ThePizzy.netI am a web programmer, system integrator, and photographer. I have been writing code since high school, when I had only a TI-83 calculator. I enjoy getting different systems to talk to each other, coming up with ways to mimic human processes using technology, and explaining how complicated things work.
Of my many blogs, this one is purely about the technology projects, ideas, and solutions that I have come across in my internet travels. It's also the place for technical updates related to my other sites that are part of The-Spot.Network.
What happened to the Dallas Stars Twitter? They removed me from their friend list, and changed everything! If you’re asking yourself that question…it’s not what you think. Here’s what happened – it was all a mistake… The Backstory… Back in the Fall of 2007, @winkydo had an idea to start broadcasting the scores during the […]
UPDATE #2: Apparently they switched it back to the spyware method. I thought they learned their lesson. I guess not. It looked like they replaced the download link that went to coupons.com with a pdf file. However, I think someone defaced the site and put that link on there because they were sending people to […]
Well, I sent off my plugin code to Dan Zarrella, and got the Ping.fm developers API Key approved, and got WordPress.org to approve the plugin, and have been running it on my blog since its original announcement – but have run into a possible issue… My webhost says it is creating a lot of “sleeper” […]
A couple weeks ago, I found out that Twitter had a Search feature that showed real-time tweets for a keyword. I gave it a little thought, considered what it would take to actually write the software – and then wised up, and decided to see if someone already did the hard work. Sure enough, Dan […]
I’m sure you’ve been at work, thinking “Crap, I don’t want to go home and do this, because I don’t have the software there.” Or maybe you do have the software, but you don’t have some certain set of plugins (i.e. Photoshop Brushes for a graphic designer), and you need a way to get those […]