If you have a dual-boot setup and are switching back and forth between Windows (XP in my case) and Linux/OS X you’ll notice that Windows is unable to set the clock to the correct time after switching from Linux/OS X to Windows. This can be a real headache at times when you look at the clock and think it’s 5 hours later in the day than it actually is.

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This post is a bit off-topic from the rest of the blog but I pitched an idea to Google that I thought would be an interesting project. I’m not certain that something like this doesn’t already exist or that maybe the idea had already been thought of but pushed aside for one reason or another but my idea goes a little something like this…

Google Maps provides a vast amount of information regarding the current state of the world. For instance, I can browse to my hometown of Milwaukee and find the names of roads, freeways, places of interest, lakes, rivers, harbors, parks, national forests, neighborhoods, universities, public and federal buildings, and so much more. I haven’t even bothered with the fact that I can include options such as photos, videos, web cams, traffic, Wikipedia links, and others.

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Is there anything more annoying than not being able to determine why your code isn’t working? How about trying to determine a reason why without receiving any feedback such as error messages? This is what happened to a friend of mine who is attempting to learn how to program using PHP and wasn’t able to tell why his code wasn’t working properly. Luckily, the solution is quite trivial.

You’ll need to modify PHP’s initialization file called php.ini. This file is responsible for configuring many of the aspects of PHP’s behavior. I will assume for the sake of brevity that you have a working LAMP/WAMP setup.

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