The Playlist: My Love/Hate Relationship With iTunes

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PHP is a love-hate relationship

PHP is a love-hate relationship 12/11/2002 01:14 PM
Just visited loudthinking.com and David Hansson (who believe or not appears to be a PHP supporter) wrote:

> Specifically, PHP is sorely lacking in mature and widely applied 
> MVC frameworks, persistence abstractions, IDEs, testing suites, 
> and enterprise solutions. 

Frankly I come from the neanderthal era of computing, before the world-wide web, and I can say that many of the modern java solutions are just a methodology, and not a collection of universal "best-practices".

1. There exist MVC frameworks for PHP such as Phrame. This concept is nice, but i don't use MVC - it's just one way of doing things advocated by Smalltalk consultants turned Java advocates. There are other effective ways to control viewing permissions, including setting directory permissions or using session variables and databases. The key thing is to separate business logic and presentation. It becomes easy to manage permissions after this separation.

2. Persistence abstractions are also superficially nice, and I have implemented them in C and C++ using my own database schema and also using MFC serialization methods. Looking back at my past experience, they were a waste of time because of the overhead of the mapping layer (whether in C or PHP), and remapping when the data dictionary changed. However because virtually every modern OOP book discusses it, it looks really cool. The biggest headaches with persistent abstractions are (1) most dataset manipulation tasks are best done using SQL, not in objects and (2) problems with serialization and data migration (see Martin Fowler's interview). When you upgrade your objects, the serialization breaks. With PHP arrays (or Java Dictionary's) retrieved from an SQL statement, we don't have such issues. There are still some cases when persistent objects are better. One example is when you have a low-level datastore such as sleepycat's BDB, where PHP (or Java) objects provide a richer interface than the primitive database.

3. IDE's. I totally agree here. My two main gripes are (1) everytime i upgrade PHP (which is often as I have to test my PHP software on different PHP versions), I have to upgrade the Debugger/Zend Optimizer/etc, and (2) that refactoring tools are pretty poor in the PHP world. Most of the time, I just use homesite's regular expression replace, and CVS to undo any mistakes :-(

4. Testing suites. If you mean formal methods such as JUnit, then PEAR's PHPUnit is pretty good.

5. Enterprise solutions. I agree that PHP cannot be used for every part of an web-based enterprise solution. But for any type of coding that does not involve low-level work or intensive database processing, it's pretty good. In general, we find that we can use PHP for about 60-70% of our enterprise work. Our staff would have preferred to code 100% of our web-applications in PHP (it's so beautifully easy), but some things cannot be done in a 4GL.

"zeldman.kiss"

PHP: A love and hate relationship

PHP: A love and hate relationship 12/11/2002 05:20 PM
It so happens that every once in a while I get really annoyed with PHP. Like, for example, right now. I got myself worked up and now I am ready to pour my frustrations out. But let me clarify. I am not annoyed with PHP itself, rather it is the community that gets up my nerves. Please read on and I will be happy to explain .

Cellular/Wi-Fi Love Hate Relationship

Cellular/Wi-Fi Love Hate Relationship 08/23/2004 12:23 PM
Another limited combined Wi-Fi/cellular offering hits the market, this time from DoCoMo: Like the other services introduced to date, this one has its limitations. Users will be able to make voice over Wi-Fi calls but only in their offices and only if their office has a special server from NEC. Voice over Wi-Fi won't be available outside of the office, even on DoCoMo hotspots. It sounds like even data over Wi-Fi will only be available on hotspots built specially for the device. It's a combination of technical shortcomings and uncertainty about how to make the best of Wi-Fi that is preventing cellular operators from offering seamless combined services. Ultimately, the cellular operators will have to make combined offerings because Wi-Fi is popping up in more places and customers want the high-speed access. Cellular operators may lose some potential data use to Wi-Fi, but realistically, the cellular networks cover so much ground that they'll still get their share of the market. The same goes for voice over Wi-Fi services, which are more of a threat to the local phone companies than the cell phone operators. Voice over Wi-Fi phones won't be terribly useful as mobile phones but they'll be great for the office or the home. The cellular operators are notoriously slow at picking up new technologies so it would be no surprise if it takes a very long time to see a usefully integrated, full-function combined offering....

E-mail the love hate relationship

E-mail the love hate relationship 04/19/2004 11:05 AM
I get out at bed at 5am and usually sit down at the computer to check my e-mail immediately. Being...

Are You a Perpetual Bad Relationship
Magnet? Nobody's Unlucky in Love:
Learning Core Causes for Lousy Love
Relationships

Are You a Perpetual Bad Relationship
Magnet? Nobody's Unlucky in Love:
Learning Core Causes for Lousy Love
Relationships 06/18/2004 03:10 AM
Relationship advisor and author Nancy Pina dispenses free relationship advice to adults struggling with individual, couples and marriage issues. She advises teens and young adults in recognizing healthy, loving relationships. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004]

Love is Hate

Love is Hate 09/04/2004 03:39 PM
Who said the following? Don't clck yet. You can have three guesses.

