Posts from: January 2011

25 Jan 2011

Simpler API for Zend’s built-in Firebug Logger

Zend Framework has functionality to send messages to the Firebug console (via Firefox’s FirePHP addon), but if you’re not using the ZF front controller, the API is a bit of a pain. Besides your instance of Zend_Log, you must keep track of a few additional objects just to manually flush the headers after all your

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In Programming
15 Jan 2011

Goodbye Trish Keenan

The singer of one of my favorite bands passed away. It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am this morning in hospital. She died from complications with pneumonia after battling the illness for two weeks in intensive care. Our thoughts go out to James, Martin, her friends

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In Music
12 Jan 2011

Content Delivery and Format Fail

The pic on the right is from The Berrics’ “New Year’s Dae” video. The skating is amazing—well worth a dollar—and the site’s registration and checkout was painless, but the rest has been a disappointment: There’s no way to download this “downloadable part,” as it’s advertised. You must install an Adobe Air application, which downloads the

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4 Jan 2011

2000 Brian Wilson “Pet Sounds Symphony” Show Review

[More nostalgia: Copied from an e-mail I sent Oct 18, 2000.]

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In Music
4 Jan 2011

Brittle Stars 2000 East Coast Tour Diary

[Hey, only 11 years late. Found this rummaging through some old files. With the title "Tour diary – achingly detailed version", you know it's gonna be riveting.]

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In Music