Monthly Archives: March 2005

End the IRS — Vote for the Fair Tax

Posted on Thu, 31 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

George Will talks about the Fair Tax.

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Database Portability (Part 4)

Posted on Wed, 30 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

Dealing with case-sensistivity in searches, and a bleg (blog-beg) for hints. Continue reading →

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Solar 0.0.5 Released

Posted on Mon, 28 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

This release includes an important component, the “Solar_App” class. It takes some superficial hints from Ruby on Rails (but is definitely not comparable). Read on for more. Continue reading →

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BBEdit 8.1 Adds Subversion Supprt

Posted on Mon, 28 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

I am downloading it now, will report more info on it later. You can download the BBEdit 8.1 update from here.

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In this final portion, I address the portability of commands and services between different database backends, and conclude with reasons why portability may or may not matter to your specific application. Continue reading →

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Database Portability (Parts 1 and 2)

Posted on Tue, 15 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

An alternative to what appear to be common practices when it comes to data type portability in PHP. Parts 1 and 2 of a 3-part article covering API, data type, and commands & service portability. Continue reading →

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Buy Stuff and Save the World

Posted on Sun, 13 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

Via Ryan King, we have a link to David Brin and how global capitalism is a force for world peace. To which I say: Yay captalism! Yay globalism! Yay for the bourgeious elite! Without the rich (for whom sellers compete … Continue reading →

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PDO at wiki.cc

Posted on Thu, 10 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

Good docs, and wonderful introspection news at the end. Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: DB_Table, Text_Wiki

Posted on Mon, 07 Mar, 2005 by pmjones

I just released the first 1.0.0 stable version of DB_Table, and released RC2 of Text_Wiki earlier today. That’s another two things I don’t need to think about any more. :-) Now that I think about it, it’s been a good … Continue reading →

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Savant3: Second Development Release