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Installing WordPress 2.9.2 on Windows Server 2003 using Microsoft's Web Platform Installer

strivinglife — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:00 -0600

I recently had need to install and test WordPress for some possible work. While I was tempted to go the Linux route, shortly after the OS was setup I decided to skip that and stick with Windows. Since Microsoft has released a platform that supposedly makes it easy to install Web-related applications, I decided to give it a try to determine just how simple it was. What follows is an overview of the setup process to install WordPress 2.9.2 on Windows Server 2003, using Microsoft's Web Platform...

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Web Application Development Guidelines

strivinglife — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:25:00 -0600

While Web application development is just as complex as other application development, if not more so, it's fairly difficult to find information on best practices while doing Web development. In order to move towards implementation of Subversion, I needed to write up documentation on how we'd use it. After a couple drafts, which I ended up scrapping almost completely, I came up with the below. In the interest of sharing, I've included the full document below, after removing the few instances...

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iPod Touch, netbooks, laptops, and desktops

strivinglife — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0600

For the last handful of months I've been thinking about accessing the Internet, and otherwise being productive, while on the go. A number of months back I picked up an HP device with Windows Mobile, unfortunately, after a few months the short battery life and inability to run the applications I wanted/needed to be truly productive forced me to sell it and start looking elsewhere ... iPod Touch The iPhone had been out for a while when I started looking at what an iPod Touch could...

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