http://www.craigiam.comCode Ramblingsen-usTue, 09 Mar 2010 02:27:30 -0500Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:27:30 -0500http://www.craigiam.com/blog/20/pseudo-namespaces-with-php-and-memcached-revisitedA while back I wrote about a way to keep data valid across multiple pages by invalidating cache keys. I have since thought of a better way to handle this. The basic idea is that anytime ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:27:30 -050020Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/19/memcached-multiget-using-php-pecl-memcache-classAt work I have been working with memcache quite a bit and coming up with creative ways to cache stuff. Perhaps I will elaborate on some of these in later posts, but for now I think I will ...Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:57:33 -050019Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/18/post-processing-search-results-without-running-sql-queries-in-loopsRecently at work we were presented with an interesting problem, one of many problems that came up from using the Google Search Appliance to index and handle search results on a large site (I will ...Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:41:02 -040018Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/17/pseudo-namespaces-with-php-and-memcachedI have been so incredibly busy lately that I have not had anytime to write here. Anyway I just wanted to take some time to talk about something cool I have been doing for a project I have been ...Wed, 27 May 2009 00:02:55 -040017Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/16/simple-pagination-with-php-and-mysqlJust when you thought I had run out of material to write about I am back! I have a few topics still lined up, but I have been so busy that I haven't had time to write anything. The ...Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:41:30 -040016Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/15/how-to-make-an-overlay-using-only-one-divOne thing I have realized in my journey across the internets is that there is no simple, clear way to make an overlay using only one div (at least that I could find). If you have no clue what I am ...Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:56:09 -040015Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/14/syntax-highlighting-for-your-blog-using-textmate!I dare anyone to tell me a better way to spend the evening after an 11 hour workday staring at code than writing a blogpost about code. Haha, you'll have to forgive me if any of my writing seems ...Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:37:32 -050014Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/13/cool-object-building-with-phpAt work I write mostly PHP code and work among some very respected developers in the PHP community. One thing that bothers me about the PHP world is how most people think in terms of arrays instead ...Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:16:05 -050013Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/12/internet-explorer-ajax-requests-using-getSo after getting this page up and running I had to do my fair share of debugging to make things work with Internet Explorer. This is the part of the day that every web developer dreams about. "What ...Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:33:30 -050012Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/11/welcome-to-my-new-home!Hi everyone. I wanted to take the time to tell you welcome to my new home on teh internets. Sure I have had this domain for a while and there have been sites here, but this time it is for real. I ...Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:37:13 -050011Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/10/microsoft-does-it-againGood I am actually making an effort to update this thing. Anyway, Friday evening I went to see Get Smart in Times Square. It still baffles my brain as to why there are so many ghetto people in Times ...Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:45:00 -040010Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/9/act-i-vate-in-the-new-york-timesAgain many things have occured, and I have neglected to put my pen against this pad of paper that is the internet. I don't know where to start. Perhaps with the fact that I graduated college and ...Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:50:00 -04009Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/8/things-on-my-mindI would say that three months passing probably means it is time for me to update this thing. I don't know why my fingers frequently forget to fashion fantastic phrases. There was a time a few months ...Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:36:00 -04008Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/7/happy-new-year-from-ctIt feels so weird to write '2008' for the year, but I guess that is not uncommon for the first few weeks in January. I didn't write a word about anything in the last month ish, but I was in ...Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:00:00 -05007Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/6/look-at-my-glockenspiel!Wow... second update in two days... a new world record. I just wanted to share with the two people who read this a picture of my newly crafted glockenspiel for my acoustics class. It actually sounds ...Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:52:00 -05006Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/5/american-breakfastHello there. I am terrible at updating my blog, but that is no secret. Anyway I just wanted to let you all know that I wrote a musical. Or rather, I wrote music for someone else's musical/play. It ...Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:46:00 -05005Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/4/yum-turkeyHappy Thanksgiving everyone! ...Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:58:00 -05004Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/3/the-boss-in-75Greetings from mars, earthlings. Originally I was going to be Trent from Daria for halloween, but no one knew who I was so I recycled my friend's costume and became ziggy stardust David Bowie. After ...Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:48:00 -04003Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/2/new-site-designAlright. So I finally found time to finish this site or at least come close. The new design is a zillion times better than the old one. I will post more meaningful things on here soon, but right ...Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:45:00 -04002Craig Campbellhttp://www.craigiam.com/blog/1/first-time-on-the-roofSo I have to think of a way to get people to actually comment on this thing haha. Anyway last night we had a barbeque on my roof using a very ghetto grill that cost a total of 5 dollars. I can't ...Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:07:00 -04001Craig Campbell