02.28.05
Best Picture
Well, this year, I have not seen ANY of the Best Picture nominees.
Million Dollar Baby won, but do you agree with it?
02.27.05
You can say what you want…
Just spell my name right!!
This is the third database I’ve come across lately that cannot accommodate a second capital letter in a name. For instance, Ronald McDonald comes out as Ronald Mcdonald.
I don’t know about anyone who has such a name, but it drives me CRAZY to see my name spelled wrong!!!
I’ve spoken to two of the companies who explained that their database simply cannot make the distinction and being a computer guy, I can kinda see that, but geez, I don’t think it would be THAT difficult to fix and it seems respectful of your clients to make the correction.
Am I blowing this out of proportion or does this tick anyone else off?
02.22.05
100 Top Gadgets of All Time
Mobile PC Magazine has released their list of the 100 Top Gadgets of All Time.
What number did the Pez dispenser come in at? Or TiVO?
02.15.05
Security and PHP
I have loved PHP since version 3! And now version 5 is truly the real deal. (I wish my hosting company would install the damn thing though!!) But as with any took you have to know how to use it.
Here comes the PHP Security Consortium, a group dedicated to educating the programmers out there on how to securely use PHP to design your Web apps.
From the Library at PHP Sec, there is a link to a great article demonstrating SQL injection hacks by example. Since PHP and *SQL go hand in hand, I thought I’d include this excellent reference as well.
02.08.05
Dynasty?!?!
Props to the Patriots and in my opinion, especially to Bill Belichick. That man makes more out of relative nobodys because he gets them to buy into the system.
It sure has been a good year for the Chowder Heads.
I do think McNabb choked, mostly in the last 3 minutes. There was no management of the clock or any sense of urgency. The Eagles wasted a lot of time.
And as much as I dislike the guy, props to T.O. He came ready to play.
02.01.05
Browser -Specific CSS Hacks
Found a really good article at SitePoint on the basics of Browser-Specific CSS Hacks.
To someone just starting out, hearing about all these hacks might be intimidating and steer you away from using CSS. But, trust me, CSS rocks and there really aren’t that many you need to understand to get a very consistent look no matter what browser your visitors are using.