Category: Tech

  • Leaving My Job and Starting a Business

    As you may know, I gave my notice at the First Court of Appeals this week. I am leaving the practice of law in order to start a software company, Cereblitz! I will be developing and marketing an ecommerce platform for selling customizable products, such as products that can be imprinted with text or logos or have other…

  • How to Stop Random iPhone Vibrations

    I had problems recently with my iPhone 6 vibrating randomly. I didn’t get any alerts, banners, or app icon badges that I could see, so it was driving me a little crazy. It turns out there are two kinds of mail notifications. The first kind is under Settings > Notifications > Mail. The second, which…

  • Using SSL with MySQL

    If you ever make remote connections to a MySQL database, it’s extremely important to connect over SSL. Otherwise, you run the risk of someone seeing data in transit, modifying data in transit, or, worst of all, stealing your credentials. This could be an utter disaster. Unfortunately, getting MySQL to use SSL is kind of complicated. Here’s how…

  • StackOverflow moderator elections

    I’m standing for election as a moderator on StackOverflow. There are many worthy candidates, but I would appreciate your vote, if you’re a member!

  • Userscript for WebdesignerDepot.com Tweet Round-Ups

    If you are at all into web design, you likely read WebDesignerDepot.com’s weekly post on their favorite tweets of the week. If not, you should. If you do read that post, you will notice that only the fancy shortened-URL links are clickable; the images aren’t clickable. This was driving me a little crazy, so I spent…