The first of my Uncle Joe’s estate sales is happening this weekend.
Continue reading post "#2682"Toby's Log page 45
Panic attack March 2020
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"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.