Using Amazon S3 to Backup Your Server

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Amazon S3 provides a cheap solution and easy to use solution to back up your Linux server or files on the cloud. The Linux s3cmd script lets you use rsync to backup folders and files easily.

Amazon Web Services, Backup, Linux, Security

Geolocation Using HTML5, jQuery and Google Maps

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Geolocating a user using their browser (if supported) is quite easy using HTML5 and JavaScript / jQuery. In fact, it can be done in under 50 lines of code. Here’s my quick and dirty tutorial on doing just that.

Geolocation, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Tutorial

Facebook PHP SDK: Fixing getUser() on PHP 5.4.x

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PHP 5.4.x makes a few changes to the php.ini file which causes the Facebook PHP SDK to break. The issue is with the PHP SDK, which relies on $_REQUEST from the server, which has changed in PHP 5.4.0.

Bug, Facebook, PHP, SDK

Twilio API: Sending a Text Message

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I’ve been experimenting with the Twilio API recently and have found it very easy to automatically send text messages or call a telephone programatically. In fact, you are able to send a text message in just a few lines of code.

SMS, Tutorial, Twilio

Facebook API: Posting a Status Update

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The Facebook API lets you post status updates (message, links, photos etc) to your timeline via the API. This is handy if you want to have automatic sharing in your application (assuming users have consented to it) to post uploaded photos, links etc.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, Tutorial

Wonga Halloween Trick or Treat App

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For Halloween, I helped wonga.com reskin an old app they had originally developed with a third-party agency. The app used Adobe Flash as the main user interface, with a PHP / MySQL backend.

Application, Facebook, Wonga.com