Switch to PHP 5.1.1 Now
Posted on November 28, 2005
If you needed a reason to switch to PHP 5.1 besides Framewerk, how about speed improvements. In some testing I'm doing right now on the use of single vrs double quotes and such, I've found that PHP 5.1.1 is up to 3 times faster than PHP 4.4.0 on the same hardware. That's a significant speed improvement if you ask me. More details to come.
Griffin iMic
Posted on November 06, 2005
I picked up this little gadget at Fry's for about $30 this past week and finally put it to use today. After running 20 feet of RCA cable from my record player in the living room to the iMic, and plugging the iMic into my mac mini, I kicked off "Final Vinyl" the app that comes with the iMic. It was very intuitive and after a few minutes I had started building digital copies of Maggot Sandwich - Gett Off the Stage. Maggot Sandwich was a punk band from Pensacola, FL. The album was recorded in 1987 and I've enjoyed giving it a spin every now and then, but playing punk of my stereo at home doesn't happen too often and I mostly listen to music on my computer and iPod. Thus enters the iMic and Final Vinyl. After recording and cuing up the songs, I copied them into iTunes, converted them to MP3 and added all the ID3 tags and even the album artwork. Thumbs up for this gadget and software. This processes would have been more difficult without it and I'm happy with the final result. Now to rip The Abdabs (Pink Floyd) "A Great Set" 2 record bootleg :D.
