A Forest Path

Time and time again?

2008-12-11T21:50:00.002-04:00

I was at a co-worker's place today and his stove/oven's time was an hour off because of Daylight Saving's Time. Now this is something that happens (or will happen!) to all of us eventually - we do something extremely simple, then later we come back to it, and can't figure out how in the world we did it. The same thing happened to me when I had to change my car's clock - one time change I did it

CakePHP: Difference in form elements

2008-12-03T00:04:00.009-04:00

(CakePHP 1.2)Like many programming languages, there are always more than one way to do the same thing. Some give you more control, some help you develop quicker.(Note: This post is directed toward new CakePHP users, or those unfamiliar with the difference between $form->input() and the form specific functions)After using CakePHP for a short while, I found two different ways of doing form elements

All Hallow's Eve

2008-10-25T01:20:00.003-03:00

Halloween is approaching!Tomorrow I'll be carving pumpkins and decorating my house for the ghoulish night. Unfortunately, nobody else I know is excited for it T_T....nobody comes to my house because I live so far out, but I still like to decorate anyway - Halloween is a great night, but so short.One great thing about Halloween is in-game events - they really capture the spirit of halloween.

New Macbooks

2008-10-15T02:38:00.006-03:00

I've known about the possibility of new Apple notebooks coming out for months now, and finally the day has arrived. Apple sent out the media invitations last week, and today at 10:00am PT, the new notebooks were revealed.Key points:Only one colour available (black screen, silverish body....Still looks nice...but I was hoping for a choice of colour)Glossy screen only (No matte...which means

A New Blog to Come

2008-10-06T19:42:00.002-03:00

Lately, I haven't been doing much coding since I've been doing a lot of testing. I had a free weekend a couple weeks ago, so I decided to start a little project.To help keep my CakePHP fresh and moist, I've decided to create (and design) my own blog. It will be simple but useful (for me anyway). Not only that, but I've wanted to design my own site for awhile - and this is a great way to start.

Installing PHPUnit, Testing_Selenium, and Selenium RC in Windows Vista

2008-08-27T23:19:00.009-03:00

What is PHPUnit?PHPUnit is a testing framework to create and run automated unit tests for your web application.PHPUnit helps test the back-end of your web application by running through certain parts (units) and test them, comparing them with the expected outputWhat is Selenium?Selenium is a suite of test tools to help test the front-end of your web application. The front -end being the visual

Fat Models, Skinny Controllers

2008-07-16T10:37:00.010-03:00

What is a fat Model?When I say fat, I'm not talking about the FAT filesystem here - I mean long lines of code, methods, variables, etc. Basically, a fat script would be a big script.Why should I make fat Models vs skinny Controllers?After developing for awhile, when you look back at your code you'll realize how hard it is to keep track of things. Basically, with a skinny controller (and

CakePHP Plugins

2008-07-14T12:13:00.006-03:00

Plugins were a great idea added to CakePHP 1.2 that allows you to create a mini web application inside your main web application. This mini web application you can then distribute to other users, or your other projects, to reduce re-inventing the wheel so much.Plugins were a great idea, but is not quite something the CakePHP core team really focuses much attention on, and probably never will.

CakePHP 1.2

2008-06-17T21:44:00.008-03:00

CakePHP is a free and open source rapid development framework for PHP that greatly reduces the time required to create and maintain small to large websites. I've only been using it for roughly a month, however, it has proven to be a valuable tool thus far.For those new to CakePHP and who'd like to take a look at what it's all about, please see the main site at http://cakephp.org/ From the main

Summer's approach

2008-05-24T03:52:00.003-03:00

It's been awhile since I've posted...again. Summer is approaching quickly and school is almost over. In about 3 weeks I'll be graduating and I have a great job working as a Web Developer. I was planning on going to college (Centre for Arts and Technology has already accepted me) but I've been offered a full time position as a Web Developer which I'm leaning towards.This new job has been great to

Cuba Get-Away

2008-03-11T19:10:00.000-03:00

For Spring Break I took a trip down to Cuba to relax on a nice warm beach for a week. I stayed at an all-inclusive resort (named Melia Cayo Santa Maria -> Melia means a Firm, Cayo means Island), which included unlimited food at the buffet and snack bars, 3 a la carte meals for my week stay, unlimited alcohol at any of the bars, daily and nightly entertainment, use of equipment (such as catamarans

DSL - My long lost partner

2008-02-28T22:20:00.001-04:00

When I left British-Columbia, I had to leave my precious highspeed behind...it's been 3 long, arduous years on Dial-Up since then, however, at last I finally have Highspeed again!My connection isn't THAT great, but it is certainly an improvement to my old 24Kbps Dial-Up connection I just got rid of...Highspeed I <3 youAfter not being able to receive highspeed for years, my phone company has

Summer's End

2007-08-24T18:34:00.000-03:00

The end of summer is almost here, which means I'll soon have to go back to work and school. Right now I'm writing from Ontario, my friend I'm visiting is at work and I've got some spare time to spend on my laptop (thankfully she has Highspeed). This summer has went extremely fast, and it feels like I've gotten nothing substantial done. I've done little bits here and there, added a couple small

Rant - motives

2007-08-05T00:56:00.000-03:00

Tonight because I was bored, I thought I'd share with whomever, a rant of mine about people who call a hacking technique lame without knowing the motives for using that technique.In the world of Network and Internet Security, many people believe that exploiting certain flaws/bugs/exploits is just pathetic, retarded or "un-cool". Personally, I believe that it all depends on your current situation.

Summer is here?

2007-07-03T18:02:00.000-03:00

So, Summer has arrived, school is out and I have all the free time in the world.....actually, I really don't. I thought that by this time I would have tons of time on my hands, I was wrong.So, as a final goal before I graduate, I've decided to build my own desktop computer. I've already bought the case (which costed me 105$ + tax) and a power supply (95$ + tax). Next thing I'll be keeping an eye

Backtrack

2007-05-20T11:12:00.000-03:00

Definitely been awhile since I posted back here, and quite a few exciting things, two of which are very exciting. First of all, last week I bought a new notebook HP Pavilion dv6355ca Entertainment notebook; 2GB of RAM, Nvidia GeForce 6150 Graphics card (not the greatest), AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2 CPUs), ~2.0Gz.Quite a nice little package. The best part of having the laptop is

First Blog

2007-04-21T20:57:00.000-03:00

So here I am, making my first blog and eating Sour Skittles.The reason I'm making the blog is a secret! *Gasp*, or maybe I just can't think of a reason just yet ;-) but there is a reason why I chose "A Forest Path" as the name, which just might be part of the reason why I'm making the blog.So, today I've done almost nothing (surprise surprise). Last night I got aLinux setup on my computer which