I was doing some research into base conversion and so far have found a function, dec2base, which looks like it might come in handy. There’s an online demo of the function.
PHP Number Base Conversion
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
New bcmod JavaScript function at jsphp.co
I was working on some code the other evening and found myself needing a version of PHP’s bcmod function in JavaScript. It wasn’t already available at jsphp.co so I implemented it and posted about it to the ProgClub programming list.
The Most Common OpenSSL Commands and viewing a CRL
Found a helpful article today, The Most Common OpenSSL Commands.
The particular command I needed wasn’t listed there though. What I needed to do was examine the contents of my Certificate Revocation List (CRL) certificate. I had a problem connecting to my website because it was complaining about an expired certificate and the culprit was indeed the CRL as I discovered when I ran:
$ openssl crl -inform CER -in ca.crl -text -noout
Clearing SSL session state in Firefox
Sometimes I have a problem where I connect to my server without using a certificate, and then later need to connect using a certificate. But if I’ve already selected not to use a certificate then Firefox doesn’t prompt again so I have been having to restart my browser when that happens, which was a real pain, until now!
To clear your SSL session state in Firefox choose History -> Clear Recent History… and then select “Active Logins” and click “Clear Now”. Then the next time you connect to your SSL server Firefox will prompt for which certificate to use.
Apache URL Rewriting Guide and ErrorDocument Directive
Last night I read the Apache URL Rewriting Guide and learned about the ErrorDocument Directive.
OpenID Authentication 2.0
Been meaning to get around to reading the OpenID Authentication 2.0 specification.
MediaWiki Manual:Interface/Sidebar
Been learning how to work with MediaWiki’s sidebar.
Software versioning
Been reading up on software versioning.
Interviewing at Google
I’m sick and tired of seeing Google’s bullshit “this stuff matters” advertising as part of their latest privacy policy update (which I’ve been doing my best to ignore).
As I was complaining about it I thought I’d try and find some examples of their hypocrisy. I’m fairly sure I’ve seen articles before where people said their job for a Google interview was to process gigabytes of web logs. If you’re data-mining web logs to *spy* on people on the one hand and then telling people you’re protecting their privacy on the other hand then you’re a lying sack of shit really, aren’t you?
Anyway, I didn’t find what I was looking for in a big hurry and I don’t really have time for this, so I’m giving up on my little fact finding mission and just going back to ignoring the whole thing.
However, during my web search I found this article, My Job Interview at Google, which seems like a fairly content rich article. I’m particularly interested in the resources that the guy linked to in his post. So figured I’d swing by my blog and make a note so that when I have some free time (hey, could happen) I can go over that post and read the reference material.