When working with user provided images in PHP you run into a problem. Lets say that you want to generate thumbnails of uploaded JPEGs for users. This is a fairly common use case where you would employ PHP and GD (the most prevalent php image extension.) But when you generate the new, smaller, image what [...]
Lets say you have a relatively complex php web application, like wordpress. You have it running under apache (which is common.) You have good control of your site via .htaccess (which is common — permalinks and all.) And something happens to your blog (e.g. someone is exploiting some unknown vulnerability to compromise your content), which [...]
We’ve been asked how we manage serving files from Amazons very cool S3 service at WordPress.com… This is how. (covering a requested image already stored on S3, not the upload -> s3 process) A request comes into pound for a file. Pound hashes the hostname (via a custom patch which we have not, but may, [...]
this is amazing: http://jan.kneschke.de/2007/10/7/wormhole-index-reads and I cant wait to try it somewhere!
This handy little bot keeps track of RSS feeds, and announces in the channel when one is updated. (note: be sure to edit the path to the datafiles) Each poller runs inside its own ruby thread, and can be run on its own independent schedule require ‘thread’ require ‘rss/1.0′ require ‘rss/2.0′ require ‘open-uri’ require ‘fileutils’ [...]
This bot is perfect for anything where you need to easily build IRC channel notifications into an existing process. It’s simple, clean, and agnostic. Quite simply you connect to a TCP port, give it one line, the port closes, the line given shows up in the channel. eg: echo ‘hello’ | nc -q 1 bothost [...]
Congrats to http://claudiacanals.wordpress.com/ which happens to be our one millionth hosted blog. This happened around 11:38pm PDT, and weighed 7lbs 6oz
I began looking at divshare a few days ago as a way to stor, save, and share my personal photo collection. The idea of auto-galleries, unlimited space, flash video, and possible FTP access was… enticing. But it’s tough to tell how something like this is going to work on a large scale… So… after messing [...]
I know, I know, I’ve been silent for quite some time. Well Let me assure you that I’m quite all right! Are you less worried about me now? Oh good. (Yes I’m a cynical bastage sometimes.) So life has, as it tends to do, come at me pretty fast. I’ve left my previous employer, Ookles, [...]
If there’s one thing that the OpenFount guys have shown me is that they’re serious about the Infinidisk product. Mr. Donahue gave me a quick call this evening (seems my e-mail server and his e-mail server aren’t talking properly, so while I get his communications) he has not received mine (probably explaining the lack of [...]