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Archive for January, 2009

Several years later, I finally track down the code mod and knuckle down to change the code!

Posted in Computing on the 'Net, ReunionHall.org, Web Scripts on January 31st, 2009

This specific code hasn’t changed since its design in 2005. So, many years later, my eyes (and mind) finally found the routine in all the code on my site to add to a user’s account upgrade. This adds some user info to another set of tables which I had to, somewhat, handle manually! Man, this is so rewarding, especially if you are like me, a non-programmer!

Now, let’s just wait to ensure that this change doesn’t break something else! Ug!
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Twitter Worth $250M; Gets $20M in Funding

Posted in What? on January 31st, 2009

Twitter Worth US$250m, Gets US$20m Injection
Michael Arrington’s sources tell him that Twitter has secured a new round of funding
totalling at least US$20m. You can add this to the pile that it got from Jeff Bezos’ venture capital arm during the summer. That injection priced the company at US$100m , but Techcrunch reckons that the new round prices Twitter at US$250m.

Facebook tabled an audacious takeover bid for Twitter a couple of months ago, offering a nominal US$500m deal comprised mostly of Facebook stock. Not least because nobody has any idea what Facebook stock is actually worth, Biz Stone and the boys knocked Zuckerburg back.

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Watching the raw footage of Sully’s hometown celebration on my iPhone

Posted in Computing on the 'Net, What? on January 25th, 2009

I’m watching, and will attempt to continue watching, the ABC raw video footage of Danville’s Sully who piloted the two-engine-disabled commercial airliner into the Hudson River in New York City. My attempt to continue will be via walking and driving! Now, onto my test.

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