http://krisgale.com meanderings of a computer scientist on the brink of sheer insanity. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:22:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en and here i thought php would supply a default value for the second parameter to fread(), namely the number of bytes to be read from an open file handle (that being the first parameter). nope! not only does this quietly surpass php's syntax check, it causes an internal server error ... http://krisgale.com/fread-without-length-causes-internal-server-error/ sitepoint recently discovered when and why row-level locking (as opposed to table-level) is sometimes a must-have... http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/09/08/free-performance-with-mysql-table-types/ http://krisgale.com/sitepoints-twitter-giveaway-interesting-myisam-vs-innodb-case-study/ for those of you out there charged with developing/maintaining ecommerce sites using verisign/paypal’s “payflow pro” interface, be aware that as of september 1st (yes, three weeks away) older versions of their sdk will no longer be supported. information about the upgrade (and instructions on how to perform the required code changes ... http://krisgale.com/payflow-pro-critical-update-91/ really interesting article outlining the core issues surrounding managers' scheduling of meetings from a maker's perspective, with some ideas towards a solution. "We know we have to have some number of meetings. All we ask from those on the manager's schedule is that they understand the cost." http://krisgale.com/scheduling-maker-vs-manager/ use any editor of your choosing to modify crontab...  at your command prompt (assuming you are root), type: EDITOR=nano export EDITOR now, when you crontab -e that editor (in this case, nano) will be used instead of vi. what a relief! http://krisgale.com/sick-of-using-vi-to-edit-crontab/