The "useful" Tag

Extensionless URLs with .htaccess

Posted Jan. 14, 2009 by Gabriel Hurley

How to use mod rewrite and htaccess to do URL rewriting. Code to make extensionless URLs by passing variables to PHP or other scripts.

Learning about taxes (CA FTB 100-ES)

Posted Aug. 14, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

Taking care of the financial business for Zero Coordinate is easily the most difficult part of the job, I have to say. The decentralized, poorly organized, hard-to-find information regarding taxes, tax payments, and exactly how to go about it all just doesn't cut it more often than not. It's easy to see why the preferred method is to ...

iPhone Wifi/Bluetooth Problems

Posted Aug. 15, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

I had some pretty major problems with my barely-month-old 3G iPhone this week. When I upgraded it to the 2.0.1 firmware (through iTunes, 100% legit, no jailbreaking, no unlocking, no hacks, no nothing) the first time it outright failed the update and went into Recovery Mode. So I restored it, and this time it completed the process. After ...

Google Wave announced at Google I/O 2009

Posted May 28, 2009 by Gabriel Hurley

At the keynote this morning, Google announced a brand new product that they're calling Wave which is flat out amazing.

Imagine combining gmail, chat, and docs and turning them into one all-encompassing real-time collaborative tool. Yeah, that's just the beginning.

Everyone invited to the Wave can edit simlutaneously without conflicts.

All the changes appear on everyone's screen ...

Cheap, Working Google Checkout SSl Certificate

Posted Aug. 29, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

First, the solution: $9.99 Comodo SSL Certificate from NameCheap.com

(Leave me a comment if this helps you! Thanks!)

http://www.namecheap.com/learn/other-services/cheap-comodo-ssl-certificates.asp

Second, the explanation:

I'm a big fan of Google, and their Google Checkout system is a pretty great service as far as online payment systems/merchant accounts go... but their documentation ...