Still enjoying the game ( Read more... )

Dear Square-Enix,

1) The next time you make me run around town proclaiming "I am THE Basch von Rosenburgh of Dalmasca" to everyone, please come up with more than five different things to say, or I will find a way to make your computers say nothing but ( Read more... )

At lilinthra's D&D game on Sunday, arterich said something about me trying to argue that bread was six-sided instead of two-sided at Shimin's party on Saturday ( Read more... )

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Not doing a long writeup of the final keynote, "From Lancelot to Lovelace, and Beyond" by Robert 'r0ml' Lefkowitz. In short, Lefkowitz asserts that to be computer literate, one has to be able to read and write the language of computers (e.g. read and write code), and that, currently, we're effectively in the 13th century with respect to the ( Read more... )

Presented by John Cogeshall (Zend)

The Zend Framework is a modular collection of PHP classes, based on PHP 5, to simplify common tasks. It's a smaller component of the PHP Collaboration Project. It's also supposed to be a demonstration of PHP 5 best practices ( Read more... )

Presented by Andrei Zmievski (Yahoo!)
http://www.gravitonic.com/talks/

Today is Andrei's birthday, so his birthday present is getting to present an 8:30 session. Coincidentally (or not), this is also session number 2-11.

Tower of BabelDealing with multiple languages and encodings is ( Read more... )

Presented by Wez Furlong (Omni TI)

Problems with PHP Databases APIs
There's no consistency of API between DB extensions. Sometimes, the DB extensions aren't even internally consistent. This also means that there's code duplication in PHP internals, and also leads to high maintenance.

The PDO SolutionMove PHP-specific stuff into one extension, ( Read more... )

It's a rather interesting experience to be sitting in a room, and have its configuration change by having the movable walls expand or collapse. One moment, you're in a giant, cavernous room; the next, you're in a room a third its size, with a wall 10 feet away ( Read more... )

Presented by David Berlind (ZDNet)

David's Law of Economics
"Those who handle the most amount of heavy lifting, but do the least amount of it win big*"

*If you're in bettween, perhaps it's time to rethink life.

EcosystemsEcosystems are a cycle, starting with artists, who create a user experience, which attracts consumers, which generate ( Read more... )