Category Archives: Technology

PHP Object Passing

Using objects in PHP doesn’t have to be a one-way-street. PHP objects are very similar to any other server side language in that they can run functions for you, return values, and perform just about any needed task that you can write, but they can also be passed around within a session. If you program… Read More »

Note Everything – $3.99 Well Spent

After using a note application, voice note application, list application, gDocs application, and having no real drawing application, I am pleased to get everything in one application. “Note Everything” is a do it all kind of app for the Droid. Note Everything gives you the ability to: create a note and “stick” it to your… Read More »

Cooliris on Firefox

Cooliris is an exciting Firefox addon that allows you to see a smooth wall of pictures, news stories, videos, and shopping. You navigate it by moving a slider or dragging it with your mouse. It’s very intuitive. It looks like mobile devices are supported as well as the possibility of embedding it on web pages.… Read More »

Silverlight Treeview – Using C#

On your design page: Margin=”76,400,0,328″ Width=”300″> In the C# code: private void populateSchemaTree() { // clear previous contents so they don’t pile up schemaTree.Items.Clear(); TreeViewItem tv = new TreeViewItem(); TreeViewItem tv_sub = new TreeViewItem(); // parent – make a new object for each parent item tv.Header = “Parent”; // child – make a new object… Read More »

Androzip – File Viewer

Androzip is a nice file viewer with the option to zip files as zip, gzip, or TAR. Very stable. Pros: Stable Intuitive Unique option for a handheld (zipping files) Ability to send files in email Cons: No thumbnail viewer for images No layout or view options Works nicely in conjunction with ES File Explorer if… Read More »

Droid Apps

Below is a work in progress of reviews of Droid apps. Daily Bible Androzip Task Killers or Performance Killers? Note Everything – $3.99 Well Spent Droid ConnectBot- Unix SSH on the go! If you have raw pcm files from Virtual Recorder, here is how to convert it to mp3.

Nice Phone, After Rebate

Proverbs 3:27-38 – Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.  Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. Rebates suck. Let’s face it, it’s a scam that allows someone to advertise… Read More »

Samsung Omnia (VZW)

As the proud x-owner of a Samsung Omnia, from Verizon Wireless, I feel that I should declare my feelings of this phone, right here. First of all, this phone is light-weight, attractive, and has an OS filled with potential. Unfortunately, it’s a let-down in most categories. First, you will read the positive points about it.… Read More »

PHP- Globals

This one drove me nuts for a while so here is how to work with global scope in PHP classes. From within one function, if you want a variable of any sort to be globally visible, then you must use the keyword global, like this: Now just because you’ve declared it as global, doesn’t yet… Read More »