If there’s one thing I don’t like to do, it’s this: building any kind of website from scratch, especially when I have to design it as well. I’ve done exactly that, however, against my own wants on more than one occasion. Unfortunately, it’s something required when I’m trying to make a point or when I’m [...] Read more »

Website registration shouldn’t be difficult and it isn’t if you keep it as simple as possible. If you’re not using SSL, you have to keep in mind that a malicious hacker could be sniffing packets and can capture anything sent at registration time. For this reason and this reason alone, you should never allow passwords [...] Read more »

Back in May, I said I had a new website pending. It was tentatively going to be called Philippines Sights and Sounds, but I and Alex decided to concentrate on the sights part of it because we don’t fancy listening to any local bands and things like that. Read more »

Have you ever noticed how strict some websites are when it comes to building your login credentials, but then the password reset routine is anything but secure? I have and I’m telling you right now most password reset routines suck to no end. Read more »

Out of the box, WordPress is fast. As soon as you start adding features and personalizing it, it becomes slow. That is, unless you know that in advance and take precautionary measures. I’m about to give you some conventional advice as well as some completely unconventional advice. Read more »

There are some Linux and Windows purists out there that won’t agree with my methods, but that’s okay. One of the reasons I’m on a break from programming anything is to set up a new programming environment. I’m going to be doing web development on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop from now on, but not [...] Read more »