Here is the code we are using for today’s discussion on using jQuery to add Ajax to a website. You can download a copy of everything required to do this project here.
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This is probably one of the coolest things I have seen on Twitter.  David Griner found his Great Aunt’s diary that contained short entries for each day.  After they decided that this was the Twitter of the 1930’s they started putting the entries on Twitter.  It is so interesting to read.  I recommend that everyone follow Genny_Spencer on Twitter.

Credit goes to Leo Laporte for retweeting foundbypat’s message.  The site for the backstory can be found here and you can view the message stream here.

Anyone who knows me or has tried to read my blog knows that I am not very reliable at it.  I set something up and then forget about it in the same day.  Well I have to say that I am getting better at blogging. (more…)

The instructions for how to use the PHP Calendar class have been released. Take a look and contact me if you have any questions.

I have loaded the instructions for how to use the Authorize.net class.  You can access it on the right side of the site under Pages.  If anyone has questions about it make sure you ask them through the fancy new contact form that is also on the right.  Sorry about the CAPTCHA, but I just don’t want to try and shovel through the spam.

I am releasing a class that generates Calendars.  I plan on doing an example of how to do Ajax with this class so I figured I would release it a little early so that people can play with it before I begin the example.  You can download it here.

If you have never used the Ternary Operator, or ? operator, your life is about to change.  The ternary operator is used as a shorthand for if .. else structures that can really clean up your code.
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PHP5 Class Structure

Classes are a very important aspect of good code. Organizing your code in classes makes the code reusable (even in other applications) and helps clearly separate the model from the view of the site.

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cURL is a very useful tool used to progmatically connect and interact with other systems to do various tasks like download a Web Page or RSS feed.  It is also used to send information to another computer and get a response.
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I am preparing a number of posts built around a class I created that interacts with Authorize.net.  I will explain more about it later but you can download it now here.