You Used PHP to Write That?! – Uh yeah.
I have gotten pretty good at staying out of language flame wars recently. Usually, when some wide eyed neophyte wipes a trickle of Kool-Aid from their chin and says “Ruby is sooooo much better than...
View ArticleNew WordPress Version (With Security Fix)
If you have a WordPress blog it would be worth your time to install this update to 2.3.3, or at least replace xmlrpc.php. This is being actively exploited. It would also be worth checking your old blog...
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Sweeping Bad Press Under The Rug Using Junk Blog Comments
I noticed an interesting comment on this blog while deleting comment spam a few days ago. 1. Jim Mirkalami Says: February 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm I have been a frequent visitor of this blog for some time...
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Well funded web2.0 one day, blurry clip art the next.
Here is a postscript to a failed and forgotten Web2.0 venture. The summary for a story about botnets was decorated with blurry clipart that seemed familiar to me. Talk about “rooster one day, feather...
View ArticleJim Mirkalami Update: Legal Threats
I got email today from somebody claiming to be Jim Mirkalami threatening legal action. I say “claiming to be” because the last person claiming to be Jim, later claimed that they were his brother Bryan...
View ArticleJim Mirkalami Update 2: Small Claims Court $10000
When I got Jim’s initial threat, I naturally treated it with the seriousness it deserved. After careful consultation with my army of high priced lawyers, I replied: Thanks for your interest in my blog....
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A Marvellous, Amazing, Exciting Ink Shopping Experience
At least I expect that is what HP has prepared for me. Hewlett Packard keep giving me this annoying nag popup window urging me to install a “simple, smart utility” that “uses the Internet to help you...
View ArticleOSCON 2008: SNAP – PHP Taint Tool
Here are the slides for my talk today at OSCON. Keep the disclaimer at the start at the front of your mind. This tool is fragile and not ready to be called alpha quality It is definitely not ready to...
View ArticlePHP !== Java
(This post originally appeared as part of the 2008 PHP Advent calendar) Java has its place. Maybe it has many places. I’m OK with it being on your phone, in your refrigerator, and on my bank’s web...
View ArticleManaging 'Bob' For Fun and Profit
(This post originally appeared as part of the 2009 PHP Advent Calendar) The interaction between technical people and the project sponsor has common patterns regardless of your employment model. Project...
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