsense on Reddit is like trying to walk on the beach and not end up with sand in your shoe… Tonight, I noticed this post from the Story of Stuff Twitter: “Bully Glenn Beck attacks Story of Stuff: http://tinyurl.com/2tcnwl“. What really upset me though, is all of Beck’s minions rushing onto the internet posting hateful, ignorant comments on her YouTube videos. They’re also Twittering about it like crazy… So...

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Hey there! Thanks for visiting. I’m leaving this content intact, but I’m blogging at http://conjurecode.com now. Hope you see you there. Whenever you’re building a site that has a directory of businesses or people or anything with a physical location, it commonly lends itself to offering a search form which allows the user to search by distance from a given location. For example, a national or state-wide company with many branches may want to allow their website visitors to find a location near them. Or perhaps you may be building a directory of specialist doctors, or a site with real...

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With a lot of effort, I finally feel pretty good about my spending and overall finances. I have cut my credit card debt on three “regular” cards and four “store” cards in half this year. Four cards are totally paid off, and the other three about half of their respective limits. How do I know all this? !Thanks to a recommendation from Dave, I signed up in December and couldn’t be happier. I did the opposite of what most sites and people suggest, in that I stopped using cash almost completely. I don’t usually charge purchases, but using Mint allowed me to see where...

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H1N1 What a fantastic read on H1N1 and the basics of DNA And RNA as they function in the body using the analogy of a computer program. The author then goes on to suggest ways in which the virus could be improved, from a reverse engineering standpoint. Read the original article...

… you can dress them in super awesome clothes, and for the first couple of years, they won’t even CARE! Well, when I was three I started dressing myself, and I chose the same outfit almost every day. (According to my mom that is, who incidentally still has it, last I checked.) It consisted of a denim cowgirl skirt, matching vest and cowboy boots. So, now that I think about it, I guess some kids care right away, but for a while, it must be...