Cameron Bulock

I had a large directory of images that were all randomly named. None of them had file extensions or anything. So, I wrote up some lines of bash that use ImageMagick to figure out what type of images these were, and then give them a random filename based on the MD5 hash of the current name. This way everything was at least normalized.
Thought I would share this. All the filenames were listed in a file called "list".

I've always been morally divided on using Kiva, since the service is great, but they require paying with PayPal. I wrote them a while back and asked if they had any intentions on offering other payment methods, but they said that had no plans to offer additional methods. Today, I decided that I am going to stop using Kiva until they offer other ways to pay. I sent them this message to let them know why.

I just wanted to write and let you know that I now intend to no longer loan any further money with Kiva, and will be withdrawing any funds as loans are paid off. I have made 49 loans so far, and really think this is a great service. However, it has always disturbed me that I have to use PayPal to interact with your service. They are a very morally corrupt company, and it seems counteractive to your cause to use them at all, let alone require using them. If you ever allow other payment methods, such as Amazon, Google, or direct credit cards, I will be happy to resume using Kiva.

There was a commercial for Clear wireless internet on TV. The commercial says "Hot dogs don't have contracts, your internet should be more like a hot dog."
Then Brett replies "No, hot dogs should be more like the internet, then you could play games on them."

I created a page detailing the current state of my phone. Thought people might be curious as to what ROM, kernel and other mods I prefer, so I threw this page together giving that info, and links where to download everything.

Check it out at nexus.cbulock.com.

I finally decided to install a custom ROM on my Galaxy Nexus. I was initially planning to keep the phone on the stock ROM for as long as possible, but I decided that I wanted to get the lastest bug fixes from Android 4.0.3 and it seems like Google is never going to push them out.
The ROM I went with is GummyNex. I've been very happy with it so far. It adds toggles to the notification shade for all the wireless functions such as Wifi, Bluetooth and even the 4G. I also like that I can add a dedicated search button to the bottom of the search. I miss having that and it's annoying to try and find where the search feature is in particular apps.
The greatest thing I've noticed though is the battery life. I think it took a couple days for the battery to report the right numbers, but I'm now seeing really long life. Right now I'm at nearly 13 hours and still have 40% battery left. And that was with a couple hours of the screen being on. I do have the extended battery, but I was still only seeing about 15 hours total with that before.

I noticed that there wasn't much out there when it came to just simply displaying a calendar on a website. Most the examples I found were overly complicated. So, I came up with a little snippet of code that outputs a calendar for any given month and displays it as an HTML table.

I haven't heard much talk about this angle of it, but what would passage of SOPA mean for the US web hosting industry? Is it possible that many companies will move their hosting out of the country?

I'm on the lookout for a web designer for a small project that I'm working on. This would not be a paid gig or anything, but something that could be added to a portfolio. I don't imagine it would be much work, just need a general design layout of a site. I can take care of all the coding backend of things. If anyone is willing to help out with this, it'd be much appreciated. Let me know, and I'll message you the details.

My kids have become Minecraft addicts. It's been a struggle this summer getting them to balance computer time with summer activities.
Minecraft does have it's benefits though. The kids have been chatting in the game a lot and their typing skills have had massive improvements due to this. Playing this game has caused them for the first time to have a need to type fast on the computer.
Another skill they have developed is the ability to research online. Finding knowledge on the Internet is an invaluable skill to pick up and by having to learn how to do crafting, the kids are now experts at navigating the Minecraft wiki and finding what they need to know.
Yet another thing they are learning is something that I didn't even realize until just recently, division. Having to split up inventory on the crafting table has turned division into common sense.