Author: Greg

Middle-aged father of two - still a kid at heart! Lover of all things geeky, trivia, factoids, craft beers, and procrastination. #SnorlaxIsMySpiritAnimal. #CanadianEh! "I don't know. Fly casual."
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Sep
2023
Posted in Observations Programming

Getting some REST

I know, the titles need some work. I started looking at PHP Idempotency and the first definition said I should look at REST instead, so…

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12
Sep
2023
Posted in Observations Troubleshooting

Namespaces, explained.

As it turns out, this was way easier than I thought it’d be. Also, if you ever want a programming analogy, just use Humans or…

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Sep
2023
Posted in Observations Programming

So yeah, I think it goes without saying..

For some reason I woke up, panic struck – “What if someone reads this blog and actually thinks I’m trying to teach them about PHP…

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11
Sep
2023
Posted in Programming

Making an Apple Pie from Scratch (My Findings on Classes and OOP)

There’s a quote from Carl Sagan that goes “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe”. This…

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10
Sep
2023
Posted in Programming

#100DaysOfCode[’13’,’GET and POST’];

Folks, I’ve messed up. I’m putting day 13 in the title bar but to be honest, I have no idea day I’m actually on. With…

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27
Aug
2023
Posted in Programming

I Made A (Dumb) Thing

Sometimes when the stars align, and things just click – I get a creative spark and want to make ‘a thing’. To be honest, that’s…

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Aug
2023
Posted in Uncategorized

Help, this isn’t in any of the dream analysis books

I had a dream last night that I was making Thanksgiving dinner with Metallica. Lars and I were cooking, and James was telling us stories…

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Aug
2023
Posted in Observations

When Backup != Backup

A quick edit after I wrote this post -> Files on Demand and Keep Offline may be the answer to the problem at hand, but…

abstract business code coder
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Aug
2023
Posted in Programming

#100DaysOfCode[’12’,’BigInt’];

It’s been a bit since I last revisited my code journey, so I opted to make up for some lost time by blasting through quite…

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12
Aug
2023
Posted in Troubleshooting Video Games

Fixing Baldur’s Gate 3 Update “userdocs” Error at 96%

I figured this may be helpful to others experiencing the same issue.  I can’t take credit for the fix, was just the one I found…

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Aug
2023
Posted in Uncategorized

Re-installing Windows 11 from Scratch on AMD Ryzen / B450f

As I’d mentioned in my post Would You Like to Play a Game?, I recently had to format my computer and start fresh. This turned…

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Aug
2023
Posted in Video Games

Would You Like to Play a Game?

I stalled hard on my 100 days of code challenge. I was saying to my wife I have no idea what happened, but I have…