#!/usr/local/bin/perl -I/home/*/perl/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
use strict;
use DBI;
use MIME::Parser;
 
my $dbhost = 'localhost';
my $dblogin = '';
my $dbpass = '';
my $dbname = '';
 
# upload dir
my $out_dir = "/home/uploads";
 
# allowed filetypes
my %type_ok = (
   'image/jpeg' => 1,
   'image/gif' => 1,
   'image/bmp' => 1,
   'image/png' => 1
);
 
# init
	open STDOUT, '>/dev/null' or die "$!";
	open STDERR, '>/dev/null' or die "$!";
	my $parser = new MIME::Parser;
	$parser->output_dir($out_dir);
 
# read incoming message
	my $entity = $parser->read(\*STDIN);
	my $num_parts = $entity->parts;
 
# get userid from headers
	my $to = $entity->head->get('To');
#	open (FL, ">/home/1.html");print FL "$subject"; close FL;
 
# loop through attachments and move needed images to upload dir
	if ($num_parts > 0) {
		my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$dbname;host=$dbhost", $dblogin, $dbpass) || die $DBI::errstr;
		for (my $i = 0; $i < $num_parts; $i++) {
		        my $part = $entity->parts($i);
		        my $type = lc $part->mime_type;
		        my $bh = $part->bodyhandle;
			next unless $bh;
			my $filename = $bh->path;
			if ($type_ok{$type}) {
#				print "$filename - OK\n";
# generate new filename and move into upload dir
				my ($ext) = $filename=~/.+\.(.+)$/;
				($to) = $to=~/^(.*?)\@/;
				my $time = time;
				print "time: $time\n";
				my $uid = $time . int(rand(9999));
				print "uid: $uid\n";
				my $newf = "$to-$uid.$ext";
				print "newf: $newf\n";
# move from temp to uploads dir
				system ("mv $filename ${out_dir}/".$newf);
 
# insert into mysql
				my $result = $dbh->prepare("insert images (user, time, image_name) values (?, ?, ?)") or die "Couldn't prepare: $DBI::errstr";
				$result->execute($to, $time, $newf) or die "Couldn't execute: $DBI::errstr";
 
			} else {
# remove non-needed attachments
				my $status = system("rm $filename");
			}
		}
		system("cd $out_dir && rm *.txt *.html > /dev/null");
	}
 

I'm not dead, I've just been busy. If you make an additions to the above, feel free to share it or email me.

I've only had around 200 people use it thus far but it seems to be working nicely. It's rough and can use a lot more work, but that's up to you.
You need to setup an email address for mobile users to send their messages to (I suggest m@yourdomain.com for simplicity).

 
<?php
$mail=@imap_open("HOST","USERNAME","PASSWORD") or die("Can't connect: " . imap_last_error());
 
$mails=imap_num_msg($mail);
if($mails==0) { die('No new texts.'); } else {
	echo "There are $mails new texts";
	for($i=1;$i<=$mails;$i++) {
		$chead=imap_headerinfo($mail,$i);
		$mid=ltrim($chead->Msgno);
		/* Attempt to remove some of the garb headers and such that
		some providers and phones send with messages */
		$tweet = substr(imap_body($mail,$mid), 0, 144);
		list($tweet, $trash) = split('[=]', $tweet);
		list($tweet, $trash) = split('Sent from', $tweet);
 
		//Now that we have the message from the user's phone, send out a return message.
		$from1 = $chead->from; //1 due to the probability of having a $from var already defined in your script.
		foreach ($from1 as $id => $object) {
			$toaddress = $object->mailbox . "@" . $object->host;
		}
 
		//Send the text message
		echo "Message Received: $tweet  Send to $toaddress";
		mail("$toaddress", "Your message receipt!", "Your tweet has been received.");
		echo "
<hr />";
	}
}
 
imap_close($mail);
?>
 

The only hitch is that some phones don't allow users to input symbols, or sometimes even letteres, into the to box for a text message. There's a way around that, too (if your users only think to do it). They simply need to add your email address as a contact prior to creating the message. It's the matter of simply selecting a contact to send the message to, then.

Another way around this is to send the message to the provider's SMS email gateway (I don't know all, but AT&T's is 36245). Then, in the body of the message, type "m@yourdomain.com MESSAGE HERE". The provider will automatically strip the email address from the start of the txt and send the message, minus the email address at the beginning, to said email address.

It's the long way around and I'm sure there is a simpler solution. This is my solution and it works fine for what I need it to do.

This design won't be used. I liked where it was going, the client didn't. Figured I'd share it before I toss it.

