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Storing recurring events in a database

By Sam on June 15, 2011

One problem that seems to affect many web developers (and desktop programmers as well) is how to store recurring events in a database. There are several ways to do this, all with varying degrees of complexity (both inserting and selecting), storage requirements, and requirements on the type of recurrences. These can all be found by [...]

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MEEPME at Blarney

By Sam on February 9, 2011

Aside from some technical glitches and miscommunication, tonight went pretty well for MEEPME.  Almost a hundred people signed up, and everyone seemed to have a fun time playing around with it.  We got to demo our new AJAXified text feed, and other than a screensaver problem and a video cable problem, it worked great all night.  We [...]

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PennApps in Summary

PennApps in Summary

By Sam on January 23, 2011

Wow, what a trip.  When Matt contacted me a week before the competition to ask if I had a team yet, I had no idea we would get this far. Timeline Thursday, before competition – Meet up with Matt, go over idea, get introduced to Twilio API Friday, 6pm – Watch intros, get theme, meet [...]

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