$1.4m spent here on online fun

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Canadians spent more than $3 billion
online in 2003

Canadians spent more than $3 billion
online in 2003 09/24/2004 07:43 AM
Hamiltonspectator.com - Fri Sep 24, 07:05 am GMT

Evaluate online programs before you
enroll (Business education) Time spent
investigating Internet offerings co

Evaluate online programs before you
enroll (Business education) Time spent
investigating Internet offerings co 06/06/2004 10:13 PM
Crains Detroit Business Jun 7 2004 2:56AM GMT

"I spent way..."

"I spent way..." 04/19/2005 08:36 AM

U.S. Has Spent $366M of $18.4B
on Iraq (AP)

U.S. Has Spent $366M of $18.4B
on Iraq (AP) 07/03/2004 03:33 AM
AP - Its own figures show just 2 percent of the $18.4 billion Congress provided last fall for Iraqi reconstruction has been spent, but the Bush administration says significant work there is under way.

£20m spent on De Lorean lawyers

£20m spent on De Lorean lawyers 02/12/2004 02:47 AM
More than £20m was spent by the government in legal fees against the auditors of the De Lorean car company.

Fun with Perl, DBI and mysql I just
spent a nice a ...

Fun with Perl, DBI and mysql I just
spent a nice a ... 03/13/2003 10:22 AM

Fun with Perl, DBI and mysql
I just spent a nice afternoon reinstalling perl (who knew that the multithreaded version of 5.8 didn't work with DBI? Ok, a lot of people but not me), installing DBI and the MySQL DBD driver. "Great", think I, "now I'm ready to go." I grab "Programming the Perl DBI" and dive in... to a bone-dry pool. No connection to my database, no idea why.

Turns out that the connection for mysql is subtly different than that for msql (I don't know why I thought they might be similar; a whimsical moment of hopefulness I suppose). In "PtPDBI" they describe the msql connect as:

dbi:mSQL:hostname:database:port

but for mysql it must be:

dbi:mysql:host=hostname:db=database:port

Took me almost an hour of googling to hunt that little tidbit down, buried deep in someone else's question on some mailing list somewhere. So as a public service I now archive it here for you. Discuss

6:13 PM | Chris Cummer

Shark Tank: Money well spent

Shark Tank: Money well spent 06/04/2004 11:00 AM
It's early August, and a food-service distributor announces a $2.5 million plan to upgrade a purchasing and order-processing system -- and this pilot fish's job is to make sure it all goes smoothly.

I've spent hours looking for this
feature inside O ...

I've spent hours looking for this
feature inside O ... 10/31/2003 07:24 PM

I've spent hours looking for this feature inside OS X. Turns out you need an app: Show Desktop - the 'Minimize All' for the Mac Generation. (via the Godlike Alf Eaton)

7:14 AM | Ben Hammersley

Moviegoers Spent Weekend With 'Fockers'
(AP)

Moviegoers Spent Weekend With 'Fockers'
(AP) 01/02/2005 03:48 PM
AP - Moviegoers embraced the dysfunctional family comedy "Meet the Fockers" for a second straight week as the star-studded sequel earned $42.8 million to retain its No. 1 slot at the weekend box office.

Pro HDTV calibration: rip-off or money
well spent?

Pro HDTV calibration: rip-off or money
well spent? 08/10/2004 09:42 PM
ZDNet Aug 11 2004 0:11AM GMT

Oh My Dear God: 1 / 7 of the Rest of My
Life Will Be Spent on Mondays ...

