If you've ever had debugging statements decimate a layout, then you need FirePHP. Like its brother-in-arms FireBug, FirePHP is a Firefox Add-on designed to help PHP developers cleanly debug code. FirePHP can also me used to debug CakePHP applications with only a few additional lines of code. First, download and install the FirePHP add-on for Firefox. Then... [more]

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If you've seen or heard the news today, I'm sure you heard that Sarah Palin failed follow state and federal proceedures by using gov.palin@yahoo.com. Sure it's not a major thing for a governor of Alaska to do, but she has higher asperations. I'd like to hear her reasoning to the sys admin that runs the government email server as to why she failed to use the government servers to send email. The [more]

As a developer, I am always cautious about allowing a framework to automagically do things for me. When I was a web developer at Sporting News, our development staff spent a lot of time analysing different PHP frameworks and open source CMS packages. We were searching for a starting point, whether it was a framework or a CMS, upon which we planned on building the latest version of www.sportingnews.com. After we settled on CakePHP, we... [more]

Back in February I took my concealed carry permit class from Dan Starks. Thus started my foray into the realm of normal citizen attempting to legally carry a concealed weapon. My wife bought me a Smith & Wesson .40 for Christmas last year. I've been to the local range a couple times and decided that I was interested in getting a CCW. Mainly because it allows you to purchase firearms in North Carolina without having to purchase a gun permit each... [more]

I wrote an article about how I think "content delivery" will be the next big thing on the internet. Today Google annouced, or maybe it was just discovered, that Google will be releasing their own internet browser, Google Chrome. This falls easily into line with the ideas I outlined in the blog entry on blog.fluidesign.com. Google... [more]