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Entries for November, 2008

Bananagrams Variations

One of the nice things about the game Bananagrams is that the game lends itself to rule modifications.
For instance, when my family plays, we don’t use the “Dump” option – in my opinion, allowing “dumping” of tiles encourages intellectual laziness, and more often than not it benefits the person dumping the tiles. [...]

Bananagrams – Info on the Addicting, Scrabble-like Word Game

I had the opportunity to play the game Bananagrams over the holiday weekend. All I can say is – Fun!
Bananagrams is a Scrabble-like word game in which each player uses his or her letter tiles to create words. It differs from Scrabble in that it’s not “turn-based” – instead, all players work to [...]

I.Q. Score Range By Occupation

First, let me be clear – I don’t put a whole lot of stock in I.Q. tests. And it’s not because I don’t score well on them; on the contrary, I do quite well on all standardized, fill-in-the-bubble type tests. However, I know many, many intelligent people who do not do well on [...]

Cpanel problem parking domain using a remote nameserver

I was using Cpanel to park a domain and I was getting the following error message:
Error from park wrapper: Using nameservers with the following IPs: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers associated with this server. Please transfer the domain to [...]

Linux / WHM / Cpanel : Resource temporarily unavailable

Getting this Linux error message?
Resource temporarily unavailable
It’s because your system is limiting the number of files / processes / CPU that your particular user ID can use.
If you use WHM/Cpanel, enabling the “Shell fork bomb protection” can make the “Resource temporarily unavailable” message appear more often.
Don’t disable the shell fork bomb protection – it’s a [...]

Fraudulent calls from 904-398-4657

Got a call from 904-398-4657 today, on my office line. After picking up and saying “Hello,” I was greeted with a pre-recorded message saying “Don’t be alarmed!”, and telling me that I had an important message waiting from “credit services.”
Curious, I hit 1 and was connected with a representative. “Sir, this is your [...]

PHP Programming: U.S. State list functions / State abbreviation to State name function

Here are a few PHP functions that I find useful for United States related things. Nothing brilliant or groundbreaking – just something to save you some typing.
1. A PHP function for printing a state select box
2. A PHP function that returns the full state name when passed the abbreviation
3. A PHP snippet for printing [...]