Writing

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

Mar 2009

Programming

Facebook Connect Primer

Facebook Connect is a new(ish) service from Facebook that allows integration between a users Facebook account and a third party…

Mar 2009

Programming, Code

Shifting Requirements = Better Coder

So often in the development process shifting requirements can wreak havoc on the entire project. But sometimes, every once in…

Mar 2009

Programming, Rant

Validation; Don't Waste My Time

Validation and web standards have been on my mind a lot lately so it’s pretty fitting that Jeff Atwood would…

Mar 2009

Programming, Code

WP-Click-Track 0.4 Released Today!

It’s taken way too long to do but I’ve finally fixed a bunch of issues people have been experiencing. In…

Mar 2009

Programming, Code

Who's Using My Code?

One of the more nagging issues I have with releasing my code into the wild is that once it’s gone…

Mar 2009

Programming

iPhone App Thoughts

I’ve been following iPhone app gossip for a while now and wanted to pass on some notes in the minute…

Feb 2009

Corrupt OST Files in Outlook 2003

About a week ago I was sitting in my office when I needed to find an email I had sent…

Feb 2009

Programming, Code

Using Xdebug Profiler on Vista

One of the coolest features of Xdebug is the Profiler. By enabling the Profiler you can generate what are essentially…

Feb 2009

Programming, Rant, Code

How to Kill a Project in 1 Decision

It’s pretty sad how a single bad choice can make for a REALLY bad product. In designing the project the…

Feb 2009

Programming, Code

Directory separators and cross platform compatibility

I was curious about the impact of the directory separator and how that affects cross platform compatibilitye ver since I…

Feb 2009

Mailchimp vs Emma

There were 2 companies under consideration for an upcoming project to help with their email marketing business; MailChimp and Emma.…

Feb 2009

Programming, Rant, Code

It's Good to Know How to Make a Wheel

I’ve been reading a lot of blogs about reinventing the wheel lately so, in a bit of “Me too! Me…

Feb 2009

Rant

My Family is Ruining the Internet. Sorry

I spent this Christmas with some family doing the usual holiday activities of drinking and merriment. Getting together with family…

Feb 2009

Programming, Rant, Servers

Video Mobile Blogging

One thing I’ve been waiting to become practical for a while is video mobile blogging (VMB). In case you don’t…

Feb 2009

Programming, Code

Worpress Style Pagination

I’ve been working on a new code base for StreetWise these past couple months, getting ready for the upcoming busy…

Feb 2009

Programming, Code

WP-Click-Tracker 0.3

I’ve updated the repository with the latest version tonight. This release includes a couple bug fixes and a few improvements.…

Jan 2009

Programming, Code, Servers

MySQL Case Sensitivity on Windows

Here’s a quick fix for a weird issue I ran into while working with MySQL on Windows. The first time…

Jan 2009

Servers

Linux Cheat Sheet

Like most web developers, I use Linux on a daily basis. Because I always have to revisit how to do…

Jan 2009

Servers

lighttpd. use it

I’ve been using lighttpd as my main production web server since the summer of 2007. I first heard about lighttpd…

Jan 2009

Programming, Code

php, sprintf and Memory Usage

I was going through some legacy code for a client and ran across a whole bunch of calls to sprintf().…

Jan 2009

Rant

Remember; Not Everyones Smart

I wrote a script a while ago, to help me in the search for freelance work, to parse craigslist every…

Jan 2009

Code

WP-Click-Tracker 0.2.1

Version 0.2 of wp-click-tracker has been out for almost 4 days and it looks like I left a couple bugs…

Jan 2009

Programming, Code

WP-Click-Tracker 0.2

Well it’s taken a couple weeks but I’m finally done with 0.2. This release includes an extensive reporting area, the…

Jan 2009

Rant

Setting up Windows sucks

I usually format my computer about once a year like clockwork; whether it needs it or not. I find that…