Getting the correct timezone in a web application
I support a web application that is hosted on a virtual private server. The application architecture is JavaEE running under...
Unintended Consequences
I’m always fascinated by unintended consequences, especially when they are an artifact of trying to do something right. In moving...
Chrome: Awww Snap!
Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of the annoying message about pages dying on Chrome. For the most part it’s...
Hacking a Theme
I was setting up a temporary WordPress site for a client as a placeholder for their business. All they wanted...
WordPress on CPanel
I had to set up a WordPress instance on a server where my only real access is via cPanel, so...
Recover a broken WordPress
I was helping out http://www.pmi-sfbac.org whose web site was down. The server was being unresponsive, and Larry Van Cantfort (the...
Quick fix for Plesk problems …
Recently after an upgrade of my Plesk panel, my web site was down. In fact ALL of the domains I...
Organizational Continuity
Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”....
Serenity
A project manager has to be able to be in the moment and calmly react to any situation in order...
Using TDD (Test Driven Development)
If you read my previous post (WordPress Recovery), you know I’ve been writing some code to recover my old posts....