About Me
I'm an interactive designer/developer based out of New Orleans, LA. I've been in the industry here in New Orleans since 1999. Outside of my professional endeavors, I dabble in a lot of different creative outlets such as music, art and writing.
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Recent Posts
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Pop PHP Framework 1.0.3 Released
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Yet Another Legend Has Passed.
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Phire CMS v 2.0 Is Underway!
(April 4 2012 in Development & Programming)
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Here are some projects that I work on in my spare time.
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You used a TABLE in HTML?! What were you THINKING?!
...I felt I just had to write about this topic because recently I've seen a rise of a blind avoidance and near-hatred for tables within an HTML document these days.Before I continue, allow me to state, that I like so many designers/developers out there, I made the switch a few years ago to the wonderfu...
QR Codes Are Purdy Slick!
...So, here at Keating Magee, one of my colleagues, Lauren Schug, did a very informative presentation at staff meeting last week on QR codes ("Quick Response" codes)and how they can and will apply to advertising in the future. With the mobile/smartphone growth explosion that's been going on, the applic...
Moc10 Library - A Lightweight PHP Library.
...I finally finished and released my PHP library - Moc10 Library. Special thanks to Ralph Schindler for all the help along the way.So, the library is the result of a collection of code I've written over the past two years or so, which is the most likely way that a library gets started. I figured if I'...
Moc10 LightWeight PHP Library - New Release v1.3.4
...Ok, so it's really late in the morning, but I had to get this out and finished so I could move on. To anyone out there thay might be interested, I updated/upgraded my PHP library. The new release is available here:Moc10 Library v1.3.4: http://www.moc10phplibrary.com/The new features include an expan...
Moc10 LightWeight PHP Library – New Release v1.8.7
...Once again, we're back for some more revisions, tweaks and general upgrades to the Moc10 PHP Library.Version 1.8.7 of the Moc10 PHP Library is available for download here: http://www.moc10phplibrary.com/In summary, here's has been added and/or improved for version 1.8.7 is the following:Feed Compone...
Jax Library v1.0 - A Quicky JavaScript Library
...I've been meaning to throw this out there along with the Moc10 PHP library. Much like my PHP library, it's a collection of JavaScript code I've used over the years in developing web sites and web applications. It's pretty straightforward, lightweight and easy-to-use. You can download the Jax Library...
Update to the Jax JavaScript Library - v1.3 released
...Ok, I've made a series of updates, tweaks and revisions to the Jax JavaScript Library. Here's a summary of what's been done.Added Jax Basic Add-ons & Fixes: Implemented some basic add-ons and fixes to normalize some of the standard supported JS/DOM objects and methods (i.e., Array, String, etc.)Conv...
Moc10 LightWeight PHP Library – New Release v1.9.2
...It's time once again for some updates and revisions to the Moc10 PHP Library.Version 1.9.2 of the Moc10 PHP Library is available for download here: http://www.moc10phplibrary.com/In summary, here's what has been added and/or improved for version 1.9.2:Added Curl Component - Allows the simple executi...
New Open Source CMS - Phire CMS
...So this has been about 11 months in the making, but I've finally and officially released my personal pet project, a new open source CMS called Phire CMS. Phire CMS is a feature-rich, open source CMS that you can easily use to run any type of website, from a simple blog to a full-fledged website. It'...
Phire CMS v1.1 Coming Soon!
...Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!Phire CMS v1.1 is coming soon! One of the most requested features was language support, so in this new version, language support has been built in for 12 languages. Also, the install process has been made much easier and more automated. A few other tweaks and addi...
Hangin' out with Rasmus, The Creator of PHP!
...Rasmus Lerdorf Stops by NOLAPHPWell, this was pretty cool. Towards the end of November, I received a tweet from Rasmus inquiring about the next NOLAPHP meetup. After a little coordination amongst us and Rasmus, we quickly moved the December meetup to be able to line up for when he was in New Orleans...
Open Source Bonanza! CMS's, PHP and JavaScript - Oh My!
...Ok, so after much toiling over the holiday break, I've finally finished a multitude of upgrades and revisions to my meager three pieces of open source software that I have to offer to the community - Phire CMS v1.1, Moc10 PHP Library v1.9.7 and Jax JavaScript Library v1.7.One of the common upgrades ...
Wow, ImageMagick, Impressive. Cumbersome, but Impressive.
...For those of you that don't know, I am what you would call a designer/developer hybrid. In the beginning of my career, I cut my teeth designing and building out the front-end of websites and their UI's. Slowly but surely, I made a transition over to development as I was called upon more and more to ...
Apple iPad vs. Motorola Xoom: An A/B Comparison
...Last night, I had the opportunity to sit down and A/B compare an Apple iPad 16GB to a Motorola Xoom 32GB (both WiFi only, no mobile connectivity.) Now, those that know me, know that I am very biased against Apple for many reasons, but none more than the fact that, for years, I've attempted to use th...
ProFTPd Exploit & Vulnerability, November 2011
...I had a fun weekend fending off an attack on my production servers via an exploit found in ProFTPd this week. If you have any servers that run FTP services through ProFTPd, they are recommending you upgrade to v1.3.3g or 1.3.4 to patch it. I'll post more if I found out anything else. Here are some l...
Phire CMS v 2.0 Is Underway!
...So this is exciting news. Since the next version/generation of my PHP framework is completed and available for download for all to use, the very next step I've had planned is to start working on the next version of Phire CMS. Truthfully, I'm very excited. While I've used Phire CMS as my de facto CMS...