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Single User Admin Area Authentication with CakePHP

Friday, July 14th, 2006

This script is mostly the work of Shunro Dozono with some tweaks of my own to make it work with a path to /admin. It handles simple administrator authentication for a single user. Ok, here it goes…
Pre-requisite: CakePHP
First, download Shuro’s component, sd_auth. Copy and paste the code into a file called [...]

Tiptoe Through the Frameworks

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Preface
Almost two years ago I jumped into ASP.NET and C# headfirst. This was my first exposure to OOP. I love it, and I don’t plan on turning back. However, for personal projects and freelancing I prefer to use PHP. PHP was my first “server-side” language (not counting a really small ASP [...]

My New Favorite Development Tools

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Every once in a while you come across something that is so cool you don’t know how you ever lived without it. For years I’ve been writing PHP code locally and then FTPing it to a remote server to test as I debugged. I recently discovered a combination of two tools that let [...]

LOST-Theories Spinoff

Monday, June 19th, 2006

I’m not a fan of LOST or a Django developer, but…
Jeff Croft recently revealed LOST-Theories.com, a fan site that is “all about LOST speculation” and I think it’s the coolest thing ever! Users can submit their speculations and theories and rate, comment on, or debunk as appropriate. Many times I’ve seen fan’s exchange [...]

SXSWi 2006: Day 2

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

SXSW 2006 Interactive Panel Podcasts have begun to appear on the SXSW website. Also, for anyone interested, I found a RoR podcast of Geoffrey Grosenbach doing an interview with Shaun Inman; it seems to be a private interview…not a panel discussion. I haven’t had a chance to listen to any of these yet…hopefully [...]

Three Things I’m Bringing with me to SXSW

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

I’m going to SXSW and I’m taking three things with me:

a G4 iMac
my favorite pillow
business cards

I’m ready for SXSW! I’ve got my registration, hotel room (Hamilton Inn) and my airplane ticket! I’m interested in user interface design, technology…and I’m excited about making new friends…and meeting some of the folks whose blogs I frequent:
(in [...]

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