Xbox One and Evil DRM
This article describes the DRM that Microsoft is forcing onto the new Xbox One. And it's brought into focus why all DRM is evil. Not just annoying, but evil.
Taxes and Your Fair Share
So, there's a lot of people saying that the rich aren't paying enough taxes. That they aren't paying their fair share. The Left successfully villianized Mitt Romney for being rich. The Occupy movement wants the Government to take the rich's money and give it to them. A friend of mine recently posted a status that sounded like he was mad a rich person was looking to move to a place where he wouldn't be taxed so much. On and on it goes...
Updating LDAP Boolean Attributes with PHP
Changing the value of an attribute in an LDAP directory via php generally uses the ldap_mod_replace function. Something like:
$newvals = array('attribute' => 'value);
ldap_mod_replace($ldap_connection, $dn, $newvals);
The problem I ran into was when the attribute was a boolean type. I kept getting:
ldap_mod_replace(): Modify: Invalid syntax
Quick alpha version of filtering a table
I've found it incredibly useful to be able to just start typing in an input box, and have a long table get pared down to only what I'm looking for. See Drupal's Module Filter for an example. Since I have an app I'm working on that will eventually need similar functionality, I wrote a quick proof of concept. It's rough, and I have no idea how well it will perform on large tables. But it might come in handy. Visit it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/4028731
Terminator Terminal Emulator is nice!
Right, so a blog post I read the other day mentioned the Terminator Terminal Emulator. It sounded nice, so I thought I'd try it.
Checking a LDAP Password in PHP
One of my current projects requires authenticating against an LDAP directory. I initially assumed that you would get the password from the directory, then compare it with the user supplied password. That's the wrong way.
The correct way is simpler. Just try to bind the user to the LDAP directory. If it works, you have the correct password, if it doesn't, the password or username is wrong.
How To Migrate Content from a Wordpress Blog to Drupal 7
As you can see, I have migrated my personal blog to this site. It's now here: Personal Blog. I tried a couple methods, I used Feeds and was able to easily import posts, but I couldn't figure out how to get the comments as well. After a bit of searching, I found the Wordpress Migrate module. And it worked quite well.
Enabling LDAP Authentication on Ubuntu 11.10
NOTE: Before you try this, go here. I haven't tested the answer, but you likely have to compile some stuff to get LDAP auth working bug free. So, don't use the instructions below they are old and unlikely to work.
Just a quick note about enabling LDAP Authentication on Ubuntu 11.10.
Short Update
So, this is just a quick note to inform any readers that I am still alive. Unfortunately, or maybe not, I have been quite busy working at Lane Community College. Thus, this site has taken the back burner.
So, we'll see if I find time to do anything here. Until then, thanks for visiting!
The Government versus Jobs
Just read an article on the New York Times about how Obama and Congress are planning to tackle "job creation." So, I decided to post a message to them about the subject.
Dear President and Congress,