While at work I came to an interesting conundrum when trying to validate/clean user names for the application I work on. Here is a description of the restrictions we put on our user names: “ID may consists of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, underscores, and a single dot (.).” While the project development staff is extremely talented,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Geekery
Ubuntu (Open Source) Games Review – Part 3
Well then. Another week means another few games in review. If you read the last review then you would know we came upon a little diamond in the rough called Angry, Drunken Dwarves. But now, we deal with the next games on the list of Ubuntu & Open Source games. If you are unaware how… Read more »
Writing Code Rule #1: Learn to Have Confidence to Break Stuff (and Firefox Keyword Search)
As a web developer I find myself challenged with code that is my own and the completely bastardized versions of things that people call code from others all the time. It’s part of the challenge I love and part of what makes me good at what I do. Recently I was in the #php chatroom… Read more »
Professional Technologist
My name is David Drake. I am a father and technologist who revels in creating things and tackling difficult problems.
Appreciator of the outdoors. Enjoyer of good humans, cooking, aromatic coffee, and plants. Actor for many years. Very fond of science; particularly astronomy and quantum physics. Likes to grow things and travel. Commodore 64 tattoo. Fan of PBS, Apple, and The NY Times. Constantly learning and loves to teach.
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