Alexa

Alexa has some useful information about sites. My site's ranking compared to other sites can be useful for research. Alexa for http://randomthoughts.club/

Who Is Random Thoughts?

Domain Tools has some interesting information about sites. whois randomthoughts.club I got 3,100 unique visitors to my site last month. I didn't know I got that many visitors. Is this information accurate?

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts: "what makes money so important?"

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Cities I've Visited

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• Create your own travel map or travel blog
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McCain or Obama?

I am voting for John McCain!

My perception on the two candidates are this:

1) Obama wants to take money from people that work hard for it and
give it to people that hardly do any work at all

2) McCain wants to reward the hard workers by letting them keep what
they earn and not take the hard workers money and give it to the
people that hardly work at all

Do you agree?

Migrating Drupal to New Server

Recently, I migrated Drupal 6.x to a new server. The front page still worked, but all the links were broken. They were all still pointing to the correct place, but for some strange reason, they were not found. The URL stayed the same. I simply updated the DNS to point to the IP address of my new server. This is a major issue. I migrated many sites to this new server and there have been several problems. On a site where I used SOAP, I had to install the SOAP module where as it was already installed on my other server. All my sites used to be on a dedicated server from http://www.joyent.com/, but now they are hosted on my Mac OS X beast. The $125 a month dedicated server did not come close in processing and disc quota to my 240 GB hard drive, core duo, G5 with version 10.5 of OS X. It was kind of a pain setting up MySQL because of all the out of date, incorrect tutorials online. The tutorial that got MySQL working, was the simple install instructions at the MySQL website.

Model for Random Thoughts Web Site

Refactor site:

-          *Make befriend functionality

-          *Fix up user profiles

-          *User’s name and link to profile should be next to each random thought

-          *Add categories

-          *Add tags

o       Use the keyword generator from webdesignerbostonma.com/

o       Make field for new posts and comments

-          *Add a “Recently Commented” and “Recently Added” link

-          *Google Analytics

-          *Allow comments on the search page for a “tag”

-          *Add a “BlogThese” to browse page, search page, shop page, learn page, ete…

-          *Make a mobile browser interface

o       Submit it places to raise page rank

o       Doubles the number of pages

o       Make sure Meta is set correctly

-          *Use Theme chooser from Binding Designs, LLC

-          *Allow users to create their own version of the MicroBlogger/social network such as Ning.

o       Fill in all the fields

-          *User Signatures

-          *Fix up shopping for keywords

-          *Words should have box show on hover with link to:

o       “people interested in …” use keyword generator with all of that users posts to make the matches

o       “random thoughts on …”

o       “shop for …”

o       “search for …”

-          *Enable links only by users linking back to the site.

o       Verify site by making call and checking for link

o       Do not allow rel=”nofollow”

o       Link to the page that links back

-          *Clean-up GUI

-          *Fix XSS scripting: http://randomthoughts.club/page.php?lim=8293 or whatever is making that mess.

-          *Make a box/border around the displayed random thought.

o       Make a message about rolling over each of the words

-          *Create networks

-          *Make a bookmark for each page that will allow the users to bookmark any page on the site…or even other sites

-          Make a blog, wiki, forum and merge them into the existing site

o       Blog – allow users to make posts

o       Forum – allow users to discuss about certain related topics

o       Wiki – discuss how to make user’s own version of the random thoughts website

o       Allow users to put ads on their version of the website

§         Allow users to put ads on their posts

-          Create an interface and outsource the implementation of the interface to offshores.

o       Safety, never send out the existing code. Just get an object with it all implemented.

-          Make global config/html/settings page for PHP

-          Get an open-source dictionary of words to search/shop/learn more about

-          Make a voting system to allow users to mark as good or bad and then view another one…continuing this process…

o       Make these searchable by good thoughts and remove the bad thoughts/spam

-          Make e-mail script to able mailings to all users

-          Make an admin interface for the users creating a website

-          Make classes or maybe at least a class…what is the point though?

