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quizcreate.com is back!

So this was the first website I’ve ever created. Because of that it was fairly buggy and took a while for me to add simple things. I was playing with the CodeIgniter and figured doing quizcreate.com all over again would be an easy thing to do. Have a look around.
quizcreate.com

Don’t mind this text. Trying to [...]

Things to consider when you make a bot on Twitter

With over 30 retweet bots on Twitter combining over one million retweets I’m probably the craziest one making these bots. While these bots are simple in nature there are a lot of things to consider while developing a retweet bot.
You look like less of a spammer if you have quality retweets
This is the most [...]

I’m sure the Apple Store hates you now

I just finished reading a story of a blogger that tried getting their defectivepower brick for a MacBook Pro replaced under warranty. Here’s the article: http://www.tardyslip.net/index.php/2010/01/06/warranty-schmarranty
While I sympathize with this dilemma I feel this became an issue because mainly she did not want to make an appointment. If you want something replaced at any Apple [...]

Prettify SQL plugin for Coda

I deal with a lot of MySQL queries each day and am always unsure of how I should be formatting them and hate wasting time on making them look “pretty.” I mean, php and perl have easy to use code tidiers so why can’t MySQL?
Make sure that you install SQL::Beautify from cpan first (run sudo [...]

New comment policy, there are none

I’ve disabled all forms of comments on my page and I encourage you to do the same. Comments are commonly a source of spam, trolls, and awkward moments. Plus with a “fanbase” as small as this blog has, there’s not much of a point to maintaining comments. I get a comment out of every five [...]

Don’t steal my bandwidth: Here are the icons I use on my site

I’ve noticed that a lot of people are linking the “social media” images that I have on my website. I didn’t create these images, and they’re available without having to give attribution, but linking to images on my site is a no no. For the larger offenders I have replaced images requested from your domains [...]

How is the “Paul Desk” so expensive?

I don’t get it. How is this desk priced at over $700? I kind of get that quality lumber can be expensive. With a fancy paint job that can bump up the price some more. It’s a small kitchen table with matchstick-like legs and some organizers on each end for crying out loud. I [...]

The first rule of good customer service is…

… reply to your customer’s email right away. Even if you don’t have anything to tell them, you should reply. it shows you received their email and that you’re aware of the situation.

I ordered a pair of Dots Gloves. They were too small and there was a thread on the index finger that [...]

They don’t know when or how, but FedEx can at least deliver a package

After this experience, I’m convinced this is a huge company that just doesn’t know what it’s doing.
I had a package that According to it’s tracking number, arrived to our local FedEx facility on Monday at 7:02am. It was not scheduled to be delivered until Wednesday. I can understand they couldn’t get it to me on [...]

Announcing ReTweetTweet.com

Just launched a new website: retweettweet.com.
You can now create your own bot on Twitter that retweets when certain words are said. This service costs $50 a month. I know that’s a lot but I think it’s worth that much. When you have a bot like this you’ll automatically pick up more followers. All of [...]

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