Archive: 2011.

Anonymize Your cURL Requests Using Tor.

Note: This post assumes that you already have Tor installed and configured on your server. If not, visit the Tor Project Homepage for instructions on how to set it up. I love writing web crawlers and data aggregators in PHP. They say knowledge is power, and I find it exciting...

Custom CodeIgniter Model Class.

For the past year, I have been an adamant CodeIgniter developer. The one thing that I have found lacking, however, is CodeIgniter’s model class. I am a big fan of the simplicity of CakePHP’s ORM structure, and wrote this model class to (slightly) mimic it. Some of the functionality in...

How to Compile Envy MUD.

I have always been fascinated with MUDs, also known as Multi-User Dungeons. They are the World of Warcraft before there was a world to craft war in. It’s an interesting mesh between computers and Dungeons and Dragons. Imagination is an important factor, and from my experience, they are a great...