Why if === is faster than if == in PHP
PHP comparison operators have == as being equal and === as being identical. This means that == has to change or convert the type to check if it is equal….
Palindrome date day 02/02/2020
Today the 2nd of February 2020 is the day of a very unique and rare palindrome date. From yyyy/mm/dd or yyyy/dd/mm it doesn’t matter the date format because once flipped…
Checking and changing system time in Ubuntu
Most of the time a freshly installed server will automatically set its timezone to be locally orientated, this can be easily changed for user preference. Finding your Ubuntu systems time…
1080p video bitrate examples
Numerous bitrate examples from a 1080p 24fps timelapse. The timelapse is made from 6000 x 4000 jpg images which get squashed down substantially into the 1920 x 1080 frame. Starting…
MySQL true false type column
MySQL does not have a boolean column type, there is no way to systematically store true/false in a database. Except tinyint comes and saves the day. With tinyint using 1…
Point King Bay Lake Eppalock drone
Point King Bay at Lake Eppalock by drone. With timelapse at bottom of post. Click images to view larger.
Creating an automated blog link Reddit submitter
Creating an automated system to submit my blog posts to my subreddit using PHP and the Reddit API. The idea is every couple of hours a check will be made…
Google blending search ads in
Ads in a digital space stand out like a sore thumb, a distraction kept at bay by ad blockers however one that slips through this net is Google search result…
PHP OOP class inheritance
A class that has inheritance in PHP OOP is one that obtains or gets all the properties and methods from its parent class. This is useful when you need to…
youtube-dl video data and formats into JSON file
Dumping details about a YouTube video and its available formats to download with youtube-dl into a JSON formatted file is a clever way to further utilize the great youtube-dl tool….