Category Archives: PHP

What did WordPress do with Firefox’s Spell Check?

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Michael Schurter

I upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1 last night, and now WordPress wants me to use its spell checker instead of Firefox‘s. This is really annoying as I don’t really want or need a new spell checker. Firefox’s works great. WordPress’s is … Continue reading →

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Even Python Coders Love Drupal

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Michael Schurter

Its no secret that I’ve been trying to kick my PHP habit in favor of Python.  However, I started using Drupal (a PHP content management system) around 4.4 or 4.5 and haven’t found any Python solutions that can even begin … Continue reading →

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Lost in a Sea of Web Frameworks

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Michael Schurter

So I’ve been trying to learn Python and have successfully written a couple small scripts. For the couple of small web sites/services I’ve written, I used CherryPy mostly because I know someone who is active in the CherryPy community.Coming from … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Yet Another Debian Etch Server

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Michael Schurter

A teacher e-mailed me the other day wondering if I could setup a server with Moodle on it for him to test. I was overjoyed at the request because the teacher had discovered Moodle, MySQL, PHP, and Linux (as well … Continue reading →

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cssh: C# Shell

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Michael Schurter

The other day I found myself writing a shell script in PHP because I refuse to learn bash’s archaic syntax.  I’m actually a lot happier with PHP as a shell scripting language than a web application language.  However, I’ve always … Continue reading →

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Being a Geek in Peoria

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Michael Schurter

While I’m loving working from home, there is something to be said for human contact.  So I signed up for a bunch of technology related interests on Meetup.com and subscribed to Peoria events at Upcoming.org. I also found a local … Continue reading →

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