Monthly Archives: August 2008

HTTP file upload to Amazon S3

I have been experimenting with the two new components of the Zend Framework recently, Zend_File_Transfer and Zend_Service_Amazon_S3, in particular I have been experimenting with HTTP file uploading straight to an Amazon S3 bucket. The great thing about both the components is that they work brilliantly together and I had a working script in minutes.
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Zend_Paginator and Zend_Db_Table

I had been waiting for a pagination component to be added to the Zend Framework for quite some time, so when Jurrien Stutterheim and Matthew Ratzloff’s proposal got accepted I couldn’t wait to give it a try, however, I came across a problems almost instantly. By default the Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbSelect doesn’t like Zend_Db_Table_Select objects and throws […]

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Wii Homebrew

Today I found out about the Wii homebrew scene, in particular the Homebrew channel. This adds a channel to the home screen where other homebrew applications can be easily loaded. The channel is installed by taking advantage of a bug in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the WiiBrew wiki explains it better than I […]

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Zendesk, superb customer support

Zendesk is a Danish start-up providing a SaaS delivered help desk solution for small to medium sizes businesses. Although I currently have no real use for the service I was intrigued so I signed up for a free account and gave it a whirl. After a few minutes I received the following e-mail from one […]

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Quake Live

Since getting my Macbook I haven’t played games as much, partially because of lack of suitable hardware to play the newer more popular games. However, Id Software’s latest addition to the Quake series had caught my eye, it will be an updated version of Quake 3 Arena that is advertisement supported and 100% free!
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