Monthly Archives: November 2006

PEAR::DB and MySQL’s AUTO_INCREMENT Fields

Written on November 30, 2006 at 1:55 am, by

Tips for accessing the last autoincrement id.

Smart Meter API Follow-up

Written on November 8, 2006 at 3:13 am, by

As a followup on my previous post on the potential of a Smart Meter API, I’ve put together a quick proof of concept using the rate chart located here. Ideally, you’d want this data to be supllied live by the LDC or lacking such support, screen scraped from the LDC’s website to automatically monitor unexpectedContinue Reading

Getting Real – For Free!

Written on November 6, 2006 at 2:25 pm, by

37Signals, the makers of Basecamp, and Ruby on Rails recently released a free html version of their book Getting Real. I had purchased the book several months ago and there are some useful approaches in there and if you’re a developer, UI engineer, or even a project manager, it’s probably worth a read. Grab aContinue Reading