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Watch me throw the Brunswick C-System Ulti-Max

[bowlingball value=”9659″/]

Based on the [bowlingball value=”9120″/], I was expecting The [bowlingball value=”9659″/] to be a hooking monster. Brunswick was able to make the ulti-max even more angular. I think this was accomplished with a pearlized coverstock that helps the ball easily clear the heads, going longer before making its move towards the pocket.

The ulti-max has a great color combination that makes the bowling ball very appealing as it rolls down the lane.

Find some oil, keep your speed up, and let this bowling ball do all the work for you. Fantastic job Brunswick.

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PHP Excel/reader.php Date Format Error

I, like so many others have been confused by the Excel/reader.php problem with dates. I took the time today to patch it for myself. This works in my situations, but may not in yours. Make a backup before trying this.

You will see in the diff that for some reason the date being returned was off by a day, so I fixed by adding 86400.

Here is the patch:

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Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow?

I gave a presentation at Orlando PHP last night. I had a great time, and everyone there was fantastic.

I really want to improve my public speaking. I gave a very simple introduction of myself to a Google Checkout panel a few years ago and thought I was going to passout. I felt I did a horrendous job, and all I was doing was talking about myself and the company I work for.

Enough about that. Last night I was running late due to traffic on I-4 because of the rain. I got there and was very surprised to see one of the biggest turnouts we have ever had for Orlando PHP. I quickly setup my computer while David Rogers talked a little about GIT.

I sped through my slides a little bit. I really didn’t want to just sit there and read what was on them. I wanted to be personable, clear spoken, and desperately wanted to avoid filler noises (ah’s, umm’s, like’s and you know’s). Overall I am very happy with the way it turned out.

Had I gotten there early, I would have setup a tripod and camera to tape it. Because I was running late, I scrapped that.

People were asking me some great questions, and I hope I took enough time to answer to the best of my ability. Some things I deferred to other members of the group that had better answers. Thank you Ketema for stepping in where you could.

I have become very passionate about using Git & Git Flow for my development. It has truly made me a better developer, rather than just a hacker.

Thank you to Vincent Driessen for sharing his git workflow originally. I used it for a couple of weeks, but ultimately did not keep up with it. At some point he released the “git flow” tools that I used in my presentation. I became aware of these tools thanks to Jeff Kreeftmeijer who wrote a blog post titles “Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow?

I have some resources at the end of the slides that you can refer to.