I'm Dan Previte, a web developer and a geek in general living in Chicago and working for Caxy Inc.

Archive for the 'Useful Junk' Category

Stupid Harware Problems

Friday, April 18th, 2008

If iTunes gives you the error “An iPod has been detected, but it could not be identified properly” when you plug in your iPhone, try this before spending an hour and a half on the phone with Apple.
Unplug everything that’s plugged into your computer’s USB ports. Especially look for mass storage devices. External hard drives, [...]

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Using Subversion for Web Development

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Hopefully by now you know what Subversion, aka SVN is. It’s a version control system that keeps track of changes made to files like source code and documentation. It’s similar to CVS, but with some major advantages. We’ve been using it at work for awhile, and I really like it. Changes don’t get lost, we [...]

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Stop Spam. Read Books.

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Here’s a fun lil’ trick. Ever need to implement a CAPTCHA on a website? Why make your own when you can be lazy and use someone else’s and be helpful at the same time?
About 60 million CAPTCHAs are solved by humans around the world every day. In each case, roughly ten seconds of human time [...]

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