Trusster: From Drupal to WordPress

Another day, another updated web site. A client wanted to convert his existing website from drupal 6 to WordPress 2.8.  They wanted to make the switch because Drupal became too unwieldy to configure, manage and to extend. The integrated forums left much to be desired and the lack of a good antispam module meant that [...]

New sites launched

I’ve been busy over the past few months, working on various web sites and applications. Not only am I working on a redesign of Snowmoon Software, I’ve launched the following sites: Nicky’s Fight – Meet Nicky, a wonderful young boy with Neuroblastoma. Please consider donating something to his cause. Handmade Soap – Brenda L. makes [...]

Excellent paper on HTTP Sessions

Just finished reading a whitepaper on Web Based Session Management, worth a read. It lists the advantages and disadvantages of the three main forms of session management and common attacks. Go forth and read!

VisEmacs.NET pretest

It’s been a long time since I’ve worked on VisEmacs.net for varied reasons, the biggest being that I’m still stuck using Visual Studio 6.0. I’ve watched VS2002, then 2003, ’05 and now ’08 get released and I had no itch to scratch. But you’ve had one. And it’s time that itch was scratched! Without much [...]

Why software projects die

Great post over at sourcemaking.com today, 40 Reasons Why Software Projects Die. One recent job I had suffered from many of these AntiPatterns, specifically Death by Planning Design by Committee Irrational Management Cover Your Assets Project Mismanagement Lava Flow Mushroom Management and so many more… it’s a great list and a good read if only [...]