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by Josh Fraser on May 31, 2009
One of the biggest time-savers in PHP is the ability to use variable variables. While often intimidating for newcomers to PHP, variable variables are extremely powerful once you get the hang of them.
Variable variables are just variables whose names ...
The protocols powering the real-time web
by Josh Fraser on May 25, 2009
In the past few weeks there has been a lot of discussion around the rise of the real-time web, including posts from TechCrunch, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb and Scoble. A lot of the talk has been around Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, OneRiot and of course ...
How to speed up your website
by Josh Fraser on May 21, 2009
There are few things as frustrating as having to wait for a website to load. Not only do slow websites make for a poor user experience, they can also have a big impact on your bottom line:
Google discovered that adding 500ms to their load time ...
Verifying domain name ownership
by Josh Fraser on May 14, 2009
I got a nice shout-out on TechCrunch today for discovering an issue with the new Kindle Publisher program. The vulnerability allowed anyone to claim a blog as their own and take advantage of the 30% rev-share that Amazon offers on their $1.99 subscription ...