Oh My Dear God: 1 / 7 of the Rest of My
Life Will Be Spent on Mondays ... 11/12/2002 09:36 AM
Oh My Dear God: 1 / 7 of the Rest of My Life Will Be Spent on Mondays ... Just sit right back and I'll tell you a taleA tale of a fateful day, That started on this Mondaywith this tiny geek(my apologies to Gilligan's Island) You know I've heard people use this as a polite curse "May 1/7 of your life be spent on Monday" but I don't think it really hit me how true that is until yesterday. Monday. A dreadful Monday. The day started nicely enough, I: Rose early Showered without falling down in the shower (a classic Monday-ism although it only ever happened once to me and on a Thursday) Ate donuts Caffeinated well Wrote code Wrote more code Wrote even more code And then I started to hit problems. First it was handling some php imap_XYZ functions and dealing with returned objects, not returned arrays. I had this code:$mbox = imap_open ("\{$mailserver}INBOX", $login, $password, CL_EXPUNGE );$headers = imap_headers ($mbox); # if test based on $headers omitted$header = imap_header ($mbox, $message_id );$from = $header->from; And then I passed $from to a routine and tried to extract it's value. Nope. Didn't work. Tried different syntax options. Nope. Then I used the most excellent var_dump($from) to make sure that the data was indeed getting passed to me. It was. Hmmmm.... Thankfully Kjartan was online so I IM'd him and he quickly figured it out. The $from is an object so I need a foreach loop to retrieve it's value or: foreach ($from as $id => $object) { $from_name = $object->personal; $from_address = $object->mailbox . "@" . $object->host; } Of course this is nowhere in the php.net docs. Nowhere. It's obvious if you really read the return values closely (they state it's an object) but it's not clear how to do it. So I added it to php.net here. Ooops. Monday is continuing since I can't even find it. Sigh. So, anyway, I got my code working and then I started to deal with mime encoded attachments. Ack !!! Foo!!!! If you haven't done it, I strongly recommend you steal the code from somewhere else so I needed my copy of PHP and MySQL Web Programming which I thought would cover it. I thought this was in my car so I grabbed my keys and headed outside. Since I was being very, very smart I figured I'll go out thru the basement and carry some boxes down to storage. No problem. Bad, bad, bad, bad call. I'm now living in a new place and not really used to the locks here yet. Needless to say the basement door closed behind me. No problem I thought -- I have my keys. Well this was now 4 pm and I'd been coding all day long and hadn't left the house at all. So this means that the door was still locked from the night before with the deadbolt. The deadbolt which can be opened from the outside -- IF THEY GIVE YOU A DAMN KEY FOR IT !!! And, of course, they didn't. This led to my heading back to the basement door only to find that the lock for that was one for which I didn't have a key either. Oh and did I mention that I was wearing shorts, a T shirt and no shoes? And: No cell phone No wallet No ID Don't even know my landlord's name or # Don't know the property manager's name or # My only neighbor I know, who happily lives downstairs from me, is out for the 1st time in days Hmmm..... So time to take stock of the situation. I have: House and car keys Minimal clothing No pocket knife A car filled with miscellaneous oddments including some tools. Eureka !!! A back door I haven't thought to try yet Of course I rushed over to the back door pleased as punch that I remembered it. IT WOULDN'T OPEN. The lock turned. The frame bowed at the top and the bottom which indicated to me that there wasn't a deadbolt but the damn door knob wouldn't turn. Sigh. I start to realize "It must be Monday". I head back to the car and round up a small flat blade screw driver and a hammer. I start by trying to tighten the door knob screw since maybe that's a problem. Of course screws aren't supposed to spin forever. Sigh Sigh Sigh. When that didn't work I manage to pull the knob off and use the hammer's claws to try and turn the spindle. Nope. Didn't work. Next up is removing the lock face plate entirely. Still can't get it in. I start to contemplate the pure satisfaction of breaking the glass but I figure "I'll probably cut myself and bleed copiously". So I took the screwdriver and removed all the window glazing putty and then got the pane of glass out. From the other side of the door the handle turned fine and then I was in. It turns out there is a lock setting on the door jam that I hadn't ever been told about which makes it so you can't open the door from the outside. Needless to say I changed that setting. And then I replaced the glass (still need to glaze it but that's not a big deal). So my day resumed and I found out that John's having a similarly bad day. I went back to coding and created then solved several errors. My day ended by taking myself out to dinner. And, on the way, a car ran a red light and hit me. My actions? I went home to bed.

Most Area Terrorism Funding Not Spent
(washingtonpost.com)

Most Area Terrorism Funding Not Spent
(washingtonpost.com) 04/10/2005 12:45 AM
washingtonpost.com - The Washington area has not spent the majority of $145 million in anti-terrorism grants awarded by the federal government over the past three years, including funds earmarked for such critical items as hospital beds and protective gear for rescue workers.

