I mentioned last week that I received a strange payment via PayPal that appeared to be fraudulent. I rejected the payment, and then the buyer decided to send me $1.20 instead of $0.20. I accepted that payment just to see what would happen. Sure enough, it was fraud. I got email from PayPal today confirming […]
I just got a copy of Advanced PHP Programming by George Schlossnagle. It’s the first good book published for PHP5, and an excellent read even for folks who are still using PHP4. The book isn’t just about PHP. It covers many aspects of the development process used to produce a robust, fast, maintainable website. George […]
Recently I’ve been receiving a number of $0.20 PayPal donations via the Jewish calendar website that I maintain. I think this has got to be part of some sort of fraud. Since PayPal charges up to $0.30 in fees, these donations don’t make me any money. Luckily, I’m not losing 10 cents apiece (PayPal is […]
I have been invited to speak about HTTP caching and cache-busting at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention in July 2004. Abstract of my talk: A user’s web experience can often be improved by the proper use of HTTP caches. This talk discusses when to use and when to avoid caching, how to employ cache-busting techniques […]