When I first went out looking for web hosting (back in the mid-90s), I grabbed the first provider that was cheap enough. Locally owned, he ran his place downtown, and looked perfectly fine. ...Until he went bankrupt, taking my advance payment for the year and leaving me scrambling for hosting...

I recently created a plugin for the WordPress Visitor Counter I’ve had here for several years - check out my other site for the much easier to use WordPress Visitor Counter PLUGIN...

No, it’s not porn - it’s a guide where I excerpt some of the last 18 month’s worth of articles from ‘The ActiveBlogging Report‘. Think of it as a taste, offered at a low price so you can see if you like the site. I also throw in my bonus...

Sometimes, adding PHP directly to your blog entries can be a cleaner and simpler solution than ther alternatives. Although you can edit the WordPress template directly to display, it can get messy, especially when all you want to do is create a single page with a little extra ’smarts’ in...

I recently received an email - briefly a programmer asked what best path to follow for creating a successful software product: • Create a never-before seen product. • Improve features in current software. • Focus on a unique selling proposition, rather than create new. Unfortunately, the answers are not easy - but here’s...