This is supposed to be my development blog, and I realized that I haven’t written about what I’m working on in a while. So here’s my various development goings-on. Projects Galore I have a bunch of interesting projects on my plate these days. When it rains, it pours. It’s keeping me busy and thrown a […]
I will be attending this event this Thursday, now that I found a local place hosting it. Dave Ramsey is a financial writer and radio show host, and he’s very inspirational and has a common sense approach. Check it out. www.townhallforhope.com
(This article contains several updates the the bottom, and a recent note about what I’m now using years later.) I’ve reached the point, like so many developers do, where I need to start using bug tracking software to track issues with my various projects. In addition to this I’m looking for basic project management software […]
I’m betting that most non-financial minded Canadians are still not aware of a great new option that the Canadian government has now made available to Canadians. The Tax Free Savings Account or TFSA is something that every Canadian 18 and older should open, the sooner the better. The TFSA, similar to the American ROTH, allows […]
Sourceforge project administrators who are not familiar with Unix processes may find it a big confusing to figure out how to upload files to their project website space. A Google search reveals a couple of tutorials which are now out of date and incorrect, and the actual documentation on the Sourceforge website is not particularly […]
The first half of 2008 has brought a few changes that have affected my monthly budget and finances, so now is a good time to do some housekeeping and make some adjustments. Three different expenses have gone up for me this year and the most obvious one is gas prices. My monthly gas costs have […]
I’ve been working on searching out sources of free for any use, royalty free (personal or commercial) icon sets that are of high quality and professional looking. I use these in my web-development projects. I’ve had such a hard time finding sets that are free for commercial use. But, after several weeks of searching I’ve […]
While companies are spending billions of advertising dollars to convince you that their brand is cool, trustworthy, and reliable… behind consumers’ backs they are also paying their engineers to create products that will break down sooner than necessary. That’s so you’ll buy another one, and if they’ve caught you with their advertising, you’ll buy it […]
The online security community is alerting consumers to the fact that joining the Sears My SHC Community program results in spyware being installed onto your computer which tracks all of your internet activity- including logins to bank accounts and other personal data and sends it to a third party (not Sears). This is completely unacceptable […]
A common problem new developers encounter is when they have an area of their website made private, how do they prevent non-logged-in users from going straight to a non-php file like a word document? There are solutions involving htaccess files but these typically can’t easily be integrated with your PHP user management system. The quick […]