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DevelopmentDecember 18, 2011

Clear Note Widget (Sticky Note App) Now Available For Android Phones


Yes, you heard it here first. I actually released an Android app.

To be honest, this isn’t my first foray (and probably won’t be the last) into Android. The first was an attempt to make a fun “game” that consisted of the Android mascot running on top of an infinitely-long office building. Or at least running until he (she? it?) crashed into a conveniently-placed, official US Postal Service mailbox.

php.angbox: teaching php since 2011.
Development8/8/2011

php.angbox: teaching PHP in a not-so-boring way.


In my quest for total Internet domination, I’ve decided to launch a new section of angbox for learning PHP. It’s called: Learning PHP.

It's Amazon EC2 to the rescue!
Development3/19/2011

Gaming Amazon EC2 to get more web hosting for less


Like countless others, my web sites are running under Amazon EC2, the cloud-based web service. It has been, at least for anything above the free “micro” tier, rock solid. But the costs are certainly not the cheapest cloud hosting around. How do you get around that?

Don't let your website migration turn into this.
Development1/23/2011

Things to Remember When Migrating a Website


After undergoing a multi-site migration only to watch things crash and burn, I’ve come up with a checklist of what to remember when migrating a website.

Get nginx and apache set up in 30 minutes.
Development9/16/2010

Setting Up nginx and Apache in 30 minutes


The angbox blog and all of my other web sites are now running on a lethal combination of nginx and Apache. That’s a huge improvement from a week ago, when my sites were barely running. If you’re looking for an alternative to running Apache by its bloated lonesome, check out this guide. If you’re looking for the latest saga of my Japan trip, or another post that has absolutely nothing to do with web development, you might want to skip it.

Restore the MySQL Root User in a WAMP Setup
Development8/4/2010

Reset the Root User or Password in a MySQL WAMP Setup


Running MySQL in a Windows XAMPP test environment is pretty common. Having to restore the root user, or having to reset the root user password, however, is not. Here’s how to get your root user back up and running on your WAMP system in no time.

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