Comments for chemicaloliver http://chemicaloliver.net experimentation, criticism and geekiness Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Codeigniter Conference 2012 – Post Conference Thoughts by Alex Bilbie http://chemicaloliver.net/events-2/codeigniter-conference-2012-post-conference-thoughts/#comment-30578 Alex Bilbie Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:20:50 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1299#comment-30578 Hey, Glad to hear you enjoyed the conference. Thanks for attending and your kind words, Alex Hey,

Glad to hear you enjoyed the conference.

Thanks for attending and your kind words,

Alex

]]> Comment on Codeigniter Conference 2012 – Post Conference Thoughts by Alex Akass http://chemicaloliver.net/events-2/codeigniter-conference-2012-post-conference-thoughts/#comment-30516 Alex Akass Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:45:24 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1299#comment-30516 Yeh, framework wars are far from fun and always end badly. But sounds like you have the same thinking any how which is refreshing. Look forward to meeting up again! Yeh, framework wars are far from fun and always end badly. But sounds like you have the same thinking any how which is refreshing.

Look forward to meeting up again!

]]> Comment on Codeigniter Conference 2012 – Post Conference Thoughts by chemicaloliver http://chemicaloliver.net/events-2/codeigniter-conference-2012-post-conference-thoughts/#comment-30515 chemicaloliver Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:36:47 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1299#comment-30515 Thanks for your comments, sounds like we enjoyed similar talks. I don’t want to debate frameworks but you’re right, CI works for some things, for other things other frameworks work better and we then have the responsibility to choose the right one. Thanks for your comments, sounds like we enjoyed similar talks.

I don’t want to debate frameworks but you’re right, CI works for some things, for other things other frameworks work better and we then have the responsibility to choose the right one.

]]> Comment on Codeigniter Conference 2012 – Post Conference Thoughts by Alex Akass http://chemicaloliver.net/events-2/codeigniter-conference-2012-post-conference-thoughts/#comment-30512 Alex Akass Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:01:23 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1299#comment-30512 Nice summary of the speakers and every one gets what they want out of conferences, seems like you enjoyed it. Personally I enjoyed it a lot and was very pleased with all speakers, a lot of them inspired me to make some changes or improve my workflow and common practices. API's and eat your own dog food + MongoDB are two things I started and dropped for a big personal project so going to go back to the project asap and recode things in what I think will be a lot better. My main point I wanted to make was that your comment on frameworks is something you hear a lot and to be fair its a fair point on the way CI works and lacks a few features that you know would be nice but why should CI change dramatically when it has its place. There is a place for CI and then there is the others which have their place and I think a good coder understands that and knows when to use the right one. Personally I also love Fuel so when I need the features that CI does not offer or offers in a hacked way, or when its just not capable, or the best fit, I just look else where. I think its the best way to look at frameworks as lets face it, with the choice we are spoilt and its easy to get "diva" like when we don't have two white rabbits in our dressing room, ice tea at exactly 16.5c in a cup made of gold. Well thats my two pence on the subject, will be good to see you next time and nice write up ;) Nice summary of the speakers and every one gets what they want out of conferences, seems like you enjoyed it. Personally I enjoyed it a lot and was very pleased with all speakers, a lot of them inspired me to make some changes or improve my workflow and common practices. API’s and eat your own dog food + MongoDB are two things I started and dropped for a big personal project so going to go back to the project asap and recode things in what I think will be a lot better.

My main point I wanted to make was that your comment on frameworks is something you hear a lot and to be fair its a fair point on the way CI works and lacks a few features that you know would be nice but why should CI change dramatically when it has its place. There is a place for CI and then there is the others which have their place and I think a good coder understands that and knows when to use the right one. Personally I also love Fuel so when I need the features that CI does not offer or offers in a hacked way, or when its just not capable, or the best fit, I just look else where. I think its the best way to look at frameworks as lets face it, with the choice we are spoilt and its easy to get “diva” like when we don’t have two white rabbits in our dressing room, ice tea at exactly 16.5c in a cup made of gold.

Well thats my two pence on the subject, will be good to see you next time and nice write up ;)

]]> Comment on PHP 5.4 File Upload Progress and HTML5 Progress Bars by chemicaloliver http://chemicaloliver.net/programming/php-5-4-file-upload-progress-and-html5-progress-bars/#comment-30326 chemicaloliver Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:34:32 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1221#comment-30326 That is possible if you set up a websocket server to poll the PHP session variable and feed it down a websocket, but that's a lot of trouble unless you already have the web socket server in place in your app. That is possible if you set up a websocket server to poll the PHP session variable and feed it down a websocket, but that’s a lot of trouble unless you already have the web socket server in place in your app.

]]> Comment on PHP 5.4 File Upload Progress and HTML5 Progress Bars by daslicht http://chemicaloliver.net/programming/php-5-4-file-upload-progress-and-html5-progress-bars/#comment-30233 daslicht Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:12:22 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1221#comment-30233 How about pushing the progress to the client using websockets ? How about pushing the progress to the client using websockets ?

]]> Comment on Easy Menu Formatting in Codeigniter by Greg http://chemicaloliver.net/programming/easy-menu-formatting-in-codeigniter/#comment-29984 Greg Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:22 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1063#comment-29984 This is a really handy tip. I was wondering how to make the menu multilingual with the FueldCMS class - ie. the link text is language strings instead of the actual text, but then I realised you just need to do it one layer above - so I just fed the language strings into the array in the constructor instead. This is a really handy tip. I was wondering how to make the menu multilingual with the FueldCMS class – ie. the link text is language strings instead of the actual text, but then I realised you just need to do it one layer above – so I just fed the language strings into the array in the constructor instead.

]]> Comment on Streaming audio from Ubuntu Linux to a DLNA player (Blu Ray or PS3) using Rygel by Stefan http://chemicaloliver.net/linux/streaming-audio-from-ubuntu-linux-to-a-dlna-player-blu-ray-or-ps3/#comment-29259 Stefan Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:28:11 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=1277#comment-29259 Great stuff, works perfect together with MediaConnect on iPad Great stuff, works perfect together with MediaConnect on iPad

]]> Comment on Secure Graphs – Using Google Charts API over https using PHP and cURL by Patrick http://chemicaloliver.net/internet/secure-graphs-using-google-charts-api-over-https-using-php-and-curl/#comment-28951 Patrick Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:24 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=546#comment-28951 This is exactly what I was looking for. Simple and effective code. Many many thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. Simple and effective code. Many many thanks!

]]> Comment on Graphing ti ez430 Chronos watch data in Linux by Lucas http://chemicaloliver.net/arduino/graphing-ti-ez430-chronos-watch-data-in-linux/#comment-28842 Lucas Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:15:35 +0000 http://chemicaloliver.net/?p=295#comment-28842 Hey please could you help me with this? If I connect the USB receiver to arduino and open an serial connection and send the same commands you sent there can I get data directly to my arduino, without any computer? Thanks, I need this so much! Hey please could you help me with this? If I connect the USB receiver to arduino and open an serial connection and send the same commands you sent there can I get data directly to my arduino, without any computer?

Thanks, I need this so much!

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