It is commonly taught that global variables are “relics” of poor practice by beginning programmers, and therefore should be avoided. However, like the infamous <table> tag, globals still perform a function that is required in programming. The fact is that we need access to our objects from all manner of locations.
Take PHP for example, no self-respecting programmer would admit to using the glob...
I’ll just admit it right now, I’m actually one of those weirdos that doesn’t think you can have “too many frameworks”. I believe the existence of so many frameworks has really been a big help to th...
For the last several days, I have been working on OpenID 1.1-2.0 PHP implementation ideas. Therefore, after testing the responses of most sites on the list, I finally made it to wordpress. Knowing ...
Despite all the talk that keeps going around, I have found that XP has been very stable for me over the last several years. I don’t remember ever having a BSOD (Blue Scr… uh, nevermind) and even in...
One of the problems with Mootools is that it doesn’t cater to the masses. While most communities are answering questions on printing “hello world” - the mootools users just laugh at these people an...
Yes, I have a major problem that is causing panic and pandemonium everywhere.
In the following sentences I will describe how my incorrect idea of an (bad) implementation to fix this problem will sa...
Several months ago I released a slightly unfinished PHP Framework called MicroMVC and today I am happy to announce that it finally has a good home at github. MicroMVC is released under the GPL 3 so...
Since as far back as I can remember, PC techs have always recommended that if your PC is slow - you need to add more RAM. This seems to be the cure-all that is touted to end all our problems.
I rem...
I thought that I was loosing my mind back when I was trying to get SSH working on windows. I tried everything I could lay my hand on - from Putty to OpenSSH and everything kept “freezing” when I wo...
It seems like you always end up with someone on your facebook account that you can’t remember adding - or even meeting. That is what happened to me with someone called “Greta Van Susteren”.
Some ho...
