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Email to SMS/TXT address list

Oct 28, 2009 programming

The website http://www.emailtextmessages.com/ keeps a database of most of the email addresses that correlate directly to a txt for mobile phones. However, their version is in HTML - and I see no feed. I’ve compiled the list into a CSV file so that its easier to use in programming. Do visit their website and click on an ad to support their hard work.

Moving files from one webserver to another using PHP script

Oct 13, 2009 php

A while back, a colleague mentioned to me that he was moving his site from one webserver to another. He hated having to FTP everything down, then reupload it. Invariably, we’ve all done this - and forgot to apply proper file permissions, etc.

Photoshop Touchup

Oct 10, 2009 photoshop

So I tried my very first photoshop touch up of a girl I found online. Turns out she was used for a photoshop tutorial about the same concept. I used my own process however.

Unknown function _popupControl()

Sep 29, 2009 javascript

In my Javascript Error Handler post, I discussed how I track user and client side errors. Recently, my error logs became inundated with tons of javascript errors. The function _popupControl() is undefined. After a little googling, I found out that the CA Personal Firewall is responsible for inserting the following code into every page:

Javascript error handler

Sep 23, 2009 javascript php

A while ago, I saw a website that provided a javascript error reporting service. You implemented some code and then they would send you reports on javascript errors on your site. I thought, this can’t be that hard. So I went to work to create my own. (It’s now used on this website as well as some political website I’ve worked on recently.)