David Chiu

If Disaster Strikes, My Data Will Live On In My ioSafe Time Machine

This 1.5TB ioSafe drive is fire-resistant to 1550 degrees, can be submerged in 10ft of water for 3 days, includes data recovery service, can be bolted to the floor, runs quietly and has cool lights on the front plate. One ... more

Photoshop CS4 – Export Layers to Files

I had a PSD with 25 layers, each layer was a different photo. I knew there had to be a quick and easy way to save out all the layers as JPGs – this is how: (Go to File->Scripts->Export Layers to ... more

Getting phpMyAdmin to work with MemCached

I just spent a few hours trying to figure out why phpMyAdmin was throwing this error: phpMyAdmin – Error Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly. I eventually ... more

Load Testing From the Cloud

Load testing is essential when building enterprise-grade websites or web-apps and I’ve used Load Runner for projects in the past. The only problem is that Load Runner costs $20k+ to use. Today I discovered SOASTA which bills itself as “affordable”. ... more

Wibiya – A Social Toolbar for Your Blog

I usually hate toolbars. They take up precious real-estate in the browser window, create a visual distraction and provide little benefit. But then recently I encountered Wibiya. I don’t remember what website I was on, but I noticed a toolbar ... more

Sort Categories by Most Recent Entries

I just completed a little bit of magic to sort Wordpress categories based on the most recent entry in each category, and I thought I’d share: function get_cat_order($categories) { foreach($categories as $category) { ... more

Deposit Checks With Your iPhone

via NY Times: “USAA, a privately held bank and insurance company, plans to update its iPhone application this week to introduce the check deposit feature, which requires a customer to photograph both sides of the check with the phone’s camera. “We’re essentially ... more

Wordpress, .htaccess and SEO magic for switching domains

I recently moved my entire Wordpress site from http://davidchiu.net to http://davidchiu.com. I would have started with DavidChiu.com, but to my surprise another David Chiu had purchased the domain in the mid-90s (up until then, I had this naive notion that ... more

Kickstarter.com

“Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers…” From the Kickstarter FAQ: What is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a new way to fund ideas and endeavors. We believe that… A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide. A large group ... more