-          Prevent bots from filling in fields/scanning entire site/rapidly creating posts: after 5 posts from the same IP or Session, then show a captcha. Repeat this process.

-          Allow some HTML elements: BR, A, I, B, U, IMG – use “rel=nofollow”

-          Get open-source form for filling out posts/comments with GUI

-          Make Posts/Comments editable/deletable

-          AJAX Posts/Comments

-          Fix /index.php and /gadgets/page.php to better fit user experience

-          Direct user’s towards commenting or adding a new random thought equally rather than having “Add Random Thought” form on home page

-          Filter Random Thoughts by users/anonymous/date/etc…

-          Rate this Random Thought: (*****) AJAX style!

-          Embed: embed a Youtube video, Map, other open-source content into a Random Thought. Have link to directions to get a Map, Youtube video, etc…

-          JavaScript hover box for links to random thoughts from browse page

-          Use prototype for AJAX calls. Use Scriptaculous Library to fade in Random Thoughts and fade away old ones and fade in new ones when New Thought is clicked. This could make AJAX calls to the server.

-          Add rating with AJAX libraries…use stars or images.

-          Blacklist bots.

-          Use keyword script to generate keywords mapping to a Random Thought page for AdWords.

-          Use the term MicroBlog

-          Make a “Similar/Related” link for other related entries.

o       “You may also like…”

-          Fix the overall flow/user interaction

-          Make a website builder out of it to customize the theme, title, field names, etc…

-          Make posts browsable by length of post: small(<100>100,<1000>1000 chacacters).

-          Allow users to save product searches

-          Allow users to send an item to a friend

-          Incorporate the login feature into OpenID, Facebook Connect, Yahoo!, etc…

-          Make a very detailed, concise FAQ

-          Add a more options to the post to add other things like YouTube, GoogleMaps, Images, etc…

PHP and MySQL with Apache on Mac OS X

The process of installing the *AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Mac OS X is basically like the typical install of LAMP.

First, to start the web server, go to system preferences, turn sharing on, and check the Web Server check box. This enables the /Library/WebServer directory to be open on the web. The web address will be displayed within the system preferences pane for the sharing. The /Library/WebServer/Documents folder will now host the files for your web server. An HTML file can be held here.

To add PHP, go to the http.conf file and uncomment the LoadModule directive for PHP. A default install of PHP is already installed on Mac OS X. Restart Apache and now a PHP file can be place in the /Library/WebServer/Documents folder and it will process as usual.

To add MySQL, the MySQL package for Mac OS X must be downloaded from MySQL for Mac OS X

website. It is necessary to make some configurations for your system to run MySQL. The configuration of MySQL on Mac OS X can be accomplished by following the directions on that website.

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts: "if the universe keeps on going were does it keep on going to? whats after it? it keeps on going till infinity but whats after that? i dont like the big black hole thought!"

It keeps on going on forever! It goes beyond time. It goes beyond our imagination. It even goes beyond our Random Thoughts!

Random Thoughts on Squidoo

Random Thoughts is a web page or "Lens" that I built on Squidoo. Squidoo is a very simple web page builder. It utilizes the OpenSocial platform so Gadgets can be added to the web pages on that site. I built the Random Thoughts web page there in minutes.

Processing in the Human Mind

Humans load thoughts into their thinking part of their brain when they want to use them. When they are not in use, they get stored to the storage part of the brain. It would be impossible to think about everything that one knows at the same time. The memory part of the brain is not as large as the storage part of the brain. While thinking new thoughts, the brain processes these thoughts and stores an abstraction of what is being thought of. The processing part of the brain reduces all of the new thoughts and stores the essential pieces of it to the storage part of the brain for later use. Over time, the processing part of the brain removes or further abstracts unused thoughts that are stored. Over time, a thought is more and more abstract. A thought from yesterday where every piece of the thought is stored in memory decays over time. A thought from a year ago, has far less pieces stored.

