Monthly Archives: May 2009

Zend Certified Engineer

By Jacob Allred | Published: May 29, 2009

Today I took the Zend PHP 5 certification exam, and passed! As of writing this post, I am not in the Zend Yellow Pages yet, so if you click the icon it will make me look like a liar, but trust me, I passed. I’m in the Zend Yellow Pages, and you can click the [...]

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A Local Vacation

By Jacob Allred | Published: May 28, 2009

I was driving home the other day when my cell phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number, but I always answer my phone. It was some lady from Colonial Crossings of Williamsburg calling to let me know I won a 2 day/1 night vacation in Williamsburg. I was like, uh, lady, I live in Williamsburg. [...]

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Review: Devil May Care

By Jacob Allred | Published: May 27, 2009

Just finished Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks. Being a James Bond book, I wasn’t expecting a very deep plot and I was not disappointed. The entire premise of the book is ridiculous, and the “surprise” twist at the end was a bit contrived and unrealistic (even for a James Bond novel). The action scenes [...]

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PHP Method Overloading: Why?

By Jacob Allred | Published: May 22, 2009

So some people I know really like to use PHP method overloading. In case you program in pretty much any language other than PHP, let me explain what PHP considers method overloading using this (very simplified) example code: <?php class bigAnimal{ function __call($name, $arguments){ return $name; } function displayName($name, $arguments){ return $name; } } $animal [...]

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Review: Anathem

By Jacob Allred | Published: May 22, 2009

I just finished reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson a few days ago. At 960 pages, this was a pretty hefty book and took a few weeks to read, but the read was well worth it. Anathem is a hard book to describe without ruining the reading experience. I was fortunate enough to read it while [...]

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