http://3dgo.net Life, the Universe, and Everything Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:58:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So...this site is 3dgo.net. You already know that as you're here and that is the address. Long ago, that stood for 3 dumb guys online (the online part because 3dg was taken). It made sense at the time because there were three of us. Since then we have grown apart ... http://3dgo.net/2008/08/22/what-is-in-a-name/ Over the past many months, I have seen many articles explaining how PHP is a bad programming language for various reasons. This one is the only one I have read which gives a well thought out reason for it though. PHP has long been considered something of a standard in modern ... http://3dgo.net/2008/07/18/php-vs-rails/ I am now part of the wide world of people using Vista. This is not something I was particularly looking forward to, but I'm pretty sure it has progressed far enough that it will turn out all right. Also, I upgraded the core bits of my computer so I should ... http://3dgo.net/2008/07/12/vistaand-other-things/ Twitter is one of those ideas that I originally was unable to understand. And while I still don't fully appreciate it, I have started to understand why it has become as popular as it is. It is interesting to get little glimpses into the thoughts of people. Blogging is like that, ... http://3dgo.net/2008/06/30/twitter/ The water finished falling a while ago and the massive cleanup effort had started even before the river was back to normal. And it will indeed be a massive cleanup. Most of the float houses suffered some kind of damage with many of them floating away and being extremely damaged/destroyed. ... http://3dgo.net/2008/06/30/flood-aftermath/ New Forecast: 32 Feet Current Level: 29.62 Feet Water Restrictions in effect Drinking only Cedar Rapids water treatment currently at 25% Water bottles have been filled Mandatory evacuation may or may not be in effect here Basically everyone within 1 block of current water level is ordered to evacuate...we may be there, but we are stuck in ... http://3dgo.net/2008/06/12/current-state-of-things/ So...the floods have finally cut us off from leaving the general area. Ellis is closed as it mostly just looks like part of the river now. We have a high road that leads out of the area through back roads and such. Basically we end up on O Ave. which ... http://3dgo.net/2008/06/12/stranded/ So...Cedar Rapids is currently experiencing record flooding. And it isn't done yet. The Cedar River at Cedar Rapids has a flood stage of 12 feet. Meaning, once the river is above 12 feet, flooding is technically occurring. As I am writing this, the river is at 20 feet and rising. ... http://3dgo.net/2008/06/11/flooding/ The end of days for PHP 4 is fast approaching. I'm not sure how much longer the developers of PHP will continue to create releases for PHP 4.x, but I do know that there is a movement in place to move to PHP 5.2+. That movement is at GoPHP.org. The ... http://3dgo.net/2008/01/19/gophp5/ So...imagine the Garfield comics from the newspapers. Now take out Garfield. http://3dgo.net/2007/12/17/garfield-without-garfield/