Interested in learning about Linux or running your own Linux web server? Installing Linux on a spare old computer is a pretty easy thing to do these days with many consumer friendly distributions such as Ubuntu and Mint Linux. After […]
About Alan
Changing the world, one lonely line of code at a time -- Specializing in projects that combine beautiful interactive design with intelligent technology.
Web servers All of the content on the Internet is stored on servers. A server is a machine much like a personal computer. When you save a file on your computer, that file is written to your hard drive. You […]
The first known cell-phone virus appeared in 2004 and didn’t get very far. Cabir.A infected only a small number of Bluetooth-enabled phones and carried out no malicious action — a group of malware developers created Cabir to prove it could […]
We can lead a browser around by the nose all day long – We can script and code and script again until the cows come home – We can also drive as much traffic away from client sites as we […]
Lubuntu Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu — it’s an Ubuntu derivative, which means it’s based on the same software as Ubuntu but it includes a different graphical desktop environment and included software. Lubuntu is the most lightweight derivative of Ubuntu, […]
For years, I’ve managed to keep all of my registered software on local machines, and in those years, I’ve been able to keep, or distribute freely, everything I’ve created, from web apps to customized databases, to web pages and api’s […]
Everybody had a plan, an idea, a goal … and everybody had the next best thing. Competition on the internet was fast and furious. You had to move or get left in the dust. It’s not 1996 any more unfortunately. […]
Responsive Web design is intended to ensure that a site’s layout and content scale fluidly to the available screen real estate. This is a great approach for focusing your investments on improving site content and user functionality while ensuring that […]
A talk by Laura Kalbag (@laurakalbag). It’s all too easy to get caught up in fancy new web development techniques and forget that the responsive approach also requires a different mindset during the design process. Focusing on design principles for […]
The world of internet web development can be fresh and exciting — it can bring a great deal of satisfaction not only to the developer who’s chosen it as a profession, but also to any would-be clients that depend on […]