I decided that I would try to start and complete PycoBlogs this Summer. Right now I'm stuck on a somewhat boring part though, so progress is slow.
Before I start writing the actual system I needed to fix up some stuff on the Pyco framework. So far I've switched the passwords away from md5 and stored them as binary data in order to save space. I also made a password handling function so that it wont be so hard to change password methods later. Now I'm working on setting up the e-mail verification system so that I can add password recovery. Whenever that's finished, I can start on PycoBlogs.As far as games go, I've probably bought a lot since I last blogged about them. The main thing is that I got the national dex in Pokemon Platinum and I got Super Mario Galaxy 2 which is awesome. Amazon gave me $20 for pre-ordering galaxy 2 so today I ordered Zelda: Spirit Tracks (only $18 today due to a sale) and Command & Conquer for the N64. I had to get C&C to reach the $25 minimum for free shipping =pSpeaking of amazon, it would be a lot better for buying used stuff if they actually had pictures of what you were buying and not just a general picture of the product. As somebody who cares about the quality of the case/disc/cartridge its tough to buy used stuff without a pic <_<So yeah, thats what I've been up to.
I need to get Super Mario Galaxy 2 someday.
I'm a complete noob on this subject but wouldn't storing the passwords as binary make it easy for hackers to get to them?
I'm only storing the hash of the password, so binary is the same data but half the size of hexadecimal ^_^
arg I need to finish organizing my closet so i can playz SMG2 again @___@
SMG2 ;_; still have to wait a week until it's on sale here in Europe…
Tell me if Galaxy 2 is any good. Got bored of the first, and I'm not sure if I want to spend money on the second.
Got bored with SMG1 halfway through so I played a few more levels with cheats. Then I got bored and stopped playing.
Well the switch away from md5 was to increase security and the switch to binary makes it so the data is binary length 20 instead of varchar length 40. The size difference should be pretty major once the user database fills up some more.