I had a health incident this evening, what I assume was a panic attack. In some ways, the worst I’ve had.
Continue reading post "Panic attack March 2020"Toby's Log page 45
I had to manually force renew the TLS certificate for my site (the thing that makes it encrypted over HTTPS) because of a bug in LetsEncrypt’s software.
Continue reading post "#2674"I got hit by dust allergies while working in the basement this evening.
Continue reading post "#2669"Replacing text in PDF
I recently found myself needing to replace some text in a PDF for confidentiality reasons.
Continue reading post "Replacing text in PDF"2020 donations
My Uncle Joe died last year, leaving me and many others a sizable inheritance. I have decided to donate some of mine to charity.
Continue reading post "2020 donations"I went for a nice long hike on the Dogwood and adjacent trails today.
Continue reading post "#2661"Short-domains bought
I finally made it happen: I bought a short “vanity” domain. Two, in fact: <macn.me> and <tobm.me>.
Continue reading post "Short-domains bought"Last night, I decided to finally take the plunge and buy a short vanity domain I had been considering for several years (2b1.me), only to find it had been purchased just 48 hours beforehand, at the very registrar I was planning to use (Porkbun).
Continue reading post "#2656"PHP: Fallback for old constructor style
In versions of PHP before 5, constructors were functions with the same name as their class. PHP 5 introduced the __construct() unified name, and has deprecated the old style in PHP 7. Cogneato still has code remnants from long ago, with the old style. I recently worked on improving the compatibility of our old code with PHP 7.
The roads were fairly bad tonight, with icy snow.
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