Some day you may find yourself in a situation where repeatedly accessing a remote file with libcurl is too slow and resource-wasteful, but the remote file may be different in an hour so you can’t rely on a local copy to be up to date. When that day comes, this snippet should do the trick.
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The concept of a tip-of-the-day screen is old hat for many desktop applications, but oft-forgotten by web developers. However, as our web applications grow more complex than ever, we find ourselves in need of better ways to educate our users, introduce new features, and remind them about old ones.
Sure it’s easy enough to code a […]

I just thought I should let everybody know I’m in upstate New York until Sunday with limited access to the net (even cellular coverage is spotty). So if you’re having trouble reaching me, that is why.
On top of that, it seems I’m having problems sending outgoing email. I’m trying to get that resolved today, but […]