My job tonight is an easy one: to present to you one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders — and a good friend. ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Senator John Kerry.

Love, Hate and Objective-C

Love, Hate and Objective-C 12/16/2003 01:57 AM
Jonathan Rentzsch: "Here's a list capturing my ObjC experience, good and bad. I've shopped it around toPSIG, CAWUG and SFU, integrating the feedback I received from: 1) folks who don't know ObjC at all, 2) those learning it and 3) those who've mastered it."

Love and hate follow up

Love and hate follow up 12/15/2002 05:44 PM
In retrospective, I am glad I wrote the article from the other day. Most importantly, it feels like a big burden has been lifted from my shoulders. So things are not ideal. But we are still here, and we can strive for the better. The emails I received were also interesting. I got in touch with new people and there is a possibility that this will lead to new interesting collaborations.

Why do we love to hate Microsoft?

Why do we love to hate Microsoft? 08/16/2004 06:56 AM
silicon.com Aug 16 2004 10:52AM GMT

Learn how to love the clients you hate

Learn how to love the clients you hate 06/18/2002 11:24 PM
CNET Jun 18 2002 11:09PM ET

An online gauge for whether you'll love
or hate job

An online gauge for whether you'll love
or hate job 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
Suntimes.com - Wed Mar 16, 12:46 pm GMT

AppleScript: iTunes Playlist to DVD

AppleScript: iTunes Playlist to DVD 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
The Playlist to DVD application creates a QuickTime movie containing the audio tracks and album art from a chosen iTunes playlist. The newly created movie, and an album art slideshow, are automatically added to the currently open iDVD project. And since the added 640x480 movie is created with chapter markers, it's easy to sequentially navigate its tracks using standard DVD controls.

Americans to their cell phones: "How I
love to hate you"

Americans to their cell phones: "How I
love to hate you" 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
The cell phone tops this year's Lemelson-MIT Program list of inventions people hate, but cannot live without.

Oracle and PHP: A Love/Hate Kind of
Thing

Oracle and PHP: A Love/Hate Kind of
Thing 10/03/2002 08:33 AM

RadioLover gets iTunes playlist
integration

RadioLover gets iTunes playlist
integration 08/05/2004 01:53 PM
RadioLover 1.3 from Bitcartel enables you to record MP3 radio streams as separate songs, with support for iTunes Radio Tuner, Shoutcast-compatible radio streams, and MP3, M3U, and EXTM3U radio stream playlists...

Playlistism: judging others by their
iTunes playlist

Playlistism: judging others by their
iTunes playlist 11/12/2003 02:57 PM
"Thanks to the ability of Apple's iTunes to share music collections over local networks, it is now possible to judge someone's taste in music -- or lack of it -- in a way that previously required a certain level of intimacy," reports Wired's Leander Kahney...

iTunes Top 20 smart playlist strategies

iTunes Top 20 smart playlist strategies 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
iTunes has one play-tracking limitation that, if fixed, would yield some very cool playlists: the ability to see how many times a song has been played recently. But there's no timestamp saved for each play; it just incremen...

enron assholes hate citizens but love
bush

enron assholes hate citizens but love
bush 06/02/2004 02:40 AM
funny how they thought the current administration wouldn't mind their behavior

Oh you evil Visual Basic, how I love and
hate thee

Oh you evil Visual Basic, how I love and
hate thee 12/15/2003 02:11 PM
ZDNet Dec 15 2003 1:10PM ET

Today@Playlist: More cool iTunes
AppleScripts!

Today@Playlist: More cool iTunes
AppleScripts! 04/12/2005 11:55 AM
Playlist pal, Doug Adams, from Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes, has passed along a list of cool new iTunes/iPod AppleScripts that you’re sure to enjoy.

An iTunes 'most popular only' playlist

An iTunes 'most popular only' playlist 04/21/2004 11:29 AM
Well, it's rather a model than a hint. I just found a way to play my favorite music endlessly in iTunes without having to modify the playlist. Yes, of course, it uses the Smart Playlist feature. But I found most of the criter...

Apple offers iTunes Playlist to DVD
AppleScript

Apple offers iTunes Playlist to DVD
AppleScript 01/08/2004 07:17 PM
Apple has posted a "Playlist to DVD" AppleScript to its Web site for iDVD 4...

