Posts categorized under ‘Development’

Apache, a wonderful bit of software, can be configured to collect and record all sorts of wonderful information. But what can we do with it? Well … why not shove it into a MySQL table and massage it for reporting purposes? I’ll even show you how.

The World Cup has been slowly building to a fever pitch over the last six months and it seems the games going on in South Africa are catching more eyeballs than the Vancouver Olympics could have ever hoped for. So, naturally, Twitter’s down.

It’s been less than a day since I asked educators what they wanted to see in an educational software package, and I’ve already received several requests for the features that will be found in Lemonade.

Two years ago I embarked on a project to develop a piece of software that could be used in language schools to help instructors, staff, and students get the most out of their experience. Now it’s time to share it.

After putting Windows 7 on my main computer and going through the necessary updates, it seems that there’s a small problem whenever I try to install the Windows Phone 7 CTP … it’s incompatible with other key Microsoft software. Oh, what fun this will turn out to be!

Today marked a number of firsts for me this year but, above all, it was the first day for Lemonade 2.0. An application that will help school teachers and students be better organized both in and outside of the classroom.

HotaruCMS is a new web project that’s being led by Nick Ramsay as an alternative to systems such as Pligg.  He’s put in an incredible number of hours on the project and it’s currently sitting at version 1.0.4.  I see
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It’s a pretty bold title, considering I’m just a lowly contract developer, but there are certain things that Microsoft should work hard to do before the end of this year; and preferably before the end of this week. I’ve been
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Windows 7 is an impressive Operating System that offers many refinements and improvements over every previous version of the software.  However, as with all new OSes, there are complications when installing some older and out-of-date hardware and software.  In my
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As anyone who knows me will attest, I have avoided using Apple products since the Apple II was released so many years ago.  Was it because of the interface? Was it because of the fanbois?  Was it because of the
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With 2010 around the corner, it seems like as good a time as any to update the look and feel of this blog to something a little less … noob.  As a result, I’ve spent the bettter part of the
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It’s hard to believe that we’re in the final weeks of 2009, and even harder to believe that mobile development has only just recently started to go mainstream.  If you would have asked me ten years ago when I thought
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GoDaddy:  The company was once one of my preferred online destinations whenever I needed a domain name, but has quickly devolved into a pile of AOL-like feces; the stench of which is so detestable that a single whiff can cause
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