Archive for July, 2007

A common problem new developers encounter is when they have an area of their website made private, how do they prevent non-logged-in users from going straight to a non-php file like a word document? There are solutions involving htaccess files but these typically can’t easily be integrated with your PHP user management system. The quick [...]

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North American businesses are increasingly outsourcing work to cheaper labour markets overseas. Many businesses don’t really like to do this, and consumers are now shouting about lost jobs and increased unemployment. But we only have ourselves to blame.
My parents own a small local company. They do their work in-house. They, and myself have had recent [...]

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Whenever I express my horror at government actions or policies that infringe on people’s rights, nearly ALL of my friends and family respond with “I’m not concerned, I have nothing to hide!”. I always have a hard time explaining why this argument isn’t valid. If you don’t value your privacy and if you don’t understand [...]

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Some people may not realize this, but my first personal web development project was horizonarchives.com. Years ago I thought it was the best thing ever. Despite the long domain name, the horrid orange and black design, and the overwhelming job of keeping it up to date, I loved it. It also allowed me to practice [...]

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