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• .net magazine article: Create a Google Talk bot with Node.js February 3, 2012

  I have written a two part article for this months .net magazine detailing how easy it is to write a Google Talk bot with the evented power of Node.js. “Programming a chat bot was once the domain of the hardcore hacker, tapping packets as they passed over the wire from proprietary client applications to closed source servers, but not any more!” note As of 6/2/2103 I have now published this article on my blog. Read more ⇒

• Installing a MySQL UDF errors with Function already exists January 31, 2012

  When installing a UDF recently I got an annoying error message, which didn’t seem to want to go away. Deleting the function before attempting to remove it did not work so I used the following set of escalating commands to attempt to get it to install. But back to the error for a moment: bash > mysql -u user -p < installdb.sql Enter password: ERROR 1125 (HY000) at line 7: Function 'lib_mysqludf_ssdeep_info' already exists This can be solved really simply with the following options: Read more ⇒

• Nodester environment variables for sensitive data and passwords October 27, 2011

  When I began using Cloudno.de recently to have a go at Node.js and CouchDB I stored my username and password in plain text in a configuration file. If you are also looking to get CouchDB going with CloudNo.de then my earlier Getting started with Node.js and CouchDB post may be of interest. The configuration file was fine for testing as nobody who came across the database login details could do any real damage, but as the project got more interesting I wanted to send it live and these details would need to be kept private. Read more ⇒

• PHP extension writing: PHP Extensions Made Eldrich October 26, 2011

  PHP extension writing: PHP Extensions Made Eldrich Since writing my 15 Excellent Resources for PHP Extension Development post in September last year Kristina Chodorow of 10gen (MongoDB) has written an excellent four part article on writing PHP Extensions on her blog Snail in a Turtleneck. Read more ⇒

• The world has lost an excellent and exciting rider in Marco Simoncelli October 24, 2011

  The world has lost an excellent and exciting rider in Marco Simoncelli. He was a true character. RIP #58. You can leave a tribute on the MotoGP website. Read more ⇒

• Getting started with Node.js and CouchDB October 21, 2011

  Node.js and CouchDB feel like they were made for each other right from the very first time I used them. With the cradle node package the integration becomes even easier. Whilst both Node.js and CouchDB are open source with packages for most operating systems it maybe easier for you to start out using a hosted solution such as CloudNo.de (has CouchDB now) or Nodester for example. As far as the CouchDB portion goes there is only one place to go and that is IrisCouch. Read more ⇒

• PHP elephants October 21, 2011

  PHP elephants Read more ⇒

• How the ssdeep PHP extension came into being July 14, 2011

  Recently (well in a loose sense anyway) I had the need to build a document bank in PHP for a client at Mosaic. It was a fairly involved application with various public and private APIs for integration into the clients network of websites. The core PHP code was written on top of the Agavi framework and various PHP libraries for extracting text and meta data from documents. One of the major features the client required was for the system to detect similar files to prevent unintentional duplicates making it into the document bank. Read more ⇒

• Running a sane version of Linux on a Dell Inspiron 2500 June 22, 2011

  I have ended up with a very old piece of hardware and of course the first thing I did was wipe the Windows 2000 installation and stick a few versions of Linux on it. Unfortunately it only came with 128MB of memory from factory so nothing would run very well. The PCMIA wireless card that came with it wouldn’t work with WPA2 under Windows 2000 so an upgrade was required. Read more ⇒

• I remember watching trains from this bridge when I first arrived… June 10, 2011

  I remember watching trains from this bridge when I first arrived in Edinburgh from Australia. It was cold then too! nationalgeographicdaily: Children Watching Train, Edninburgh Photograph by Vishal Soniji This photo was taken during my visit to Edinburgh as I was on my way to Edinburgh Castle. Read more ⇒