September 16, 2010
The Production Server has Bad Code, and The Bad Code is Yours
I broke something today and I asked myself "What Would Rands Do?".Five minutes before knocking off there is obviously a problem. That sinking feeling struck as soon as the words drifted across the partition. "A problem? But there can't be, I don't code in...
August 11, 2010
Test your Apache Configuration
We have all done it before. Changed the vhosts configuration, left a spelling mistake and restarted the server only to have everything die. Then I spend too much time trying to find my error, which doesn't look like an error.So I don't forget, here...
May 14, 2010
in Articles, Open Source
Social Media and Short Attention… What was that again?
Here we are asking our kids to dedicate early life to school. To understand the world. To understand complex situations and interactions. While technology is getting simpler and interacting digitally is getting easier - the hardest lesson to learn is that digital does not...
May 7, 2010
in Articles, Open Source
Facilitating Technological Growth and Industrial Design
In where I continue my rant on Apple and their systems. This week focusing on the industrial design and lack of encouraging innovation.
... April 30, 2010
in Articles, Open Source
Just because your product uses Open Standards does not mean that it is an Open System
Usually I am not one to complain about software companies and their fights for supremacy in each others markets. But I do feel the need to write about my thoughts on Apple, their decisions and modus operandi. Especially on the lack of flash support...
April 20, 2010
GitHub Ignore standard symfony files/folders
I use OS X as a development environment for my home projects so there are many times when I am programming there is a need to stop the frustration caused by meddling Operating Systems. This is simple code for a Symfony 1.4 project and...
September 19, 2009
CakePHP : Toggle a BitWise status field
I had a problem. I have been using BitWise status indicators for sometime now, in fact after reading Mark Story's article they have been a staple of development ever since. In my latest work there was a need to turn on or off an item...
September 16, 2009
Setting Up XAMPP for subdomains
It has evaded me for many moons. Long time playing, waiting and researching - biding my time to get the subdomains happening locally. I have been looking at working on a Symfony tutorial as it is something I must learn - unsure if willingly yet....
July 6, 2009
CakePHP :: Forgotten Password
Sometimes people forget. Usually it is when they need to get into their account or behind the nice ACL system you have setup. So, how do you handle the forgotten passwords?
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