ruscoe.org is the personal website of Dan Ruscoe, a PHP developer in Los Angeles, California.
Back in 2008, my wife and I had an idea to create an online business directory that would be different to anything else on the market at the time.
Where other services include an address, phone number, map and possibly a few customer reviews, ours would function as a mini-website that could be tailored to any business type.
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These are a few tweaks I normally make after setting up a Linux desktop. Continue reading...
A Nabaztag is a plastic rabbit that connects to your WiFi and reads out news stories and emails. It can also display weather information by lighting up and it moves its ears around from time to time. It comes with an API that's fun to tinker with.
Just for fun I've written a small PHP class to allow PHP applications to interface with the Nabaztag API.
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Inspired by an article on how to reduce typing-induced RSI in my hands, I switched keyboard layouts to the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. Designed to be more comfortable than the common QWERTY layout, the Dvorak layout encourages alternating hands when typing words and reduces the distance fingers have to travel.
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Ambiance is a great little app that plays ambient sounds.
Ambient sounds include wildlife, environmental, human and mechanical sounds. Just a few examples are birds, frogs, wind, rain, river, jungle, city, subway, the sound of typing on a keyboard, machine and fan sounds.
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Cro-Mag Rally is a racing game you play as a caveman. There are ten themed vehicles to choose from including the Mammoth Mobile, built from a pair of tusks and the Geode Cruiser, which is half a geode on wheels. Not all vehicles are caveman-themed, you also have the option of driving a Trojan horse, a catapult and an old military-style chariot.
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