Lost!

I was looking over Slashdot again and the Ask Slashdot story “Who Killed The Web Master” got me thinking.

I personally am designated as a Web Programmer, or Web Application Developer (Senior - had to throw that in somewhere). There is a second position that is open that my company is about to fill (already have the applicant, they just have to accept) where the position is a Web Master…

In the long run, the other person would be a web master because they’re in charge of a full website that is completely static content. I’m in charge of a few internal projects/websites as well, but its more on the programming side with a little free reign on looks, which is why I go with CSS. Continue reading…

It seems that not only are MP3 hording individuals tired of DRM, so are countries… Norway recently passed a complete ban on iTunes due to the DRM issue of not being able to play downloaded songs on anything but an iPod.

I’ve long been a fan of the MP3 player, but I do not own an iPod, nor have I ever downloaded DRM’d music - it just won’t happen with me. If I legally download a song, I own it - period. “You’re” not going to tell me when I can listen to it, how I listen to it or what I listen to it on. Continue reading…

Ok Chicken Little, stop running around in circles and panicking. Regardless of what you read online, you shouldn’t believe it… Or at least, you shouldn’t freak out over something that already happened.

Take a look at this article:

Gold-standard online security code cracked
26 February 2005

Magazine issue 2488
NOTHING lasts for ever, and especially not in

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If you’re having problems with a PHP application on IIS, look no further…

My Setup: Win 2003 Server, PHP5, MySQL 4.x (MySQL 5 has a few buggy issues I don’t like)

• Copy your php_mysql.dll & libmysql.dll to c:\windows\system32\ folder.
• Search your computer for php.ini (the WHOLE computer) and rename all of them except for your PHP root php.ini file (ie: if you installed php in c:\php\ then leave the c:\php\php.ini alone) to php.bak (or delete at your own risk).
• Now, MOVE that file (cut’n'paste) to the c:\windows\ dir
• Restart IIS and check it out.

Some directions say to put the php.ini in System32 - that didn’t work for me. This actually can cause Windows to freak out a little and not look at the correct php.ini. Don’t know why, but it happens.

I know thats short and quick, but hey, after a full day of frustration, thats what worked for me.

I’ve been digging, yes, literally digging through a lot of code between a few OSS projects and I’ve noticed some interesting things.

Common to popular belief, Open Source projects are not as open as they seem. Some “Open Source” project code is harder to obtain than others - in terms of the source. While you can download and install the software, you are bound by the agreement. Sveasoft is an excellent example of this.

Shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia

There are several controversies surrounding Sveasoft, involving the distribution of the software, the personalities involved and GPL-related issues. One of these issues is that Sveasoft charges a fee to download the latest binary of their firmware without releasing or providing free access to the firmware, which many believe is a violation of the GPL license.

On March 11, 2006, the OpenWrt developers publicly announced that Sveasoft had violated its GPL license terms, and that Sveasoft’s continuing distribution of OpenWrt was prohibited.[4] In return, Sveasoft claimed that OpenWrt was illegally redistributing software copyrighted by Sveasoft and Broadcom and placing them under the GPL without being authorized to do so by the copyright holders.[2] Both groups deny the other’s allegations.

The software author managed to find a loophole Continue reading…