personal blog of travels, tech & opinions
This is my race report of the 2012 Amica 70.3 Ironman in Providence, Rhode Island. It was my first attempt at the 70.3 distance, and it was an interesting experience to say the least. Below is my race report. Pre-race I partly choose this 70.3 because it was one of two (the…
Everyone is complaining about China and how all of our jobs are going overseas, But the real concern may not be China or any other Asian country, it’s likely to be the inevitable march of technology , automation and how modern civilization in making the world a “better” place is…
Last weekend I did the Lincoln Park Triathlon, a fantastic local sprint triathlon. Bike Segment: I had my Contour Pro mounted on my bike and below is an abridged view of the first lap. Link to Direct YouTube video
Below are some interesting problems and solutions that I have come accross. Problem: In a web based system how to you prevent multiple updates to the same record by different users seeing potentially different data. This is a play on the old airline reservation problem you find in older computer science text…
Problem: In most web based system one of the most commonly used process is user authentication and page access. This Login function is pretty typical here’s my example: Notice I set a bunch of session variables that I frequently use later in the application to display specific user information (such…
Problem: Web form spam or bot induced form submissions is a common issue these days on we pages that have forms. The simplest way to thwart such spam is to use a captcha. There are many varieties of captcha but today I’m going to focus on some simple code that…
“Who am I and Why and I here?” – Adm. Stockdale VP Debates. Currently I work as a senior PHP developer at a a/v integration firm in NJ. My role there is as a senior architect and developer responsible for building and maintaining a modern web-based operations system. The system is used by the company…