Category Archives: Web Design

Open Letter to Yahoo Web Hosting

Posted on May 5, 2009 by arcster

Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 ATTN: Web hosting customer service Dear Yahoo: I am writing about the failure of Yahoo Web Hosting to upgrade from PHP 4. I feel it indicates a lack of interest in customers … Continue reading →

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Serving .ics files from a webserver

Posted on March 20, 2008 by arcster

If you store static ical files with a .ics extension on a webserver and would like to give users the ability to click a link and add the events to their calendars, you may need to jump a couple hurdles. … Continue reading →

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Google Finance

Posted on February 21, 2008 by arcster

Complaining about Google reminds me of the characters in Life of Brian complaining about the Romans: (apart from free unlimited email, mapping the world, and making it possible to find everything on the Internet instantly, what has Google ever done … Continue reading →

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Another day in the life of a ColdFusion drone

Posted on February 14, 2008 by arcster

This may be of use to the handful of people in the universe who: 1. use ColdFusion; 2. have no direct access to their Coldfusion server; 3. need to manipulate PowerPoint on the server; and 4. aren’t using .NET OK, … Continue reading →

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What’s up with webmaster-showcase?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by arcster

I’m happy with my Yahoo web hosting, but how did webmaster-showcase come to be sanctioned by Yahoo as a reference tool for newbie webmasters? My site is no beauty, so I’ll leave you to form your own opinion on the … Continue reading →

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