PHP

How to Cleanup a php.ini File

If like me, you hate programmer comments and like to keep your files super clean and straight to the point when you’re working on personal projects or projects only you manage and you also manage your PHP settings from a php.ini file, this how-to may be for you. Using an advanced text editor like TextWrangler How to Cleanup a php.ini File

Most Annoying 4-Word Sequence in the Entire English Language: “But, the computer says…”

This article is years in the making and I guarantee I’m not the only one that has been frustrated to anger by this brain-cell-killing issue. Here’s the scenario: you call up customer support for say an unpaid bill notice that you know for certain, you damn-well paid. The conversation may go something like this: Customer Most Annoying 4-Word Sequence in the Entire English Language: “But, the computer says…”

Web: A Needle in a Haystack Industry

The web is a truly unstoppable industry, growing exponentially and completely unaffected (in my opinion) by the economy like other tangible industries, construction and real estate for example. It’s a global community with little to no overhead. It’s never mattered how any specific city, state, country, or even continent is doing, because I’ve reached them Web: A Needle in a Haystack Industry

The Coding Brain

Learning a coding language, in my opinion, is very similar to learning a spoken language. You need to learn how to read and write it well (perhaps not fluently, but well) in order for yourself, as well as others, to understand what you’re communicating. The way a server or browser might not be able to The Coding Brain

Boilerplate vs Framework vs Theme

I’ll mostly be referring to WordPress themes and the three common styles you’ll find in the repo. However, the same basic ideas apply to all website templates and web design in general. This is what each means to me and does not necessarily represent what everyone else in my industry thinks. It’s a bit subjective, Boilerplate vs Framework vs Theme

Free vs Free in Software

Lately, I’ve been researching different content and software licenses and the philosophies behind them. I was a bit surprised by my findings. First, I’ll explain the two different “frees”. Free Free Software — as in $0.00, costs nothing to download. This is the most common use. I’ll refer to as $free from here on out. Free vs Free in Software

My Coding Code of Ethics

Quick and Dirty I loathe licensing. All the code I write and share on my blog (unless otherwise noted) is public domain (wiki). In short, that means there is no license whatsoever, no limitations, and you do not need to ask permission. My writings, ideas, theories, opinions, observations, creations, projects, experiments, etc., however, are of My Coding Code of Ethics

iMacros is Amazing

Automate Everything. Every online professional should be using iMacros for Firefox, which is simply amazing. I was first introduced to it when I was working on a client’s Facebook account, and their profile’s wall was from top to bottom, full of other people’s advertising posts. Naturally, these should and need to be cleaned up. After iMacros is Amazing