RadioLover 1.3 adds iTunes playlist
integration, more

RadioLover 1.3 adds iTunes playlist
integration, more 08/06/2004 08:11 AM
Bitcartel announced on Thursday the release of RadioLover 1.3, an update to the company's Internet radio stream recorder that automatically adds finished recordings to your iTunes playlists. It also allows you to modify existing recording schedules, adds new preference options and definable recording styles and features a better user interface. RadioLover can record multiple Internet radio streams as MP3 files and offers the ability to schedule recordings of favorite shows. This upgrade is free for registered users while full licenses are US$15, with a demo that quits recording after a certain length of time available for download. RadioLover 1.3 requires Mac OS X v10.2 and iTunes 3 or 4.

Colored Scrollbars - Love em or Hate em
- No Middle Gound To be Found

Colored Scrollbars - Love em or Hate em
- No Middle Gound To be Found 01/09/2003 02:18 AM
Opinions on colored scroll bars run the full spectrum from "I love them" to "I press the back button when I see them". Those that don't care for them are rather passionate about them. Enough to suggest they aren't ready for prime time yet.

Freezing The Play Order Of A Shuffled
iTunes Playlist

Freezing The Play Order Of A Shuffled
iTunes Playlist 06/22/2005 02:01 AM

By Obaum's Delirium

MyTunes Exploits iTunes Windows Playlist
Sharing

MyTunes Exploits iTunes Windows Playlist
Sharing 11/12/2003 06:50 PM
Bill Zeller, a 20-year-old Trinity College student, wrote and released MyTunes just 10 days after the official release of iTunes for Windows. His Web site claims that the application is intended to enable users "to save music from other computers to your hard drive." By Jim Darlymple (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Create an iTunes 'work safe' smart
playlist

Create an iTunes 'work safe' smart
playlist 06/28/2004 11:23 AM
This came while doing some work in a place where we couldn't use headphones, but could listen to music, every now and then we'd run across a song that wasn't... appropriate. First I added a rule to my Smart Playlist I was usi...

iTunes Catalog adds playlist, iPod and
.Mac options

iTunes Catalog adds playlist, iPod and
.Mac options 11/18/2003 10:28 AM
KavaSoft has released iTunes Catalog 1.2, the latest version of its Mac OS X software that creates Web catalogs of your iTunes music library, displays the cover artwork for each album, and copies album artwork into iTunes...

MyTunes exploits iTunes Windows playlist
sharing

MyTunes exploits iTunes Windows playlist
sharing 11/12/2003 01:18 PM
Now that Apple is offering iTunes software and access to its music store to Windows users, the company has a significant opportunity to increase its marketshare of downloadable music. But the company is also going to have to contend with applications like the recently released MyTunes, which allows Windows users to circumvent the intended use of the software by downloading music from an iTunes shared playlist over a network.

Readers love mobiles in church; hate
mobiles on planes

Readers love mobiles in church; hate
mobiles on planes 09/24/2004 07:38 AM
Letters More from the Reg postbag

RMSI-GDT Relationship Awarded “Second
Most Collaborative Outsourcing
Relationship”

RMSI-GDT Relationship Awarded “Second
Most Collaborative Outsourcing
Relationship” 08/27/2004 01:26 PM
RMSI, a global IT services company, announced that RMSI along with strategic partners Geographic Data Technology, USA have been recognized as the “Second Most Collaborative Outsourcing Relationship” at the 2004 Outsourcing Excellence Awards. [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]

A time for love, a time for hate.

A time for love, a time for hate. 03/21/2003 12:29 PM
I have a friend who is a veteran. Yesterday, I asked this friend, "How can I support the members of...

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music)

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music) 07/25/2004 05:58 PM
By Matthew Davidson (via MyAppleMenu)

Some lesbians hate "She Hate Me"

Some lesbians hate "She Hate Me" 08/16/2004 10:06 AM
Spike Lee's film is criticized for pandering to male fantasies rather than revealing the real complexities of gay women's lives.

Chris Abraham: Liberals Find Mad Love at
Act For Love

Chris Abraham: Liberals Find Mad Love at
Act For Love 06/22/2005 02:45 AM
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Boys love games, girls love ringtones

Boys love games, girls love ringtones 06/02/2004 10:08 AM
But neither gives a hoot for 3G

Love Macs? Then Learn To Love Macsurfer

Love Macs? Then Learn To Love Macsurfer 05/19/2004 08:55 AM
It does a bang up job of providing the Apple community with interesting reads day in day out. By Hadley Stern, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)

I love women...no, wait, apparently I
love men

I love women...no, wait, apparently I
love men 01/04/2004 04:59 AM
mirror.co.uk

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"Wait... they don't love you like I love
you" [sorry, got stuck in my head]

"Wait... they don't love you like I love
you" [sorry, got stuck in my head] 03/25/2005 04:09 PM
Social Explorer. "Social Explorer is dedicated to providing demographic information in an easily understood format, data maps. We serve hundreds of interactive data maps of United States. Here, you can visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S., explore your neighborhood and learn about the people that live around you."
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