Gordaen’s Blog

Some of my coworkers have been struck by the Python bug (the one that makes you think Python is superior to all other languages) and they’ve been using the Django framework quite a bit. Since most of our code is in PHP, my knowledge is focused around PHP, and I have not had the [...]

Google Image Labeler is a brilliant, simple, and addictive answer to a common problem: identifying images. If you’re like me, you’ve often found image searches less than helpful. Unfortunately, without insanely sophisticated software, the only easy way to recognize images is by human interpretation. Since it is far too expensive to try [...]

I’m not sure if anyone of any significant influence reads my blog regularly (God, are you there?), but that doesn’t prevent me from rambling about something everyone hates: being talked down to. No matter how stupid you are, you want to be considered intelligent and you appreciate someone who values your level of knowledge. [...]

Do you think you’re immune to phishing scams? Put your knowledge to the test with McAfee SiteAdvisor - Phishing Quiz. I managed to score 10 out of 10, but a couple of them made me hesitate to go with my gut instincts, so the average user is probably more susceptible to phishing scams [...]

I’ve been working on a new not found page (404) for the site I develop for. When I enabled logging of 404’s on our old page, we were flooded with reports of broken links. I decided that it would be easier to create an entirely new page than to salvage the old one. [...]