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Year after year, those who pay attention to the cybersecurity industry read a steady stream of headlines about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The September 2019 attack on Wikipedia web sites is a good example of that fact. Basically, the exploit used a familiar method, a volumetric attack, which overwhelmed website operations in multiple Continue Reading
The internet can be dangerous. Especially to someone who doesn’t know how to protect themselves from these dangers. There is only so much an ordinary internet security programme can do. We continuously face threats such as malware, ransomware, and spyware. Unfortunately, we all need to do some of the protecting ourselves. Computer programmes are not Continue Reading
Mobile applications are quickly taking over and running almost all aspects of people’s lives. Smartphones have helped business owners make drastic advancements in their businesses. From the ability to conduct basic monetary transactions to virtually running the business, mobile applications have transformed the way businesses are being conducted. There are several mobile applications that apply Continue Reading
Serverless computing is often touted as being an architecture that scales automatically, is less expensive to run, and offers developers a nice abstraction from the underlying infrastructure. AWS Lambda is an example of a serverless service that provides developers a mechanism to execute code without worrying about servers — or does it? Let’s assume we Continue Reading
Many businesses secure customer engagements through signed documents (often in combination with a business proposal). A contractor is going to have a client sign a work order before work begins, outlining the services to be performed and the cost for each line item. A marketing company is going to enter into a contract with each client, Continue Reading
Your website is the lifeblood of your business. While some will have different functions and needs, the concept is the same: your website needs to be built correctly in order to satisfy your needs. This involves using the correct technology stack, from your CMS to the plugins and addons used to extend certain features. So, Continue Reading
Language is everything, spoken or computer. Computer languages are the focus of comparing Python to older and newer interpreted languages. The other programming languages consist of — Common Lisp, Scheme, C++, Perl, Tcl, Java, and JavaScript. The different aspects come into play when comparing, such as — training, availability, cost, and actual emotional attachment to Continue Reading
Just finished a new shopping website for kids and teen clothing, accessories, cool speakers, cool funky headphones, bracelets (chunky candy bangles) It’s also got some amazing hand printed tshirts by a local artist. Clothing with attitude.
I’ve been thinking about making a little board game for me and my 2.5 year old boy to play. My thoughts so far are: A dice would mean that one of us could jump too far ahead to make it interesting. Plus Archie can’t count very well. So maybe writting ‘2’ on one side of Continue Reading
I wanted to show an image uploader (using Zend_Form_Element_File) but when the user was editing the image (replacing it) it showed the current image in the form. For some reason ZF devs won’t let you change the view helper for a Zend_Form_Element_File, so subclassing it and changing the view helper don’t work. There is a Continue Reading