dsamojlenko
dsamojlenko
@dsamojlenko@dave.samojlenko.com

I am a web developer at Canadian Digital Service, living in Ottawa. I write code with PHP, Laravel, Javascript, and Python, among other languages and frameworks.

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  • Unfortunate Shadows

    Unintentional Porn makes appearance on Algonquin College website 

  • 43 Folders: Five Mistakes Band & Label Sites Make

    Nail. Head. Hit it. 43 Folders tells us about the Five Mistakes Band and Label Sites Make. These rules certainly apply elsewhere on the web as well – hey flash developers: Guess what, people really do want to Deep Link. Just in general? Don’t let your web designer build a portfolio piece on the back…

  • SPAM Poetry

    Spammers are trying all kinds of techniques to get through SPAM filters these days. From putting spaces between letters of the words (get some v i a g a r a!) to deliberate misspellings (l0west prices on M3DS) to what I like to call SPAM Poetry. This lovely poem appeared at the bottom of an…

  • The Tech-Support Generation

    Next week, millions of college students and young professionals will head home for the Thanksgiving holidays. We’ll sit with our families in warm, candle-lit dining rooms eating stuffed turkey, reminiscing over old photographs, preparing holiday shopping lists and … Please. Let’s be frank. We are going home to fix our parents’ computers.

  • My smart new router

    I bought a new router with all kinds of neat firewall features. I had some trouble getting it all setup and getting good download speeds with bittorrent. Somewhere along the way I turned on a feature where the router would email me when it’s under attack. I thought that would be cool. Turns out that…

  • Spam spam spam spam

    Ever wonder why you get so much Spam? Because it works: As one of the world’s most prolific spammers, Jeremy Jaynes pumped out at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines, the kind of internet capacity a 1,000-employee company would need. Jaynes’ business was remarkably lucrative; prosecutors say he…

  • Sexy Japanese McDonalds?

    what the hell?! Why do the Japanese get all the fun sexy weird McDonald’s commercials?

  • Fanboy Alert!

    Saw the Beastie Boys on Wednesday night – what an amazing show. I’ve been listening to these guys for nearly 20 years hoping for a chance to someday see them perform live. Living in Ottawa has its downsides, not the least of which being in a smallish town, most big acts tend to pass us…

  • Sleeping Japanese Business Men

    “I want to tell you how much Japanese business man is tired.” Actual pictures of over-tired Japanese business men passing out just about anywhere…

  • Angel or Devil?

    Brad Anderson, CEO of Best Buy doesn’t want you shopping in his stores if you’re one of the 20% of his customers he refers to as “devils” Best Buy’s angels are customers who boost profits at the consumer-electronics giant by snapping up high-definition televisions, portable electronics, and newly released DVDs without waiting for markdowns or…