Search Engine Spam Videos
Some some tweets come in and I headed on over to IM Broadcast saw some Search Engine Spam videos come up.
I thought they were pretty interesting to watch, and it was nice to hear from MSN, Google, and Yahoo. It does make me wonder if black hat SEO really does have a chance? 
Anyways, here are the direct links to the vids:
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/53/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-1-Overview
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/55/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-2-On-The-Page-Issues
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/54/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-3-Link-Spam–Paid-Links
Hope you all enjoy.
PHP Reference Card - Failed?
While taking a look at my ‘Tech Blogs’ tab in NetVibes I saw the headline for a reference card available for PHP. So, I hopped on over to dZone.com, got an account (it’s free), and downloaded it.
I’m not really impressed.
I believe the beginner may benefit from this, but there’s just so many gaping holes in the reference card… Like what about the GD library? Or perhaps cURL? File handling? XML?
Honestly, how could you call a reference card a PHP Reference Card without the most common uses listed? I think the card may be off to a good start, but please, release a new more complete version soon.
Final Verdict:
While it may be great for beginners, it’s still lacking for the rest of us. I’ll pass and keep php.net as my reference card.
Breathalyzer for your Gmail
Personally, I think this is a pretty neat little gizmo. Basically, in a blog post at: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html
All you have to do is answer a few simple math problems, and boom, off it goes. I think the idea here is it gives you a second chance to reconsider your email. And, if you’re too drunk to think of an answer, perhaps you should wait till the next day to send it.
I think it’s neat, and of course, you can turn it on and off, so if anyone is complaining about that, well, they’re just silly.
New Version, New Theme
I went ahead and updated wordpress, so we’ll see if this version stays stable.
Also, changed themes, until I finish with my own. Hopefully this will be the last time before I settle on my own.
PHP & MySQL Tip #3
PHP & MySQL Tip #3
I want to share with some of you an easy way to set up your database design in a very flexiable and reliable EAV like model.
Work that DOM
Just real quick, this came up in #javascript the other day. Working with the DOM, appending new elements.
PHP & MySQL Tip #2 - Better Way of Pagination
I’ve seen this come up a few times in #php on irc.gamesurge.net - how to find the total number of rows found, while using the LIMIT clause on a query.
I’ve seen people respond with some seriously incorrect solutions, such as ‘Simply load all of the results into an array and only show X amount’ or ‘Simple run another query without the LIMIT clause and count those rows.’
Those two, common, solutions are sadly not the best solution.
Read on to discover my solution.
Problem Solving - guide to PHP programming and debugging.
Problem solving forms part of thinking.
Interesting… so, if so many web devs and IT personnel have such a problem with problem solving, perhaps they’re just not thinking? Let’s explore some of the problems I’ve seen people encounter, and how I was baffled they lacked the problem solving skills to complete their tasks.
Quote from “Children of the Mind”
Grego shook his head. “Yes it does, Olhado. Death undoes everything.”
Olhado shrugged. “Then why do you bother doing everything, Grego? Because someday you will die. Why should anyone ever have children? Someday they will die, their children will die, all children will die. Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps nothing will ever come to the surface to show that we were ever there. But we were there, and during the time we lived, we were alive. That’s the truth — what is, what was, what will be — not what could be, what should have been, what never can be. If we die, then our death has meaning to the rest of the universe. Even if our lives are unknown, the fact that someone lived here, and died, that will have repercussions, that will shape the universe.”
Nice Article on Software Development
I found this article The Future of Software Development and found it rather interesting. As it compares the older Waterfall Model of development, to Agile Development, and why it works.
Take a look, and be prepared to be informed.