I have always wanted to move to a bigger city since I got my first tech job the summer between my JR and Senior years of High School installing new computers around school campus. It’s something about the tall buildings, the amount of people, the environment, large offerings of things to do and constant flow of traffic everywhere that calls me in.
After my senior year started, it was time to start looking for another job. I knew of a couple of web development companies in town. I approached both companies looking for a paid internship while I was going to school. First job I was told I could do site submission for search engines. I may have been young at the time, but not unexperienced to know better. So I moved on to the next company, iThink. They were very interested and I would be helping break up websites and doing some coding. The boss that hired me I have worked with for at 3 jobs over almost 6 years. Worked with two other developers that really helped me get a grasp of how something worked rather than just focusing on the end result.
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Today I went up to Best Buy to pick up my reserved Xbox 360 250GB Kinect bundle. After waiting about 5 minutes for the customer service rep to go looking for the Xbox, she comes back, looks on the computer for a sec and tells me that they are all sold out and even the warehouse doesn’t have any.
I give her a troubled look and she runs off to look again. After waiting even longer than before she comes back very happily with a Kinect bundle. Only problem is it was a 4GB Xbox. (Not to mention it looked like it was opened because a flap was sticking out the side.) She trys to argue for a sec that it was a 250GB even though in large letters it says “4GB“.
Next she turns around and takes a look at the Xbox sitting on the counter behind her. Not sure on the size, but it was a bundle. She asks me my name and realizes it’s not for me. Pretty sure it was for someone that ordered online. Pre-Orders can only be picked up from customer service, not online. Going to give the benefit of the doubt that it was not the one I wanted.
After experiencing what I consider a dirty business practice, I have decided that I will no longer buy things in stores (except groceries). Doing so will give me a better chance of getting my orders when I want them. Another benefit is knowing that little Stevie or evil teenager Bill did not tamper with the product that I am buying. Products go from producer, to distributor, then to me. No other consumer comes in contact with my product. Sure I also run the risk of UPS throwing my box at my door step, but that is something I have yet to encounter and willing to take the risk.
Going to make any future purchases and pre-orders from websites like Amazon, GameStop, and Wal-Mart. In the long run I have the possibility to save money by online deals and tax free purchases.
Google Products Search is a great way to find deals. Things to look out for though is some deals are really too good to be true. I have bought Windows XP before from a reseller before that didn’t come with a disc, but did have a serial. The sites policy was all things are as is. So be sure to read a sites return policy before making your decision to purchase from them.
So if you ever decide to gift me with a gift card, either an Amazon or Visa gift card would be perfect.
Proud to announce that jTube has reached the milestone of v2.0. This update brings:
- Video info based on video ID
- Related videos
- Video comments
- Video responses
- Usage Examples
- Bug fixes
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My jQuery YouTube API plugin, jTube, has now been ported to a PHP class. The two work similar in the fact that you set a query type (user uploads, feed, playlist, etc.) and set some options. Below is an example:
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| <?php
include("jTube.Query.php");
$oVideos = new jTubeQuery;
$oVideos->setQuery("user", "defvayne23", "uploads");
$oVideos->setOption("limit", 5);
try {
$aVideos = $oVideos->runQuery();
} catch(Exception $e) {
die($e->getMessage());
}
// Use $aVideos |
With the PHP class jTube can now make use of authentication and with that the entire YouTube API. The YouTube API allows for anything from uploading a video to supplying feedback on a video (rate, comment, flag). The PHP class already can make use of authentication tokens to retrieve private info for the user that belongs to the token. The first new functionality coming to the PHP class is video managing and upload.
Checkout jTube for PHP on github now.
monkeeCreate has release another jQuery plugin developed by James Fleeting that uses the Yahoo Weather API to pull in weather data by just passing it a zipcode. Using simpleWeather is alot like jTube in the sense that you pass the zipcode and a function to handle the results. Example of some of the results passed back are high, low, sunrise, sunset, wind direction, current conditions and forecast.
Checkout simpleWeather on jQuery Plugins and GitHub.
