2021

Recreating WordPress Dashboard in Evolus Pencil (High-Fidelity Wireframe)

In order to teach oneself any new tool or process it can be quite instructive to attempt to duplicate a work that already exists and has been successfully produced. This is the way famous artists of the past including Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci have learned and mastered their craft.Well, following in the steps […]

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Hated One: Should You Turn Off Windows Update?

(Video) The Hated One: Should you turn off Windows Update? – in response to Troy Hunt

The Hated One discusses how Microsoft hates security and encryption and the _NSAKEY hidden key that was found going all the way back to Windows 95. He also states that the government forces corporations to lie in public about the government spying on computer users.

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My Photos for the Alabama Tourism Project: “Take it all in Responsibly” Campaign

I took a bunch of photos last August for the Alabama Tourism Department‘s “Take it all in Responsibly” campaign. This was to promote Alabama tourism with a focus on covid-19 safety precautions. All the photos I took were of nature and public parks, except one. My friend Reverend Russell Clausell graciously let me use a

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NOTES: 2021-04-26 | Notes on LinkedIn Learning PHP Videos

These notes are continued from this post. How to Retrieve Data from a MySQL database with PHP (with mysqli) Best practice: Always free result and connection when done. db_connect_guide.php // Credentials $dbhost = ‘localhost’; $dbuser = ‘webuser’; $dbpass = ‘secret’; $ dbname = ‘globe_bank’; // 1. Create DB Connection $conn = mysqli_connect( $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass,

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NOTES: 2021-04-26 | Thoughts on PHP and Life

I have all these PHP snippets on my desk of things I learned taking Linkedin Learning PHP courses. I took a 4-hr long coding test for a remote PHP/LAMP Developer job with the Huntsville, AL branch of NASA. I was excited for the opportunity, but learning I was lacking on all kinds of modern programming techniques,

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PHP Fatal Error: Call to Member Function on Array

Description & Purpose In this post I discuss how I troubleshot a simple object-oriented (OOP) PHP program that had array and class issues. Yesterday I began taking a course on LinkedIn Learning callled PHP: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) because I want to refresh my OOP knowledge and fill in any blanks in my understanding. I got

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