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Command-line PHP

I get a little misty when I harken back to 1994 and my first linux install (slackware, kernel version 1.0).  The whole purpose of the excercise was so I could learn to write perl.  I had messed with Visual Basic and got frustrated with the runtime junk and the fact that extending it (OCX controls …

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Data Proliferation and a few simple ways to improve your global “bitprint”

Data Proliferation and how NOT to be “that guy” I’m going to (hopefully) stay on point here in this entry and avoid talking about specific software solutions and take more of a cosmic approach to the problem of data proliferation. For those of you that are unaware, data proliferation is a big, big problem with most companies, …

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New features in Joomla 1.6

I have been following the development of Joomla 1.6 pretty closely since the first beta was released.  We’ve installed the latest beta version and I’m pretty excited that they are focusing on the following 3 key features: Better access control level (ACL) system The ACL solution is a no-brainer in my opinion.  Until now there …

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