Author: Leonid Mamchenkov

Terminator in PHP

I’ve mentioned a few times in this blog that one particular bit I love about open source software is humor in documentation.  While most commercial applications stick to a strict, official language in their manuals, open source developers often expose their humane side with jokes, references to movies, television shows and so on.

Today I came across yet another example of that.  Not strictly in a software manual, but close enough.  Here is a partial screenshot of a comment on PHP.net website, page about get_object_vars() function.

A well places Terminator references – how cool is that!

Day in brief

  • Update to WordPress 3.1.3 broke my mobile photos in the sidebar. Disabling temporarily. Will find a better, more permanent solution. #
  • I just learned that I can't use Windows computer while an application is being installed. And they call it an operating system. :-) #
  • Best WordPress Plugin for Related Posts? http://bit.ly/iMzFst #
  • Shared: WordPress 3.1.3 (and WordPress 3.2 Beta 2) http://bit.ly/lQi6vr #
  • GitHub: mamchenkov pushed to master at mamchenkov/SafeCharge-API http://bit.ly/kg2hyK #
  • GitHub: mamchenkov pushed to master at mamchenkov/SafeCharge-API http://bit.ly/kcRiUo #

Does Microsoft Internet Explorer really hate Google Chrome?

The other day I wanted to install Google Chrome browser on the nearby Windows PC.  Here is what I saw when I opened the download page in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

To help protect security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer.

I know, it’s probably a generic protection against downloading executable files, but it’s still funny.  Especially, the bit about MSIE protecting security by blocking Google Chrome.  Yeah, right.

I’m not following anyone on Twitter. Or do I?

Twitter, it seems, is going through some rough times. I’ve seen plenty of Twitter fail whale in my time. But today there is something new.  My Twitter feed is empty with a message that I’m not following anyone.  Even though a counter to the right of the message shows that I’m following quite a few people.

Day in brief