Find the Time to First Byte Using Curl
I was recently looking for an easy way to find the time to first byte (TTFB) for a given url using curl. I wanted to run some script based tests for a bunch of urls over time. I ended up … Continue reading
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PHP str_replace_last function
I recently found myself in need of a way to replace the last (and only the last) occurrence of a substring within a string. Basically exactly str_replace, but only on the last occurrence of the needle within the haystack. I … Continue reading
How to programmatically find the continent from a given city or state
I recently ran across a somewhat unusual problem. I needed to find a programatic way to convert a string that could be a city or a state name into the continent that the city or state belongs to. I Googled … Continue reading
How To Detect Transparency In PNG Images
I recently came across a problem where I needed to check for transparency in PNG images using PHP. After some digging with the help of my partner Josh, we came up with the following php function: function png_has_transparency( $filename ) … Continue reading
One time use email addresses
Recently I threw together a tool to simplify my sign up on other services. It’s a script that allows me to use an email address one time, and then ignore all future emails to that address. I often use it … Continue reading
Gravatar in Gmail (Update)
A while back I wrote a Greasemonkey script to add Gravatars to Gmail. Unfortunately it broke after an update from Gmail and had a few issues I didn’t like. I recently had a chance to go back through the script … Continue reading
Add a custom url shortener to Firefox
I recently wrote a post about why I made my own url shortener. I’m now porting some of my common uses over to use this new shortener (keep life simple, right?). The first thing I wanted to address was adding … Continue reading
My own short URLs
A little while ago I setup my own short URL service on http://jfox.in. I already know there are tons of free services that already do this and there are even a few open source alternatives of projects aimed at this … Continue reading
Lorem Ipsum Post Generator WordPress Plugin
I’m constantly working with test blogs for IntenseDebate. Often, I need new posts and/or comments to give me some data to play with while testing new features, debugging old ones, or just to show something off. Instead of creating endless … Continue reading
Internet Explorer and the innerHTML Property
Recently while helping a friend deal with the joys of cross-browser JavaScript when working with widgets, I was reminded of a painful quirk in how Intenert Explorer handles the innerHTML property of DOM elements in some cases. In particular, DOM … Continue reading
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