Author Archive for Alix

ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 (EAN) validation with PHP

Since the begining of this year the standart ISBN has now 13 numbers instead of 10 so, I did some functions for validating the ISBN-10 and EAN (works for ISBN-13) with PHP, maybe it’s useful for someone.

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Bulletproof AJAX

Yesterday I bought this very good book about AJAX called “Bulletproof AJAX”.

Bulletproof AJAX - Front CoverBulletproof AJAX - Back Cover

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The New 7 Wonders of the World

Today, the New Seven Wonders of the World will be elected, in Lisbon.

The New Seven Wonders of the World is a proposed revision of the Seven Wonders of the World, organized by a Swiss corporation called New Open World Corporation (NOWC). The selection is being made by free and paid votes, through telephone or online. The first vote is free to registered members and additional votes may be purchased through a payment to NOWC.

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Live Free or Die Hard

Yesterday, after taking a ride in the roller coaster of the Colombo mall (in Lisbon), I went to the cinema to watch “Live Free or Die Hard”.

Live Free or Die Hard

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Math “Magic” Trick

My sister just showed me this little math trick, it’s fun - try it out with your friends and share your experience here.

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I’m back from Lisbon!

Hello there, I’m finally home! I’m kinda tired from the train trip but hopefully my bed will give me my deserved rest tonight…

The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Band Concert at Alvalade (Lisbon)

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Get Rich - The Illegal Way

This is a guide in how one could easily get dirty money - and probably caught by the cops - exploiting security vulnerabilities in e-banking systems.

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Euro banknote validation with PHP

Euro Notes

Have you ever come across a fake Euro banknote? Well, most of us probably have (at least those of us who live in the European Union, like me) - more than 300 thousand Euro banknotes are falsified every year.

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The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Band

The Rolling Stones Poster

In 3 days (June 25th) The Rolling Stones will be performing a concert (part of the A Bigger Band album tour) in Portugal, at Estádio de Alvalade, this is probably the last time that this Rock ‘n’ Roll legends will come to Portugal (since they are getting quite old).

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ZoneAlarm Firewall Sucks

With my 12Mbps Internet connection I was only being able to download with speeds of 550 - 600 KBps (that’s about 4.8Mpbs), I called my ISP and they said that everything was fine and that my signal was about 12.6Mbps, they also said that the low download speed should be caused by some spyware or malware I had on my computer…

Read on to find the solution (if this also works for you please go on and comment).

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