Recently I have been looking at getting back into playing World of Warcraft (WoW).  Alright, have you stopped chuckling now? Yes I play and I quite enjoy playing the game occasionally when I have some free time. I'm not a hard-core gamer, nor would I ever call in sick to play a game such as Warcraft but it is nice way to relax with after working on programming problems. Recently with … Continue Reading »

I have always enjoyed music and even if I have never been to a concert prior to being with Robyn. The first concerts that I have even been to were both at the local venue called the Commodore on Vancouver’s entertainment district Granville Street. Robyn and I watched Daniel Wesley one evening and then John Butler Trio another evening later in the year. My first large venue concert was … Continue Reading »

Ever wonder what sort of apartment you can purchase in the West End of Vancouver? Perhaps you are a bit curious to see the view from a lofty apartment which sits in one of the higher apartment buildings in Vancouver’s quieter neighbourhood of the Downtown West End? Robyn and I had an appointment to check out a living space 18 storeys up above the majority of the neighbourhood. The building we … Continue Reading »

Now some people do not believe that the online salary calculators are justifiable or accurate but when they predict an annual salary which is much higher than what I am currently making I start to wonder: Am I being short-changed, or are these salary calculators fake and misleading? I've used a couple of these online salary calculators which usually show you the mid, average and max range for an annual salary … Continue Reading »

My brother has wanted a Nintendo Wii for some time (as have I) but I have been reading that Nintendo was (as usual) having troubles getting stock out on the shelves of retailers. So what does someone do when things are in short demand and retailers can’t keep them on the shelves? You look to eBay! After a little while at looking at the various auctions for Nintendo Wii consoles and … Continue Reading »

Even though I currently had only 2 people express that they would be interested in a WordPress Plugin for my Technorati badge I decided to do it anyway. It is my very first WordPress plugin and I am impressed how easily I have grasped the concept of creating plugins and how they function within a WordPress blog. Perhaps this can be the first of many! MyTechnorati is a plugin … Continue Reading »

Now a lot of people have seen various computer gaming setups but I would say one of the coolest for gaming has to be what my buddy Chris has; an Epson LCD Projector (not sure of the model) with a screen size that is almost unlimited. Well it seems that way! As a recent birthday present to himself (yes it was his Birthday yesterday) and was given the opportunity to … Continue Reading »

Some of you might have noticed that I have added a new Technorati Rank badge located on the left side column here at www.tyleringram.com It is loosely based on the Technorati widget that Doug Karr created and that Bobby Matthis modified. Instead of writing all of the information to a cache file my little badge currently only writes the Technorati Rank to a text file that is then read into PHP … Continue Reading »

Recently I have been looking to automate a few of the processes I do manually here at work, mainly when reports are created I wanted a way to drop them into a CSV (comma separated values) file and have them emailed to their respective locations. The basic way to send an email with PHP is utilizing the mail() function like so: [code] <?php if (mail($to, $subject, $message)) {   echo "Mail Sent Successfully"; } else {   … Continue Reading »

As many of you might have noticed I have not been posting frequently, nor as frequently as I would like to. I honestly have not been able to find anything that has been post worthy, but then I haven’t also spent much time scouring the web for interesting things either. What have I been working on? Well I’ve been working on some mock up websites for myself and for a local club. … Continue Reading »