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Search Added
Created at 08:07 AM on May 13th, 2009
I've added search functionality to my website using mnoGoSearch. ATITD Section
Created at 07:00 AM on May 13th, 2009
Since I've started more game related applications (other than just RMT) I went ahead and created a page dedicated to the game. Gaming again
Created at 07:24 AM on April 10th, 2009
My wife started playing A Tale in the Desert (ATITD) again. Somehow she managed to drag me back into the game. ;) We used to play during Tale 2 several years ago. It's now on its fourth telling (T4).I've been working on an expanding the scripting language in "Rogarians Macro Thingy" (A customized macro program specifically for ATITD. ATITD is one of the few games that allows macroing as long as you're watching it. IMHO the game REQUIRES using macros because there is a lot, A LOT, A LOT of clicking involved....) So it's been a good coding exercise as well. :D
Comments Fixed
Created at 07:09 AM on March 30th, 2009
A bug when submitting comments has been fixed. (Thanks Reddy) MyEnTunnel 3.4.1 Released
Created at 09:46 AM on March 26th, 2009
A new version of MyEnTunnel has been released that fixes a long standing bug dealing with named pipes. Additionally, the profile menu option is now available even if no profiles exist.(Note: The unicode version does not contain the fix; I will try to build 3.5.3 shortly.)
Accessing IBMs UniVerse from PHP
Created at 06:02 PM on February 22nd, 2009
At work I needed to connect our backend database (UniVerse) to PHP. The following link shows how to achieve this using the UniObjects COM object on a WAMP stack: Accessing IBMs UniVerse from PHP (or as I like to call it: Head to Keyboard Smashing 101). NT Domain Authentication on a WAMP stack
Created at 06:17 PM on February 20th, 2009
While building a new intranet site at work I needed a method to validate users against our NT domain. Most Google searches returned a lot of VB/ASP routines; but nothing in PHP. Thankfully they gave enough me information to construct a PHP version. So if you ever need to do user name and password authentication on a NT domain using a WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack (it needs to be PHP5 or higher to use COM Objects) the following routine should do it:function CheckNTUserPassword($domain, $username, $password) {
$WinNTObj = new COM("WinNT:") or die("Can not create WinNT object");
try { $TempObj = $WinNTObj->OpenDSObject('WinNT://' . $domain . '/' . $username . ',user', $domain . '\\' . $username, $password, 1); }
catch(Exception $e) { } // do nothing
return is_object($TempObj);
}
If (CheckNTUserPassword($domname,$login,$password)) {
echo "Valid Username/Password";
} else {
echo "Bad Username/Password";
}
If you need to do authentication on a LAMP stack and can't use PAM see this link (it uses smbclient).
$WinNTObj = new COM("WinNT:") or die("Can not create WinNT object");
try { $TempObj = $WinNTObj->OpenDSObject('WinNT://' . $domain . '/' . $username . ',user', $domain . '\\' . $username, $password, 1); }
catch(Exception $e) { } // do nothing
return is_object($TempObj);
}
If (CheckNTUserPassword($domname,$login,$password)) {
echo "Valid Username/Password";
} else {
echo "Bad Username/Password";
}
If you need to do authentication on a LAMP stack and can't use PAM see this link (it uses smbclient).
Storm Aftermath
Created at 09:02 AM on February 1st, 2009
It's amazing what 34 hours without electricity can teach. Lessons I've learned:- Make sure you have a working backup generator
- Have a good way of bringing that power into the house
- Have a backup battery powered sump pump (marine bilge pump) for your basement
- Disable piezoelectric disks / speakers in your UPSes (17 hours of beeping WILL get to you...)
- Have some place to store food because it will go bad in the refrigerator / freezer
- Make sure your Coleman grill has fuel if you want hot meals
- Have backup food and water such as MREs or other "long life" foods
- Have a backup heater such as a Peerless natural gas manual furnace or kerosene heater
Obama Presidential Inauguration - A 1,474 megapixel image
Created at 10:51 AM on January 26th, 2009
Wow, just wow... A man by the name of David Bergman used a Gigapan Imager and took 220 images and created a 59,783 X 24,658 pixel image of the inauguration. If you click on the image above you'll be taken to the Gigapan website. Once there a flash applet will allow you to navigate and zoom in the image. The level of detail is simply amazing, you can see the faces of almost everyone in the picture.
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