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The thing about QR codes…
in RandomQR codes have been making a bit of noise in the local web/social media/design nerd for the past few months. Thanks in large part to Winnipeg’s sociallyist blogger Erica Glasier. For months now, my geek sensibilities have been nagging me about these futuristic looking pixel blocks. I’ve had some trouble narrowing down exactly what it is. It’s […] Continue Reading
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The Little Things: Google+ Notifications
Google+ lets you respond to notifications right inside the notification dropdown menu. The notification bar is present at the top of all Google pages…pure genius! Continue Reading
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Assault on the Hash (or how to make secure your passwords)
In a recent episode of Build & Analyze Marco Armet (creator of Instapaper) explained that the standard practice of salting a hash is no longer a really good way to secure passwords. CPUs (and GPUs) are so fast that they can effectively guess your salt in a reasonable amount of time*. The solution, use bcrypt. […] Continue Reading
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How To: File Upload Progress Bar. No Flash. No PHP addons.
Upload progressbars are pretty common on the web these days, they add a touch of feedback to the long and mysterious process of uploading a file to a website. Unfortunately, the most common methods for doing so involve flash or baring that PHP addons that require a recompiling. In this post I’m going to talk about […] Continue Reading
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Was True North really planning an NHL announcement last week?
in WinnipegI was poking around the HTML source of the Winnipeg NHL season tickets drive website – driveto13.com – on Tuesday where I discovered this HTML comment. It looks like True North was actually planning an announcement last week. As of today (June 2nd) 5 of 8 presale groups have been activated. This HTML comment points to a […] Continue Reading