Owen Mundy

PHP: Timestamp validator and converter

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

<?php
/*
* Timestamp validator and converter
* {cc} Owen Mundy ~ owenmundy.com
*
*/
function convert_date($string)
{
// make sure it is a string with a number && > 1992-05-07 && < 2033-05-18
if ( ctype_digit($string) && $string >= 800000000 && $string <= 1999999999 )
{
// if so convert it to a human-readable date
$d = date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, $string);
return $d;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
print convert_date("1613199869");
?>

Thanks

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“Give Me My Data Helps Refill Blanked Facebook Profiles” – ReadWriteWeb

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Give Me My Data Helps Refill Blanked Facebook Profiles
by Curt Hopkins, ReadWriteWeb, May 2, 2010

Tags: code, data, facebook, give me my data, PHP, press, privacy
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“Facebook App Brings Back Data by Riva Richmond” – The New York Times

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Facebook App Brings Back Data by Riva Richmond, New York Times, May 1, 2010

“The app is “making hackers out of regular users,” says the developer, Owen Mundy, an assistant professor in Florida State University’s art department. And it’s giving them a way to exercise ownership rights over their data. (After all, Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities says users “own all of the content and information” they have posted on Facebook.)”

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Give Me My Data public alpha launch

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Today I launched the public alpha version of my Facebook application Give Me My Data for testing and feedback. This app helps you reclaim and reuse your Facebook data.

Feel free to test it and let me know what you think!

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HZ Net Gallery #13

Monday, December 21st, 2009

hz logo Keyword Intervention has been included in the recent HZ Net Gallery update. Also included were: Alysse Stepanian, Rudi Punzo, Aaron Oldenburg, Aaron M. Higgens, Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum.