September 2004
I used to be a good guy, starting work when a client tells me they will move forward — even if a first payment has not been received. No more. Now I only begin work when the client has paid me... Read More
It’s always amusing to read the remarks of those brought to the boil by PHP, the all-time classic being a toss up between this; PHP is a big ball of crud. The only reason it doesn’t... Read More
Program reusable code easily with the Standard PHP Library extension. As Harry explains, this promising functionality snuck into PHP 5 without fanfare, but bodes extremely well for the future of... Read More
Just stumbled across this article written by Vince Bonfanti (a BlueDragon employee). He talks a bit about the free server and about how you can leverage BlueDragon to “sell clients a solution... Read More
One of the plagues of a server getting hacked is not realizing there has been an intrusion. This can lead to savvy malicious intruders who leave hidden tools that can capture authentication data,... Read More
The Linear Light blending mode is a combination of Linear Burn and Linear Dodge — but similar to Vivid Light, the combination gives slightly different results. Let’s first look at the... Read More
I tend to work from home and office quite a lot, and transfer my IDE drive between the two places on a daily basis. My old 5.25″ IDE caddy was seriously in need of replacing due to damage and... Read More
Quick note that Brian Fitzpatrick, who coauthored the O’Reilly Press ‘Version Control with Subversion’ has written a piece at ONLamp.com with ten Subversion tips for CVS users. You... Read More
Need to run SQL Express within applications other than those supporting .NET? Well, I needed to get my database schema to Visio, yet none of the connectors would work. By default, Express... Read More
There’s a new Flash article released at Sitepoint entitled The Ones That Got Away: Image Loader and Random Link Apps in Flash, which covers a couple of development effects that didn’t... Read More
About two years ago you may remember we were in the throes of the SOAP revolution. “Web services everywhere!” was the cry and have to confess I’m one of those guilty of having gone... Read More
Load images using Flash components. Create a Random Link of the Day display for your site. Steve's step-by-step tutorials explain all you need to know to complete both projects quickly and easily --... Read More
Well the next version of ColdFusion codename Blackstone has gone into official beta testing. Tim Buntell revealed this fact earlier today and all ready people are buzzing about who made the cut and... Read More
Well, it appears as if Hurricane Ivan is now approaching my neck of the woods, after two previous hurricanes left us relatively unscathed (a down tree, a damaged screen, and some squished... Read More
