Archive for January, 2010
CodeMash 2010 – Keynote: PHP and Other Adventures
Presented by: Hank Janssen I was surprised to find out that Microsoft is actually doing a lot for open source, they’ve even contributed to the Linux Kernel in July of 2009. But most notably my favorite language (PHP) they’ve done quite a bit of optimization and contributed greatly to PHP 5.3 on Windows. After this [...]
CodeMash 2010 – The case for Griffon: developing desktop applications for fun and profit
Presented By: Andres Almiray This was a cool session. I have been in web development so long it’s completely eluded me that there might actually be desktop application frameworks for Java (Groovy). There were a number of cool features and plugins available to this framework, one particular one I liked was the ability to make [...]
CodeMash 2010 – What Makes Ruby Different
Presented by Joe O’Brien, Mark Peabody, Leon Gersing I always enjoy listening to Joe talk, his enthusiasm about Ruby is admirable. The talk focused on the differences in how to solve many programming problems with different languages. The ones demoed against Ruby were C# and Java. I did not walk away with learning anything new [...]
CodeMash 2010 – Lean Software Development
Presented by Mary Poppendieck I realized that I am at the point where I don’t think I will ever be in an environment again with an organization where you need to worry about projects, development teams, etc; at least where I need to worry about the management, efficiency and effectiveness of those teams. For me [...]
CodeMash 2010 – Arrival and Introduction
I arrived last night around 8pm. The drive was much much better than last year. The usually gang was out and I did not get to bed until late, and of course I was up early for the keynote. CodeMash is a unique event that will educate developers on current practices, methodologies, and technology trends [...]
My Do Not List (!To-Do)
I’ve been working lately on creating a DO NOT LIST, my first few items are below: Do not multi-task, I find that when I do this I end up doing all items half-a$$ed. Do not check email and Google reader all the time. I’ve found this tough to do, I think it’s because I’m so [...]
WordPress and CodeMash 2010
I’m actually happy converting back to WordPress, the number of plugins have saved me boat-loads of time. I’ve got an issue with the way it stores data, but I need to let that go so I can focus on adding content to my site. I’m also heading to CodeMash 2010 in a few days. I [...]
Back To WordPress and Laptop Back From Dell
I enjoyed working on my own blog for a bit, but decided it’s better to create content than program something that’s pretty much perfected. I also got my Dell Latitude E6400 back from dell after only 1 week at the depot. So far, so good. I wish I had sent it in earlier.
Windows, Apache, PHP, MySQL and libmysql.dll
It seems like everytime I install a WAMP (Windows, Apache, PHP, MySQL) environment and I install php via the .zip file, I run into the same problems viewing PHPMyAdmin because it say's “Cannot load mysql extension.” So I did this to help me remember and hopefully help you out. Configure php.ini add this to httpd.conf [...]
The Business of Ignorance
Lately on the radio and TV I've been hearing and seeing advertisement for businesses built on the ignorance of others. I'm sure you've heard of products that will turn debt into wealth, or get your pc faster, or even something that will let you quit your job and work from home. Every time I hear [...]