Posts By: David Drake

Solution to Broken Cookie Creation for Chrome on Linux

— Geekery

After receiving an update today to push my Chrome version to 5.0.322.2 dev, I noticed that I could no longer log in to the web site that I had open when the update was done. I happened to be developing a website when I received notification for the update so, like always, I just continued… Read more »

Experience Liberia – All The Episodes of The Vice Guide to Liberia

— Life

While browsing around the Internet, I came upon a rather startling series of videos. These videos were the first, in quite a long time, where I had to stop part way through and take a break. They show the absolutely staggering poverty and conditions that exist within the country of Liberia. BE WARNED that these… Read more »

Random Dates and Numbers in PostgreSQL with the RANDOM() Function

— Geekery

Working with the random() function in PostgreSQL can be a bit tricky if you’re trying to populate a table. The random() function in PostgreSQL will return a number between 0 and 1 like so: SELECT RANDOM(); random ——————- 0.115072432027698 (1 ROW)SELECT RANDOM(); random ——————- 0.115072432027698 (1 row) If you’re trying to get a whole number… Read more »