Category Archives: Technology

Laconica – OpenSource microBlogging

I had fun today adding a microBlog to this site at /laconica/. It is called Laconica and is the basis for identi.ca which is an alternative to Twitter which I have mentioned in earlier posts.

Review: WordPress for iPhone

I am writing this review on my iPhone using the free WordPress app. Athough it certainly will not become my primary posting platform, I can see me using it more often than I initially thought before downloading it. With this I will be able to post to the blog while sitting out on the patio [...]

Book Review: Learning PHP Data Objects

Learning PHP Data Objects by Dennis Popel, published by Packt Publishing (© 2007) ISBN-13: 978-1847192660 This is a good start for PDO. The examples and methodology used to present the concepts for using PDO were very useful. The book steps you from the basic use of PDO in chapter 2, through error handling and a [...]

Rant: Form Follies

Recently I ran across a blog that really got me going for a short time. It required Java, Javascript, and cookies including 3rd party cookies to view the web page. A friend of mine got suspicous of the site and asked me to look at it. What I discovered was a lot of stupidity and [...]

Trying Out FriendFeed Seriously

Just a quick note that, although I have had a FriendFeed account for a while, I finally decided to get a bit serious regarding using it. I am using the wereveal user name, no surprise. Since it is both a micro-blog and an aggregator of other feeds it really does have some benefits over services [...]

Rights and Responsibilities of Bloggers and Commenters

I have been reading with great interest in the debate brought up by several people such as Hank Williams and now being discussed on both the Disqus and Intense Debate websites regarding  “A Commenter’s Rights” and who owns the comments. I believe that there is a problem with the discussions. This is my perspective.

Get with the Program!

Ok, I need to rant a bit here to get this off my chest. Sorry if some bricks I throw come your  way, you can pick them up and throw them back if you like. In the past week I have worked with two different clients which are still maintaining old PHP code, one that [...]

Confessions of a Podcast Addict

Hi, my name is Bill and I am a podcast (netcast, Internet media) addict. I subscribe to over 110 podcasts and I listen to them all. My list starts with the “All CNET Audio Podcasts” and “All CNET Video Podcasts” subscriptions, works its way through several general news podcasts including some from CNN, Fox, and [...]