November 13, 2014

Slim Framework on Google App Engine

Today I launched my first production app on Google App Engine (GAE). I ran into a few headaches along the way, but thanks to the local dev tools, it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. The...

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September 11, 2014

Downloading files from Google Cloud Storage using the PHP API

Downloading files was something else I was barely able to piece together. I found an outdated version, but the SDK had changed enough that it wasn't operable. If you're doing this in a class or...

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September 10, 2014

Google Cloud Storage PHP Client on a server

This example uses, PHP 5.4+ syntax. I used composer for loading up the client. Access the Google Developers Console and go to the APIs & Auth > Credentials page. Click Create new Client ID and...

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July 5, 2011

Things that irritate me on Google+

Profile shortnames didn't migrate. So instead of https://plus.google.com/skeemer, I'm stuck with https://plus.google.com/112254540878221541727. Yes, there are work arounds and you can use DNS...

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