Mar 112007
 

PHP has seven datatypes: string, integer, float, boolean, array, object, and resource. I was looking for a simple word whose letters worked out to be the first letter of each of those seven types. So in bash:

$ for w in permute "sifbaor"; do grep $w /usr/share/dict/words; done

This was the output:

fibrosarcoma myxofibrosarcoma boarfish

Hmmm, no exact match, but boarfish ain’t bad:

b = boolean o = object a = array r = resource f = float i = integer s = string h = .... well, just forget about h

Mar 112007
 

My son shipped off to Iraq yesterday. He is part of the 3′rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, GA. This is his first tour of duty.

I just got an email from him. They just arrived in Kuwait. He expects to be there for a week or two before they transfer to a new Forward Operating Base (FOB) somewhere south-west of Baghdad.

Right now the only means of contact I have with him is the occasional email. If you want to be able to send him a message please let me know and I’ll give you his email address.