My Thoughts and Ramblings
This week I add a few extra runs with my family. The extra running was a slower pace because I was pushing a stroller with 2 kids in it but it was more mileage. Total mileage for the week was 38.5 miles. …
This week I continued to work on increasing my distance while trying to press for a faster pace. I ran a total of 34 miles and did a timed 1 mile on Tuesday. The timed mile was using RunKeeper running on …
It’s been a little over 2 years since my last post. A lot has happened in 2 years. We had our second child, new jobs for both my wife and I. I’m sure we’ve had many more changes. I plan …
I’ve been learning the ins and outs of Laravel for a little over a week. Last night I decided I should create a quick bundle. I created a simple API bundle for Stripe because I will need it for a …
Today’s Regex is used to parse a string for Flickr links and extract the Photo_ID. Once we have the Photo_ID we’re able to create a standard embed code from nearly any Flickr URL. Supported Links: The following Regex supports these …
Today’s Regex is used to parse a string for Vimeo links and extract the Video_ID. Once we have the Video_ID we’re able to create a standard embed code from Vimeo links. Supported Links: The following Regex supports these Vimeo links …
Over the next several days I’m going to post a series of Regex strings. These Regex strings can be used to parse input for different links. I’m using PHP in my examples (you may need to tweak the Regex to …
I’m working on a project that uses DataTables a JQuery plug-in that turns ordinary table into dynamic tables. One of the columns includes a list of birthdays. We didn’t want the standard date sorting. We wanted the birthdays to sort …
I stumbled across this Silverlight “feature” today. Silverlight’s binding works in a linear order. 1 <ComboBox SelectedValue="{Binding SelectedHour, Mode=TwoWay}" ItemsSource="{Binding Hours}" /><ComboBox SelectedValue="{Binding SelectedHour, Mode=TwoWay}" ItemsSource="{Binding Hours}" /> In the above code, selected value isn’t being set on page load. …
I’m working on a PHP project that requires human readable, relative date formatting. Below is the PHP function I’m using. The function handles past and future dates. Sample Future Output : 30 seconds to go 1 minute to go 5 …