Howto forge has another tutorial on setting up LAMP on the latest version of Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu is definitely my Linux flavor of choice probably because it’s the easiest for me to setup and somewhat resembles my favorite platform of choice Mac OS X. The LAMP stack runs well on Ubuntu and for the most part has gotten a lot easier to install. I no longer have weird issues where I ask myself why is it doing that, and have no explanation. Read the rest of this entry »

According to CNET News.com, Google will be adding a feature to advertiser accounts to show the number of clicks occurring on their ads through click fraud. It will not only show the number of clicks but percentage of clicks as well. It is estimated that 14-20% of clicks are fraudulent on pay per click advertisements. Google had recently been hit with quite a few lawsuits regarding the issue and this seems to be one step toward combatting the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

For a while I have been using the program Navicat to control MySQL databases and I still use it and will continue to use it. It does a great job and it is really easy to use. The price seems reasonable to me for the features it offers so I can’t really complain. Since I had been working with a lot of AJAX applications and noticed a lot of desktop applications being converted to web applications. Read the rest of this entry »

There was a post on Adomas Paltanavicius website giving a tutorial about mouse wheel programming in JavaScript. It is a pretty clever idea and doing more and more AJAX-like applications I can see this tutorial becoming more and more useful. At this time I never really thought about implementing code for the mouse wheel but in upcoming projects I think I will find this tutorial very helpful. Read the rest of this entry »

Like others ever since the wired Apple Mighty Mouse was released I was saying so where’s the wireless version. Today Apple has released the Bluetooth version of its Mighty Mouse. I seemed to like the original Mighty Mouse but was holding out for the wireless version. I will probably pick one of them up and try it out. The second click button was something to get used to but I figure it will be the same on the new mouse. Read the rest of this entry »

CNET News.com had on article on their site a couple of days ago regarding a company called Spiceworks using Google ads to finance their business. The company creates a software program that installs on the business computers and gives an inventory on what is on the company network. Pretty simple, but seems like a pretty good idea. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sidejob has a redesign concept of the Myspace.com home page. In my opinion, the concept of Myspace is great. The actual coding of the site and reliability could be worked on. Of course I’ve never had to deal with a site as large as this, but I can still ask questions and maybe give some suggestions. Read the rest of this entry »

There was a post a few days ago on SFGate in their Tech Chronicle section regarding investing in Web 2.0. People are tending to be more cautious this time around as opposed to the first dot-com bubble. The blog poster says this could be precaution, but the investors might be losing out on a great opportunity. Read the rest of this entry »

There was an article on .net magazine giving 20 pretty good tips for web designers out there. It’s always a good idea to have a plan of action when doing something. If you can learn from other’s that’s even better. It will save you time and in the end that saves money. I’ll go over the 20 tips they provide and give some insight and experience I have had with each situation. Read the rest of this entry »

The Vitamin has an article on the importance of maintainable JavaScript. Since I have been doing more and more AJAX web applications for clients this has becoming such an important point especially as web applications become larger and larger and more dependent on JavaScript to create its function. Read the rest of this entry »