Category Archives: Geek

Useless Variable Names

If you’re a programmer, you can feel my pain. Is there anything worse than variable names that tell you NOTHING about what the variable does? Today I was debugging someone else’s code and there were two boolean variables – one named check1 and one named check2. The worst part is that right about their declarations were comments that said “check to see if eligible for telnet” and “check to see if eligible for SNMP“. So, why the heck were they not named something like telnetEligible and SNMPEligible? AARRGGHH!

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*&^%$#@ cable modem!

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My cable modem has been going up and down like a yo-yo lately – I need to call Time-Warner about it and see what the hell is going on. Because of this, this site also has been going up and down since it’s hosted on a linux box in my closet. I think I’m going to have to cave in and buy some hosting. Either that or move over to some free service like Blogger which I do NOT want to do. I’m hooked on WordPress and don’t want to give up the control I have. Anyone know of a host cheaper than $5/month for 20GB of space and 50GB of bandwidth?

geek, internet, cable, annoyances

BackPack – online lists, notes, and reminders

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Here’s another super-handy site I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned yet – BackPack. It’s a free service that lets you make reminders, notes, lists, etc. I use it all the time. It’s nice to have a quick, easy place to make notes for myself that I have access to wherever I am. When I’m at work and I think of a blog topic, I hit my “MVP blog topics”page and add it to my list. When I get home, I check the list and blog. The interface is really slick too – it uses AJAX, which is all the rage nowadays.

geek, AJAX, website, webware, backpack

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