djmdesign on Imgur has "an ongoing series of imagined arcade cabinets presented as 1980s inspired print advertisements." The ads poke fun at Windows, Excel, texting-and-driving, Instagram, and Facebook. As an ongoing series, there should be more to come too. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
AiProtection on ASUS routers prevents FTPES connections
Working with a different hosting option that uses FTPS instead of SFTP, I found that my ASUS RT-AC56R was preventing passive, explicit FTPS connections. It took some hours of troubleshooting and patient support of the hosting company but I finally narrowed down the problem when I bypassed the router and was able to connect to the server securely when directly plugged into my … [Read more...]
Benchmarking PHP 7
If you run any PHP-based software like WordPress, Magento, Drupal, or others, you will be excited with the release of PHP 7. The performance aspect of the language has received major emphasis with this release, giving new life to PHP. You will have to make sure your software is compatible with PHP 7, of course, in order to upgrade your hosting and take advantage of the faster … [Read more...]
The end of phone contracts is a beautiful thing
The typical phone contract in America is a two year commitment with early termination fees to discourage you from leaving. I used my previous phone out of contract for a while to wait for my wife's phone to end its contract. Now, I am not willing to get back into contract and would not recommend it. Consumers give up too much freedom and flexibility with contracts that benefit … [Read more...]
Project management can make all the difference
Project management can impact a project either way, resulting in success or failure. Allowing scope-creep, overbooking resources, not being pro-active, or any number of downfalls can allow a project to fail. This infographic goes into some of those problems. (Credit: Taskworld) … [Read more...]