How I Spent Summer Vacation: At
Getting-Into-College Camp

How I Spent Summer Vacation: At
Getting-Into-College Camp 04/17/2004 01:54 PM
High school students are flocking to a brand-new kind of summer program college admission prep camps.

PeopleSoft Says It's Spent $70 Million
to Fend Off Oracle

PeopleSoft Says It's Spent $70 Million
to Fend Off Oracle 08/09/2004 06:18 PM
The company says in an SEC filing that "investment banking, legal and other fees" to prevent an Oracle takeover are taking their toll on its pocketbook—and the litigation isn't over yet.

$12 bln will be spent on offshore
research and development in 2010

$12 bln will be spent on offshore
research and development in 2010 04/16/2005 07:34 PM
ZDNet Apr 16 2005 10:24PM GMT

Cleared woman spent week in jail

Cleared woman spent week in jail 06/13/2004 07:28 AM
There are renewed calls for the justice minister to resign after a terminally ill woman was wrongly returned to prison.

has spent her life in perpetual motion
while standing still

has spent her life in perpetual motion
while standing still 01/18/2004 12:22 AM
A poor cousin of the middle class .. New York Times .. more»

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How I Spent my Summer Vacation: Bringing
Linux to Nicaragua

How I Spent my Summer Vacation: Bringing
Linux to Nicaragua 07/30/2004 07:07 AM
The first of two articles about one US student's experiences with Linux and Nicaragua this summer.

Storage of Nuclear Spent Fuel Criticized
(washingtonpost.com)

Storage of Nuclear Spent Fuel Criticized
(washingtonpost.com) 03/28/2005 01:33 AM
washingtonpost.com - A classified report by nuclear experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences has challenged the decision by federal regulators to allow commercial nuclear facilities to store large quantities of radioactive spent fuel in pools of water.

Microsoft spent 20 billion dollar on
MSN, XBox over 4 years

Microsoft spent 20 billion dollar on
MSN, XBox over 4 years 08/02/2004 10:32 PM
Zeenews.com - Sat Jul 31, 07:19 am GMT

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Bringing
Linux to Nicaragua, Part II

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Bringing
Linux to Nicaragua, Part II 08/02/2004 08:27 PM
Setting up diskless clients for use in classrooms and local businesses.

Utility Loses Track of Spent Nuclear
Fuel (Reuters)

Utility Loses Track of Spent Nuclear
Fuel (Reuters) 07/16/2004 05:09 PM
Reuters - Pacific Gas & Electric said on Friday that it has lost track of three pieces of spent nuclear fuel it last used in the late 1960s, although the utility said there was no threat to public safety.

FEMA Emergency Funds Spent To Replace
Beach Sand 5/30

FEMA Emergency Funds Spent To Replace
Beach Sand 5/30 05/31/2004 08:39 AM
federal program

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1111-2004May29.html
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Wired: 24-Hour Movie People (or, How I
Spent The Night With Choire Sicha)

Wired: 24-Hour Movie People (or, How I
Spent The Night With Choire Sicha) 12/28/2003 08:01 PM
Choire "Gawker Guy" Sicha writes:

Recently I was invited to spend the night with two lovely ladies, writer Xeni Jardin and photographer Aliya Naumoff. We didn't sleep for a day and a half! Oh, the hilarity. Anyway, the result: a documentation of the 24-hour digital movie-making contest here in New York. To celebrate, here's a shot of Xeni, who by that point was powered solely by espresso and her iron will, stealth-discoing our non-sleep-deprived editor Rob [Levine] at the Wired offices.

24-Hour Movie People, Wired, January 2004

Website of Key Statistical Data on
Population, Energy Consumption, Hrs
Spent on the Internet

Website of Key Statistical Data on
Population, Energy Consumption, Hrs
Spent on the Internet 09/02/2004 05:47 AM
BeSpacific Sep 2 2004 10:07AM GMT

Data Nightmare at Pentagon: $19 billion
spent and STILL no spending tracking
system 7/9

Data Nightmare at Pentagon: $19 billion
spent and STILL no spending tracking
system 7/9 07/09/2004 08:08 PM
Wired News article

wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64134,00.html
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Briefings, President-ing difficult on
vacation, possibly catastrophic when
almost all of August 2001 was spent in
Crawford

