Whatever Rolls Off Dan's Brain
Today I’m writing some PHP code that will frequently need to unserialize a short array of strings. I did some informal benchmarking to find out what serialization technique could be… Continue reading "Unserialize Performance in PHP"
Patterns in Tech Change Personal tech evolves fast. Today’s newest gadget will be second best in six months, and in a few years it won’t be able to keep up. At least,… Continue reading "Incredible Shrinking Computer Shelf"
I had a collection of zip disks that contained data from the 1990’s. Now it’s 2016, and after some trial and error, most of the data has been recovered. The background… Continue reading "Zip Disk Data Recovery: How To Do It"
Zip disks seemed pretty awesome in the 90’s. They could hold 100 megabytes, which was excellent compared to the 1 megabyte or so a 3.5″ floppy could hold. It was especially… Continue reading "Zip Disk Data Recovery: How Not To Do It"
A friend recommended AppScale as a platform for a software project. It took me some time to wrap my head around what AppScale was. Here’s my attempt to package that… Continue reading "AppScale: What It Does"