When storing vision, every image that is ever seen could not possibly be stored. It is just far too much information to store. Images that are deemed important are stored in the storage part of the brain. An image that is seen very frequently is going to be deemed more important. If closing ones eyes and thinking of an image that was seen in the past, the image will be loaded into memory. It will be much more abstract than actually looking at the image because of size constraints.

Thoughts that are not currently being used are sometimes brought into memory. This bogs down the processing part of the brain because the brain can only process a limited amount of information at one time. To concentrate, the brain must not load any unused thoughts out of the storage part of the brain and into the memory part of the brain. Storage is, of course, referred to as long-term memory. Memory is referred to as short-term memory.

The brain is very similar to how a computer functions. And, a computer is very similar to how a brain functions. Computers were designed based on the constructs of the brain.

Random Thoughts Gadget

Here is an Random Thoughts Gadget implementation of the Random Thoughts web application as a Google Gadget embedded into a web page.

Clarification of Encapsulation in PHP - OOP

PHP Developer - Boston, MA | Object Oriented Programming

Here is a demonstration of what is happening to an object member while changing it. This should help you clarify how PHP handles pointers:

class A {
public $val;

public function __construct( $val ) {
$this->val = $val;
}
}

class B {
public $val;

public function __construct( $val ) {
$this->val = $val;
}
}

$a = new A(5);

echo $a->val; // 5

echo "
";

$b = $a;

$b->val = 10;

echo $a->val; // 10

$c = clone( $a );

$c->val = 15;

echo "
";

echo $c->val; // 15

echo "
";

echo $a->val; // 15

echo "
";

$z = 1;

echo ++$z * $z++ + $z; // 7

echo "
";

echo $z; // 3

echo "
";

$m = 0;
do {
echo $m;
} while ( ++$m < 10 );

Google AdWords Keyword Generation

It is possible to generate keywords for AdWords on the fly. There is a sample keyword generation tool for adwords that can generate a list of keywords. This could be extended to list the keywords and map them to certain pages. It could make a list of keywords for example, that would send to a certain link which performs a search query to better direct the user to the correct page. This would better than doing it by hand because it could be done with a large number of keywords. AdWords limits the number of keywords per ad campaign, but many ad campaigns can be created with each type of ad that links to a certain location on the fly. With the script, it could be possible to generate 10,000 keywords with ease. The script is free to use.

Web Designer in the Boston, MA Area

Web Designer - Boston, MA is a great little website that offers simple and easy solutions. The most profound aspect of that website is the keyword tool. It can be used to generate keywords from any source of text. The offer of setting up a CMS (Content Management System) for $99 is a bargain. Drupal, Joomla!, WordPress, MediaWiki, phpBB are only some of the platforms that are offered.

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts: "Why do people tell me I'm emo? I don't wear emo clothes, don't listen to emo music, don't cut myself. I'm CLNICALLY DEPESSED"

--Wow! This is quite a discussion! The Random Thoughts application has quite some discussions on there. This is very interesting. Even EMO's can now publish their thoughts and beliefs to the rest of the world!

Keyword Tool

Here is a great Keyword Tool that takes any text input and generates a list of keywords. Common words and duplicates are stripped from the input and the output is in a comma-delimited format. This can be used to generate relevant keywords for Google AdWords or search engine optimization. It is simple, free, and easy to use. This is very convenient.

Random Thoughts

My Collection of Random Thoughts

There are 20701 random thoughts and 11623 comments on them!

Thoughts 1 to 209
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Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts: "[A]s evolved human beings why are we still obsess[ed] with other people's random thoughts[?]"

It is a form of communication. People can publish their own thoughts and get that feeling that they are being heard. Also, people are curious to read about what others' are thinking about. I think we will be "obsessed" even more in the future with random thoughts. It is part of evolution. The human race will evolve into a race that communicates at unprecedented levels!