Also, I'm working on something new for this blog. It needs to be used more and it needs a better look.

We called a guy we knew and he came with his dozer and here's the end result:

I thought catchin it on video would be something to have (afterall, how many people get to plan to watch their childhood home be destroyed? haha) I quickly grabbed a camera (the only one I could find right off) and sat it on the hood of the truck. I wasn't sure the limit on recording (it was a camera I hadn't used a lot before) so I had to keep checking to see if the card was full/cam was still recording/etc. The video is kinda shaky and the guys who were working were continually walking in front of the cam or standing in front of the cam -- no big deal, though.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here's the code in a nice .zip file. Very simple and rough, but it gets the job done nicely. Feel free to add to/modify.
http://kevinsmithdesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/KSDtwitter.zip

Click here to view the embedded video.

Two days after the flood and it was still much higher than usual

My side yard with one of my buildings pushed against the neighbor's house

Back(ish) yard

What remains of building #1 and misc trash

Building number #1 and backyard

Backyard/fence and ~3 feet of sand/mud

Backyard and uprooted tree

Backyard

Some flowers I had planted just a few days prior. Hadn't even moved them up front yet...

Backyard

Front porch. The water somehow managed to pull the carpet/rug up. It was glued pretty well.

My foot, front sidewalk.

Road in front of the house.

Backyard

Trash out for the National Guard to pick up

Floors are buckling, hooving.

The dryer vent o' mud lol

More pictures located here: http://hellokevin.com/flood.

Full screenshots:
http://hellokevin.com/files/upload/fb_profile.png
http://hellokevin.com/files/upload/fb_profile2.png

To change yours, scroll to the bottom of Facebook, click English (US) to bring up the language menu, and select "English (Pirate)"

Click here to view the embedded video.

"Cute, fuzzy...let's show it to a friend!"

At this moment, that video has just a dash over 8 million views. That's not really any news for a youtube video. Hell, Avril Lavigne's video for "Girlfriend" has over 118 million views (Most Popular YouTube Videos, Alltime).

Back to the kitten video -- I was in my own little world, staring and smiling at the playful lil kittens pouncing around when it hit me: "How many other slobs are blobbing in front of their computers doing the same exact thing?" So, I did some quick math.
8 million views for a video that is roughly 1.5 minutes.
That's 12,000,000 minutes of wasted time. That's 200,000 hours gone. 8,333 days of human life lost. That's 22.8 YEARS of life that can never be lived again. I'm only 21 years old, these cute little kittens, no more than a month or so old, have consumed more human life that I have lived.

Avril Lavgine's crappy video, at 3:48 in length and 118,768,725 views, has consumed a whopping 27,079,269,300 seconds; 451,321,155 minutes ; 7,522,019 hours ; 313,417 days; 858.67 YEARS of life. Someone *please* correct my math if I have made a mistake. This is just hard for me to believe. I had never really stopped to think about how much time is wasted.

LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/02/like-postsecret.html

New York Times:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/anonymous-confessions-go-online-with-secrettweet/

And it was on Fox News, too:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And I just returned from NYC. I didn't take as many pictures as I had planned -- too busy having fun and hanging out with people. I plan on going back sometime soon so maybe I'll get some more interesting "touristy" photos then. Here are a few photos of some museums and galleries that I visited (and a few random snapshots). If you were with me or hung out with me at night, I have some photos if you're interested...I'm not posting them online (don't want to embarrass anyone or myself LOL...good times, good times).

Today was the final critique in ceramics.  There are still two or three of my pieces that weren't fully cooled from firing so I won't be able to bring those home until Monday, probably.  I wasn't sure how to take photos of this stuff so I just threw up two pieces of mat board and dusted off my camera.  Results aren't too bad.

Overall, I'm very satisfied with how everything came out (excluding the three remaining pieces which I haven't seen since I glazed them a few days ago).  Working with clay is, by no means, as simple as it looks or sounds.  I took the class thinking it would be an easy way to fill a requirement...rude awakening LOL.  Click to enlarge.

Thanks Bill!

Via http://www.polyp.org.uk

Going home for the first time in a while this weekend.  Happy Birthday, Dad!

The Result:

I enjoyed it for the most part.  I plan on delving into Illustrator a bit more when I get time.

I also have quite a few pieces from my ceramics class that I recently fired.  I'll try to get some pictures of those when I can.

Oh yeah -- Woot for Obama.  His speech was very powerful -- it almost brough a tear to my eye bahaha.  I don't know if I was just feeling very wimpy last night or if his words were just that powerful.  I'm going to say it was a mixture.