• Bash Script To Create Database and User

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    I find that during development, there are three database commands I typically execute for any project that uses a MySQL database. I typically need to do three things: create a database create a user grant database access to the user I created a simple bash script to run these commands, along with setting a few…

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  • Visions of London

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    This is a simple image generator to help Londoners share their Vision for London, Ontario. Create Vision Statement Features suggested vision statements as reported from council meeting custom vision statements various preset images of London use your own image publicly accessible url for vision statements using preset images ability to customize header and footer About…

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  • London Washrooms

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    If you’re downtown, it can be difficult to know where the closest public washroom is. If you’re out patronizing a business, they may have washroom facilities you can use. But if you’re out on a bicycle or on foot, it can be difficult to know what your options are. Fortunately, the City of London provides…

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  • Back To BASIC

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    Like many programmers who learned their craft during the 80s, I started with Microsoft’s BASIC programming language. I grew up with the Atari 800XL, and later moved to the Commodore 128D and 64. Back To BASIC is a project to port BASIC games entered in magazines and books over to modern platforms. Two excellent resources…

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  • Kim Don Krang

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    North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and United States President Donald Trump join forces to become Kim Don Krang. Krang? Krang was a character from the 1987 animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. Krang was an evil warlord from Dimension X. His appearance resembled a brain with little tentacles. Although he had an android body, he…

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  • BiWay R Us

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    Canadians were stunned to discover that a rogue BiWay store is operating in Toronto. This fabricated news image is in reference to a viral hoax that Dollar Tree is shutting down. BiWay was a Canadian discount department store that operated until the 1990s. The company was one of several operated by parent company Dylex. In…

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  • Washington Crossing For A DoubleDouble

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    American media has once again latched onto the latest series of tweets from President Donald Trump. Most of these tweets are actually retweets centred around a user calling himself Trumpism 5.0. While American media is consumed by the never-ending spats between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many Canadians noticed that a Canadian National Railway engine was…

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  • Shark Spotted In Downtown London Ontario

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    Residents of London were stunned today as intense flooding brought a shark downtown from the nearby Thames River. Residents are advised to stay clear of the King and Clarence intersection.  

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  • Sasquacentennial

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    Canada’s Sesquicentennial is here. I’m too young to have lived through the Centennial in 1967. I often get the impression that there was excitement and progress in general that year. In Montreal, Expo67 defined the culture of the time. In London, a whole bunch of silly buildings were erected. I tried to find a photo…

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  • Magical Banana Stickers

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    Snakeoil salesperson Gwyneth Paltrow made news again, this time for false claims that NASA designed magical stickers can solve every ailment. They are called Body Vibes and they remind me of Chiquita banana stickers. So I created a marketing website for bananas and banana stickers. Go Bananas

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