YouTube started out as a dating website
Thanks to the wonderful job the Internet archive does you can see an April 28th 2005 snapshot of YouTube, showing it actually was designed as a dating website. The video…
Mixed interests; Honest news or protecting your prized drama show
When the face of MasterChef Australia George Calombaris underpays workers $7.8 million and the channel that produces the cooking drama show ignores the newsworthy actions what does that make of…
Live time and date with JavaScript
Use cases are rare but displaying the live time on a webpage is a neat feature, perhaps for a dashboard or panel would it suit best. There is no need…
Load smaller image in first with Javascript
How to avoid images popping in after the page has loaded by loading in and displaying a much smaller one first. Credit to FThompson here at StackOverflow. I edited it…
The basics of GNU Wget
GNU Wget is an open source software for downloading files with compatibility with the many popular internet protocols through command line use. Wget is a popular tool and highly versatile,…
Taking a look at Skeleton CSS framework
Skeleton is a self acclaimed simple boilerplate that suits those who don’t need the vast range of elements that larger frameworks possess. Browsing through the Skeleton docs you will notice…
Creating a PHP database connection file from a form
The ever common PHP MySQL database connection file, mostly named something like dbconnection.php or dbcon.php which gets used in a require_once situation whereby you need a connection to the database….
Changing passwords often is less secure
It doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to begin with, why would you need to change and reset a password if it hasn’t been hacked?! The Chief technologist…
Stating a 404 response with PHP; Why it is important
HTTP 404 is the response given when you browsers interacted with the servers but no page was found at the location (URL). This is important to know because for SEO…
Zoom giving access to your MacBook camera
Zoom Mac client was found to have a very nasty vulnerability that easily granted access to your Web cam to virtually anyone in the know. Zoom is a web video…