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Getting Real With Databases in PHP

It’s no secret that I don’t like Ruby on Rails. My friends know it. My co-workers definitely know it. And I guess now you do, too. Ruby itself is a fine language, and there are lots of great web apps running on Rails, but the … Read More

Fedora Core 5 Review with Screenshots

Several years ago, when I was first looking to switch from Windows to a new operating, I was really interested in switching to Linux or Unix. Unfortunately, in my experience, you had to be a command line hack if you wanted to install, enhance or … Read More

Excel Line Endings Break PHP

Here’s a quick tip that might save the PHP developers out there some time. (It would have saved me thirty minutes of debugging if I had know this earlier.) When you export an Excel file as a CSV in Office for Mac, Excel saves the … Read More

How To Backup Your Mac Intelligently

Last week Jon wrote about the horrifying experience everyone eventually has to deal with – data loss. His wife’s hard drive failed – and without a current backup to rely upon – he went through two data recovery companies and two thousand dollars to retrieve … Read More

Ruby on Rails with OS X Tiger

I’ll admit there are already 12 million documents out there claiming to explain this, but for one reason or another I couldn’t get any of them to work as written. Ruby on Rails is undergoing rapid development, and OS X is not sitting still either. … Read More

Review of Data Recovery Services for Apple Macintosh Hard Drives

My wife and I had the unfortunate experience of having her Mac mini’s hard drive crash. She had everything on her hard drive — family photos, all of her graphic design work, fonts, important emails, etc… — but no backup! I’ve experienced two catastrophic data … Read More

“Web Design” Out, “SEO Web Design” In

I was having some fun with the newly released Google Trends. Out of curiousity, I wanted to see how popular the keywords “web design” have done over the years. To my amazement, there’s been a downward trend for the past few years. “Web Design” I … Read More

The New Face of Online News in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 23, 2006 ” Sitening launched a redesigned NashvillePost.com. The new website is focused on search engine optimization and marketing strategy. NashvillePost.com’s previous site charged a subscription fee to access all articles. The new site allows visitors to purchase individual articles or subscriptions … Read More

Web Directories And SEO

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about Web directories and their relationship to SEO. This can be seen in recent articles by Aaron Wall and Loren Baker. Although Web directories have become as ubiquitous as AdSense spam pages, there are a few out there … Read More

The Internet Will End on April 11

At least that’s what Microsoft would have you believe. Tuesday, during a conference call with industry leaders, Microsoft announced its plans to ship an update to Internet Explorer which will change the way the browser handles embedded content — specifically, plugins like Flash, Windows Media, … Read More