Eric Hepperle

Eric loves to write code, play guitar, and help businesses solve challenges with code and design.

Lynda.com PHP MySQL WAMP Project: Widget Corp – Progress Update – 2012.02.07

Hello folks.  I’ve been doing a Lynda.com tutorial called PHP With MySQL Essential Training.  I’ve actually been doing aboutg 2-8 hours per week of the multiple, sequential lessons that are involved in this excellent hands-on tutorial for about a month now. At this point, I have completed all the basic PHP and MySQL material, and […]

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How Long Does It Really Take To Create and Finish A New Blog Post?

01/22/12 I don’t  know about everyone else, but it takes me either all day or all week.  For instance, I have a journal-type post for one of my blogs (rawlifewizard)that was pre-rough-drafted/conceptualized (I’m not really sure what the academic term is for this) on Jan 15th (exactly a week ago).  But, because I work a

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Testing WordPress’s Code Syntax Highlighting

(12/04/11) TEST 1: This example introduces a bit of test code we are calling ‘CODE SNIPPET A’. It uses the ‘sourcecode’ tag and has no language attributes or parameters. Code Snippet A [sourcecode] <form id="form1"> <div> <input id="btnShowMessage" type="button" value="show message" /> <div id="divMessage" style="background-color: yellow;">THIS IS THE MESSAGE</div> </div> </form> [/sourcecode] NOTE: When you

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Is DropBox a good alternative for a WordPress CDN (image hosting site)?

Image via CrunchBase Is DropBox a good alternative for a WordPress CDN (image hosting site)? 11/15/11 10:06 PM So, tonight I’m seeking a better FREE solution for hosting my images for blogging purposes.  Up until now I have always used Photobucket, but recently I have experienced some issues with some of my images not showing

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In Praise Of Jeff Duntemann … An Ode To Fun, Easy-To-Read Programming Books

02/19/11 Around 1998 I was working as an Electronics Engineer at a local slaughterhouse called IBP (now owned by Tyson Chicken) and it was there in the meager collection of reference books available that I discovered the book “Assembly Language Step-By-Step“, by Jeff Duntemann.  I was blown away.  Though it has been over 10 years

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Are CNET.com & DOWNLOAD.com Software Reviews Even Credible or Reliable Anymore?

So I have been using Acronis True Image Home 11 since 2009, and have been using other incarnations of the software since 2004.  Acronis has always proven a very reliable (and free) option for backing up and creating hard disk drive images in my own personal experience.  In fact, the only problems I’ve ever had with

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