Published by Philip G
photo credit: freezelight
If you’re here due to spam, it most definitely was not me. I hate when people use my email address and my domain for spam. Unfortunately, There’s nothing I can do about it. /cry
I do not support spam in any way. These spammers just happen to locate some email address that has worked on some mailing list and use that as their “From:” email address with some random name. Due to the design of the SMTP protocol, there isn’t anything I can do about it. So, just delete the email and please, don’t black list me. 
. Apr 28, 2008
Filed under: Delusioned
Published by Philip G
photo credit: mr.bologna
I decided to change the theme up a bit. I found this one; not too bad, although I’m not 100% satisfied. I plan to make a few updates here and there to get it just the way I like it.
My biggest peeve is only one post is shown on the front page. I really would like to have at least two, maybe three. I do like the sidebar posts, tagged with my Twitter updates. It makes a perfect spot for those. Not to mention the solid empty bar at top.
I’ve went through so many themes … it was a pain. To be honest, this was the best of them but yet … it’s still not working right. Ugh!
Update: Okay, I think I’ll stick with this one for now. It’s cleaner and easier to grasp. I might, however, change the header mountains graphic one of these days.
. Mar 23, 2008
Filed under: Delusioned
Published by Philip G
The Horven. A new species of bird released in the wild, developed by cross breading a raven with a pony (no horses were harmed in the making of this creature. After all, ponies aren’t real horses…)
. Mar 14, 2008
Filed under: Delusioned
Published by Philip G
photo credit: sindändùne
I’ll be the first to admit, my blog was pretty bland without any pictures or images. I did intentionally build the blog like that to keep the load down, and easier on the browsers, but lets face it: it’s just a page full of text. And like most people, you hate just a page full of text.
To rectify that, I’ve installed a new plugin called Photo Dropper which allows me to pull in photos from Flickr and drop (duh?) them right into me posts. Now, you have something to look at while reading me posts. Yay! I know you’re excited; don’t try to hide it!
. Mar 01, 2008
Filed under: Delusioned
Published by Philip G
As many of you might know, or not, my sites are currently hosted by A2 Hosting. I switched over from Dreamhost months ago when I was becoming increasingly unsatisfied with their speed, or rather lack there of.
A2 Hosting, like many, has a blog as well. They recently posted a list 8 reasons why PHP is better than ASP. This list got my attention purely because this is an actual list from the perspective of a webhosting company, not a developer like myself. And I have to say, I agree with everything on it. I can also validate point 7 from the perspective of a PHP developer. However, since I’ve never done ASP (it’s Windows point - point 4), I cannot comment on the ease of learning ASP.
Summary:
- PHP is cheaper.
- PHP is faster.
- PHP is more compatible (they mean by working on all operating systems).
- There are no hidden costs (this is soley an web host perspective).
- PHP is more flexible.
- Easier to fix bugs in PHP.
- PHP is easier to learn.
- PHP is more secure.
I found point 8 pretty interesting. I never ran an IIS server (for ASP): I couldn’t come to that conclusion myself.
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PS: I highly recommend A2 Hosting for anybody that’s looking for a new webhost. And please, tell them gpcentre sent you.
. Feb 18, 2008
Filed under: PHP
