I figured out why the T-Mobile Home Internet router has SMS in its web interface: I had to retrieve an auth code through it to set up my web account.
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I’ve got home internet again
After three and a half years tethering for my home internet, I’ve given in and switched to “real” home internet: T-mobile Home Internet. Yes, it is cellular just like tethering, but it should allow for a lot more monthly transfer and may have bigger and better antennas and different handling at the tower. I finally gave in because the cost made sense and I feel it will give me more freedom and ease of doing things that require data.
Continue reading post "I’ve got home internet again"HTML + CSS toggle switch
I had to make a toggle switch widget for work recently. I had not done one before, having used built in or custom check-boxes for that purpose. My boss thought the switch would better fit a simple “form” that turns off and on a single setting though, so I made one.
Continue reading post "HTML + CSS toggle switch"Simple MySQL backup script
I made a simple bash backup script for the newer MySQL database servers at Cogneato.
PHP: Escaping email display name
I recently had the need to take a name from a form submission and use it as the display name of the “From” address of an email sent through PHP’s mail() function. For an address like Toby Example <t@example.com>, the display name is the Toby Example part.
reCaptcha solved by bots?
Some presumed bots figured out the reCaptcha (version 2) we protect forms with at Cogneato.
Continue reading post "reCaptcha solved by bots?"DreamCompute downtime incident 2020
There was another DreamCompute incident leading to downtime of my site / server.
Continue reading post "DreamCompute downtime incident 2020"I’ve upgraded my Firefox Android install to the new version running GeckoView.
Continue reading post "#3014"I’ve just learned that, with the MySQL command line client, one can run \s or status; and get a nice readout of status information.
Javascript: Submit form with overridden submit method
I come across the situation occasionally where I am trying to submit a form programmatically with javascript, but it happens to contain a field with an id or name attribute of submit.