Writing

After all these years, there's a DEEP ocean of projects and systems mitra62 has been involved with.

Dec 2009

Brain Dump

How To Unlock AT&T Blackberry

My business partner recently had her phone literally break apart in her hands. Since communication between us is pretty crucial…

Dec 2009

Programming, Code

Tablekit: HTML Table Enhancements

I’ve been using Jquery a lot lately and have absolutely fallen in love with it; so much so that I’ve…

Dec 2009

Why Not Upgrade Perl I Thought

About a month ago I started receiving emails from my server about the installed version of PERL being too old…

Dec 2009

Brain Dump

Windows 7 Upgrade Experience

When I purchased my newest laptop back in July, from Best Buy, it came with a free upgrade to Windows…

Dec 2009

Brain Dump

IMAP on Blackberry: The Poor Mans BES

It’s crazy to me how important email is; it’s almost 2010 and I’m still, still, relying on email for communication…

Dec 2009

Brain Dump, Programming, Rant

Code Like It's 1999 With Dolphin CMS

It’s interesting how life can throw you a little too much coincidence. For example, I was having a nice conversation…

Nov 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

Simple Project Profiling With PHPLoc

One of the most natural things to do while being an obsessive programmer is focusing on the minutia. Not only…

Nov 2009

Amazon Associate Program

A friend of mine recently pointed out to me that my writing seems to say I’m against money; as if…

Nov 2009

Programming

Thoughts on the Akelos PHP Framework

I recently took on a project that was a failure for the original developers. It was the usual story of…

Nov 2009

Programming, Code

Introduction to jQuery UI

Building the fancy, web 2.0 / Ajaxy, user interfaces for a web application we’ve all come to expect is, frankly,…

Nov 2009

Brain Dump

Mea Culpa Twitter. Mea Culpa…

Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of social networks. Frankly, I find participating in social networks to…

Nov 2009

Brain Dump, Rant

Welcome to The McDonaldification of Web Development

When I was a kid I remember McDonald’s as having some of the best food and providing the best experience…

Oct 2009

Brain Dump

Ok, I'm Back Now…

If you’re a regular reader of this blog you may have noticed the lack of updates and new content this…

Oct 2009

Brain Dump, Programming, Rant

Why Do Programmers Suck?

One of my bigger pet peeves when dealing with other programmers is this belief in absolutes and how unbending some…

Sep 2009

Brain Dump, Programming, Rant

Hey!! You There, Pussy! Don't Be A Pussy.

Working in IT requires balls; you have to make some really tough choices with very real consequences. It’s not really…

Sep 2009

Programming, Code

Make Zend_Form Bend To Your Will

The first thing you need when working with any new web language or framework is figure out how to work…

Sep 2009

Programming

When Did Performance Stop Being Important?

Now that I’m finally starting to “get” the Zend Framework I’m starting to have some serious doubts on whether I…

Sep 2009

Programming

The Framework is the Language

As I’ve mentioned I’m trying to move all my programming to a web framework. It was tough going though because…

Sep 2009

Programming, Code

pChart - a PHP class to build charts

In my never ending quest to find a replacement for JpGraph I’ve covered charts built using JavaScript with the Google…

Sep 2009

Rant

Buying Books Just Got Harder

Truth: I’m a whore when it comes to books. I Just love ‘em. I love the way the feel in…

Sep 2009

Programming, Code

Keeping an Eye on Your Development

Oh, var_dump()... Poor, pathetic, little vardump()... There was a time when you were my favorite little go-to for debugging. Once…

Sep 2009

Programming

Eclipse for PHP Dev: One Month In

As I previously mentioned I’m using Eclipse IDE for a good deal of my php development at the moment. At…

Aug 2009

Brain Dump, Programming

WP-Click-Track: A Roadmap

When I first started wp-click-track it was because I had a specific need; I wanted to find out how helpful…

Aug 2009

Brain Dump

I Want Google Voice and So Should You

I have a problem; ever since I started freelancing my phone bill has exploded. When I was working I didn’t…