February 2005

Thinking of forming a business venture with a partner? Here are some key questions to answer BEFORE you get going: 1. How much money will each contribute? (Hint: Both should contribute equally. Avoid... Read More
Google Maps launched a couple of weeks ago, and is another dramatic victory for dynamic web applications. If you haven’t seen it yet, go check it out (IE/Windows or Firefox/Mozilla only at the... Read More
Staying on my current security theme, O’Reilly has published a second edition of Linux Server Security by Michael D. Bauer. The book, targeted toward those managing Internet-connected systems,... Read More
BB code is a simple set of instructions that provide rules as to how a piece of text should be formatted. In this hands-on tutorial, Stoyan explains the basics that every developer should know about... Read More
 
Here’s something to start your week off feeling grumpy and unfulfilled for not having one. Forget those common daydreams involving garden-variety 21″ LCD monitors — it’s time... Read More
My recent post on benchmarking Linux system security generated a question about my procedures for maintaining Linux system health. Aside from some specific procedures based on special needs of some... Read More
Search engine marketing can be a very complicated business, folks. You can oversimplify it all you like… or you can make it a lot more complex than it needs to be. Either way, it all begins... Read More
This is Thomas Rutter, currently filling in for our regular PHP blogger Harry Fuecks. While Harry GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_C"); GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_D");Read More
 
Apple has joined the Center for Internet Security (see last post) in providing serious benchmark tools for OS X system security. The Common Criteria Tools are recognized globally in fourteen... Read More
Have you been thinking about starting an Open Source Software (OSS) project? Do you already contribute to one? If so, JetBrains is willing to part with a free license to their top notch Java IDE,... Read More
If you haven’t already, take a free tutorial on http://www.Clicktracks.com/ about their product. I was very impressed with their simple but powerful product. As web designers/developers most of... Read More
I am a little bit chapped today. Chapped, as in something has “chapped my hide,” cheesed me off, and generally irritated me. Okay, maybe a couple things. (There is a point to this, and a... Read More
The contractor is *not* always to blame for project failure, despite what the project manager may say. Georgina looks at why the contractor is the perfect scapegoat - and what they can do to protect... Read More
I think web page semantics are a relatively flat discussion topic. What can you say? If you believe that giving your pages meaningful structure is valuable, you do just it. Markup is something you do... Read More