Writing customizable and upgradable applications
Posted by Larry on Oct 26, 2015 in Insights | Comments Off on Writing customizable and upgradable applications
I was working on a WordPress plugin and I wanted to make it both easily customized by the user as well as allowing standard WordPress upgrades to happen while not destroying the customizations. When WordPress does an upgrade, it removes the plugin or theme and installs the upgraded item. If the user had customized it in the usual manner (note – I did not...
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Posted by Larry on Sep 8, 2015 in Insights | Comments Off on Personal Internet Security
“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” J. Robert Oppenheimer This is a follow-on article to Security on the Internet. Though the fears of the Los Alamos scientists was not experienced by the creators on September 2, 1969 when at UCLA two computers sent test data through a 15 foot cable. They had no idea about the far reaching impact their...
Read MoreSecurity on the Internet
Posted by Larry on Sep 2, 2015 in Insights | Comments Off on Security on the Internet
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller With the recent hack attacks on Ashley Madison and the Federal Government I have been pondering Internet...
Read MoreOur Political System
Posted by Larry on Jun 30, 2015 in Insights | Comments Off on Our Political System
I was approached by a lady with a clipboard at Sunday’s farmers market. She wanted me to sign some post cards in support of AB 700, The California Disclose Act. Basically it force campaign advertisements to disclose the real identities of their donors. Good idea? Yeah, duh! Will it pass? Not in your life. The politicians rely too much on donations from...
Read MoreSome thoughts on the Political System
Posted by Larry on Aug 17, 2009 in Insights | Comments Off on Some thoughts on the Political System
I don’t vote. Don’t get your knickers in a not, I don’t vote for a very good reason, there is noone running for any office that I would care to vote for. There was a congressman that I would of voted for if I lived in his district, but guess what, his party put up another candidate in a primary election and threw all of their support behind this new...
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