Category Archives: Programming

Advertising blindness

Posted on March 29, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Here’s something interesting. If you see the same ad enough, so much so, that you see it regularly, do you notice it more or less? You notice it, perhaps less or the same, depending on the ad, and you generally … Continue reading →

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Something interesting with programming

Posted on March 28, 2007 by The Elite Geek

One thing I find amazing is how inconsistent some developers can be when developing on a project. Take the open source project, Trixbox for example. In one application installed with Trixbox, you can actually manipulate some users fantastically. In the … Continue reading →

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Script Kiddies and Development Bugs

Posted on March 8, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Servers Australia was a victim of a 10 year old script kiddie (or the equivilent in brain dead individuals). The script kiddie spammed the client base of Servers Australia through a bug in the Kayako Support System, sending messages that … Continue reading →

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Updates – gone wrong

Posted on February 28, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Using open source, and collaborated source is great. It’s a group effort, supporting a group cause. There’s a downside though. What happens when a function in a module or application changes names in a version? Why change name? Well, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Dynamic Image Generation with PHP

Posted on February 19, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I came across a little issue lately. I wanted to be able to generate images, dynamically. I needed it to be done with PHP, and I needed it to be able to accept differing data (hence dynamic). Where to turn? … Continue reading →

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A creative use for AJAX, no browser required.

Posted on February 17, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I’ve been developing for the web for a while now, and many technologies fly by. First there was the ASP.NET craze. Some say it’s an improvement on ASP, others say its not worth the hassle. I couldn’t really care about … Continue reading →

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