Longtime javascript guru, and publisher of http://www.quirksmode.org/ , Peter-Paul Koch has just released his first book, PPK on JavaScript 1st edition, New Riders, 2006. ISBN 0321423305. PPK asks that those of you who support him, visit your local bookstore and ask for the book by name– remember to mention New Riders, and taking the ISBN [...]

I wrote this article about six months ago. I saved it as a draft because I didn’t want to make remark upon the incident while i was influenced so heavily by emotion. I wanted put some space between my otherwise rational judgment, and the feelings of anger, disappointment, and shame which i felt so strongly [...]

PHP Input Validation Flaw in Certain Error Pages as reported on Security Tracker dotCom, and other such news always raises my ears because I have been the victim of Cross Site Scripting myself. I have also been the victim of other hacks related to my own lack of security precautions, so tend to review alerts [...]

Here I have a prime example of a situation in which, although my application may function just fine on its own, for security reasons, it needs some extra support.

/* Note: this example taken directly from securephp.damonkohler.com
* in Feb, 2006 (AKA - the SecurePHP Wiki)
* Update: Nov, 2007 - the URL has changed
* Refer [...]

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Have you ever wondered why you can listen to amazing, high-quality mp3’s, but you never see any similar technology available to record yourself and junior banging out fresh original music on the tuba and dulcimer in your own basement? Choice of performance aside, [...]