A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
In PHP7 the coalesce operator – ?? – will be introduced. It acts as a bit of syntactic sugar for the common case of needing to use a ternary in conjunction with isset(). The null coalesce operator returns its first operand if it exists and is not NULL; otherwise it returns its second operand. That …
The current world record of 2:02:57, set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto this year in Berlin, works out to 4:41.5 per mile; a sub-two would require less than 4:35 per mile. Will a human ever run that fast? Some fascinating number-crunching, and some great conclusions/predictions too. What Will It Take to Run a 2-hour Marathon? →
<svg> <defs> <pattern id="basicPattern" x="10" y="10" width="40" height="40" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse"> <circle cx="20" cy="20" r="20” fill= "#64bee3" /> </pattern> </defs> <rect x="10" y="10" width="200" height="200" stroke= "#333333" stroke-width="2" fill="url(#basicPattern)" /> </svg> SVG patterns provide for very unique design opportunities. We are essentially defining a canvas within a target shape or text, which is then repeated (or tiled) …
Jessica Hische, freelancer, in search of the ultimate day-schedule: When I moved to San Francisco I was suddenly surrounded by people with “real jobs”, who didn’t have the flexibility I had (and who loved filling their weekends with fun non-work-related activities). I found myself, more and more, conforming to a normal office work schedule, running …
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<?php $geotools = new \League\Geotools\Geotools(); $coordinate = new \League\Geotools\Coordinate\Coordinate(‘40.446195, -79.948862’); $converted = $geotools->convert($coordinate); // convert to decimal degrees without and with format string printf(“%s\n”, $converted->toDecimalMinutes()); // 40 26.7717N, -79 56.93172W printf(“%s\n”, $converted->toDM(‘%P%D°%N %p%d°%n’)); // 40°26.7717 -79°56.93172 // convert to degrees minutes seconds without and with format string printf(“%s\n”, $converted->toDegreesMinutesSeconds(‘%P%D:%M:%S, %p%d:%m:%s’)); // 40:26:46, -79:56:56 printf(“%s\n”, $converted->toDMS()); …
Doing a startup was a long journey and I was putting myself under so much pressure by giving such a f*ck about what other people think. Day by day, I was getting lonelier and more depressive as I avoided social occasions. My startup progress was not as fast as my social circle imagined it to …
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Recently I needed to change the document root (viz. the public_html folder) of a specific account on a WHM/cPanel server. Here’s how (root access required): Edit /var/cpanel/userdata/USERNAME/DOMAIN.COM Change the line documentroot: /home/USERNAME/public_html to reflect your needs Rebuild the Apache config files by executing /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf Restart the Apache service using service httpd restart
Collection of slidedecks to building your own device lab (only the first one in the series embedded, click through below to see all others): We cover how to build a device lab as a product for your coworkers to test their work on a spectrum of operating systems and versions. We also cover how to …