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts - Refactor

Some Ideas I have for re-factoring my website Random Thoughts

Refactor site:
- Make befriend functionality
- Clean-up GUI: make page less narrow
- Prevent bots from filling in fields/scanning entire site/rapidly creating posts: after 5 posts from the same IP or Session, then show a captcha. Repeat this process.
- Allow some HTML elements: BR, A, I, B, U, IMG – use “rel=nofollow”
- Get open-source form for filling out posts/comments with GUI
- Ask users to log-in, sign up for an account, or at least subscribe to comments while posting/commenting
- Make Posts/Comments editable/deletable
- AJAX Posts/Comments
- User profiles
- User’s name and link to profile should be next to each random thought
- Fix /index.php and /gadgets/page.php to better fit user experience
- Direct user’s towards commenting or adding a new random thought equally rather than having “Add Random Thought” form on home page
- Filter Random Thoughts by users/anonymous/date/etc…
- Add date field to Random Thoughts
o Fill up NULL values with dates from beginning of year to post with first recorded date
- Make each words from random thoughts a link to a search for that word. Do not change the appearance of the link versus it being plain text.
o Only make it searchable if it appears more than twice: it will be a tag once the term is posted more then twice.
- Rate this Random Thought: (*****) AJAX style!
- Embed: embed a Youtube video, Map, other open-source content into a Random Thought. Have link to directions to get a Map, Youtube video, etc…
- Fix XSS scripting: http://randomthoughts.club/page.php?lim=8293
- JavaScript hover box for links to random thoughts from browse page
- Use prototype for AJAX calls. Use Scriptaculous Library to fade in Random Thoughts and fade away old ones and fade in new ones when New Thought is clicked. This could make AJAX calls to the server.
- Add categories
- Add tags
- Add rating with AJAX libraries…use stars or images.
- Blacklist bots.
- Add a “Recently Commented” and “Recently Added” link
- Google Analytics
o first implement AJAX to refresh thoughts and place Post/Comment to new pages
- Allow comments on the search page for a “tag”

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts now has several new features added.

Random Thoughts - Search

The website is more interactive for the user because users can now target words they are interested in. I did this by making all the words from each most turn into a hyperlink that searches for other posts with that word in it.

Random Thoughts - Add Applications

The pesky links that went to Facebook, MySpace, etc... were removed from the main navigation. This really hurt the user experience. They are all now on a separate page called "Add Application".

The users now go through a different flow while going to the site. A user can still post without having to register, login, or even submit their e-mail, but it is easier for them to submit their e-mail while posting. This will allow users to be notified of follow up comments on that post. It also invites the user to register.

This website needs some remodeling on the user interface. It is too narrow and simple.

Random Thoughts from Reno: McCain Appearance

Random Thoughts from Reno: McCain Appearance - I am really hoping that John McCain wins the presidential election. If Obama wins, I think we are going to end up losing not only the war in Iraq, but other wars as well. It would give rogue nations a chance to attack America. Obama is just plainly to weak and inexperienced to be an American president. John McCain would be a great president and would preserve the security of our country. Our country would win any wars we are already in and win any wars that could arise in the next four years. I say: "Vote John McCain!"

Random Thoughts: Skepticism

Random Thoughts: Skepticism - to all of those believers that think we are going to run off of water instead of fuel, you just may be right... I think the only way we are going to extract energy from water is by letting it boil in the sun and catch the energy from it expanding into a gas. We will not be filling up our SUV's with a hose anytime soon! Our iPhones are not going to run on water anytime soon either!

Random Thoughts: A beautiful day !

Random Thoughts: A beautiful day ! I love it when I wake up in the morning and it is raining and foggy out, so I just go right back to sleep! Then after sleeping for a while, I wake up and it is beautiful and sunny out! I see where you are coming from!