Microsoft Azure Doesn’t Load The SQL Server PDO Driver In PHP Version 5.5
Another of those “learn from my mistakes” moments: Azure Web Sites don’t include the SQL Server PDO extension if your site is running PHP 5.5....
Category: Geekery
Musings on the shape and nature of being on the technical end of the tech business.
New England GiveCamp 2014 Recap
I spend the weekend of April 4-6 at New England GiveCamp, a weekend hackathon that pairs tech and design people with charities in the Boston and New England reg...
New England GiveCamp 2014 This Weekend
I'll be at New England GiveCamp this weekend, helping Generations Inc., a Boston-based charity that couples literacy volunteers with those in need.
DreamHost – Gmail Conflict: Emails With Attachments Blocked By Gmail When Using Spoofed Address
WordPress's built-in mail function doesn't let you send attachments to Gmail. Here's how to fix that, or at least work around it.
More Than One Way To Skin A Map: New England GiveCamp 2013 Recap
Last weekend I was in Cambridge for the fourth annual New England GiveCamp, which brings together tech and design people with nonprofits in need of their help. ...
New England GiveCamp 2013 This Weekend
I’ll be attending New England GiveCamp 2013 this weekend. GiveCamp is a way for technical people and designers to donate their time to worthy nonprofits. ...
Microsoft’s Advice On Avoiding SQL Injection Attacks
Sanitize and normalize those inputs; grant and use the bare minimal permissions needed for a task.
Basic Advice For Learning Computer Programming
In a hurry? Learn WordPress. Need experience? Volunteer. Can you afford school? Then go. And work for someone else when starting out.
TEA Time: New England GiveCamp 2012 Recap
Last weekend I was in Cambridge, Mass. for New England GiveCamp 2012, the third of annual meet-ups that match technical and design people with nonprofit organiz...
Working With The authorize.net Server Integration Method (SIM) Payment Gateway, Part 1: Don’t Use JavaScript
JavaScript is too insecure to compute shopping cart totals. You can't rely on it when submitting payment requests to authorize.net.