Safeguarding Your Blog Against Spam

Posted May 25th Filed under Programming
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've used Wordpress in the past for blogs that I write in. One thing that bothers me the most is the inadequate spam filtering they have. The blogs never really got any more than a few visitors a day, but the spam piled up and I was getting about 10 - 20 a day. Each one triggering an email notification that they've arrived. It's such a let down to [...]

A New Found Interest in Web Development

Posted May 24th Filed under Life
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aving spent a few weeks dealing with a few personal issues, I've rediscovered what it's like to be back in the saddle writing code again. I can't explain to you how good it feels. I went through a little spell contemplating whether or not designing web sites and writing stupid little web apps was something I wanted to do with my life. Generally I [...]

A Brand Spankin New Site

Posted March 25th Filed under Updates
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can't explain how long designing this site has taken me. There have been 3 total iterations each one resulting in a complete make-over and a lot of yelling. I don't know what it is about making a site for yourself but there were a few weeks where I almost lost it. Anyway, I've taken a few screen shots of the design for this site as it's progresse [...]
Ahh, my 9th symphony. I've arranged this piece for xHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL. It should sound beautifully across all instruments, and was meticulously prepared with standards and accessibility in mind. View the Colophon, or contact me. All material © 2008 Mike Gioia, et al.