Briefings, President-ing difficult on
vacation, possibly catastrophic when
almost all of August 2001 was spent in
Crawford 04/15/2004 05:12 PM
Maureen Dowd: Head Spook Sputters

nytimes.com/2004/04/15/opinion/15DOWD.html
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Christian school finally lifts 143-year
dance ban despite the threat of an
eternity spent in flame

Christian school finally lifts 143-year
dance ban despite the threat of an
eternity spent in flame 11/16/2003 05:58 AM
its first dance since the Civil War .. Wheaton College is dancing .. ban on dancing

cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/11/14/wheaton.dance.ap/index.html
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[ed. Teresa - yikes!] Heinz Kerry, the
widow of an extremely rich Republican
politician, points out that Republicans
used to really like her money when it
was spent on them

[ed. Teresa - yikes!] Heinz Kerry, the
widow of an extremely rich Republican
politician, points out that Republicans
used to really like her money when it
was spent on them 07/12/2004 07:26 PM
60 Minutes tonight

cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/07/60minutes/main627965.shtml
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Reach Online® Announces Hipicture®
Online Photo Composition Site

Reach Online® Announces Hipicture®
Online Photo Composition Site 01/01/2005 04:09 AM
Interactive online photo composition platform released for users to make fun or useful picture applications [PRWEB Jan 1, 2005]

Classmates Online, Inc. Launches New
Platform for Sweden's No. 1 Online
Reconnection Community

Classmates Online, Inc. Launches New
Platform for Sweden's No. 1 Online
Reconnection Community 04/05/2005 09:15 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Tue Apr 5, 12:50 pm GMT

Traffic School Online / Defensive
Driving Online: A Consumer Report

Traffic School Online / Defensive
Driving Online: A Consumer Report 09/20/2004 02:48 AM
Traffic School, defensive driving, and driver education are the hottest new ways for people to take care of their traffic school and defensive driving school requirement online. There are hundreds of these traffic schools online, many are not even approved by the state agency that requires the courses to be taken. How do you choose the best one? Here is the skinny on the cheapest, fastest, and easiest traffic school and defensive driving school online. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

BW Online | April 19, 2004 | Online
Extra: How Microsoft Is Clipping
Longhorn

BW Online | April 19, 2004 | Online
Extra: How Microsoft Is Clipping
Longhorn 04/10/2004 08:47 AM
How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn .. intercepted by Business Week .. ahoo.businessweek.com .. quote:

yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_16/b3879009_mz001. htm
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Move Over Online Marketplaces And
Auction Sites: You’re Getting A Run For
Your Money With The i-women.net Online
Shopping Network

Move Over Online Marketplaces And
Auction Sites: You’re Getting A Run For
Your Money With The i-women.net Online
Shopping Network 03/17/2005 03:02 AM
Say goodbye to the high costs of price-per-click advertising and marketplace listing fees for women in ecommerce. The long awaited and much anticipated alternative has finally arrived at i-women.net. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

"Pew Internet & American Life Project:
America's Online Pursuits: The changing
picture of who's online and what they
do"

"Pew Internet & American Life Project:
America's Online Pursuits: The changing
picture of who's online and what they
do" 12/30/2003 09:40 AM

Online Billing - Small Business
Accepting Online Payment with 2ndSite’s
Free Service

Online Billing - Small Business
Accepting Online Payment with 2ndSite’s
Free Service 09/02/2004 02:06 AM
Before you send your next invoice, make sure you are not wasting time or money. Small businesses have begun to recognize the cost savings afforded by online billing thanks to 2ndSite Inc.’s free online billing service. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

Apple and America Online Announce Online
Music Alliance

Apple and America Online Announce Online
Music Alliance 10/29/2003 12:12 AM

BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Online Extra:
Google's Goal: "Understand Everything"

BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Online Extra:
Google's Goal: "Understand Everything" 04/28/2004 08:46 AM

Always Online Part 2 -- Online gamers
immersed in fantasy world

Always Online Part 2 -- Online gamers
immersed in fantasy world 12/25/2004 05:34 PM
Ledger-enquirer.com - Thu Dec 23, 10:07 am GMT
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