Unless you want to end up like Blanche DuBois, never, ever depend on the kindness of strangers to safeguard your backups. This means keeping a set of backups that are far removed from where your site is hosted. This way … Continue reading →

Just to show you how old I am, here’s a story I can recall from the chilliest days of the Cold war. Legend has it that a big hulking IBM Mainframe mysteriously “disappeared” while riding the rails to its destination … Continue reading →

From time to time, it is a good thing to back up your entire site onto a different computer/server, even if your entire site is database-driven. Take my situation two weeks ago, when my former host provider shut down the … Continue reading →

It is unfortunate that we are so paranoid about plagiarism that our education systems have forgone the practice of having students copy the works of great masters. This was especially true in the disciplines of art and music, as I … Continue reading →

An interesting thing happened to me while sitting poolside here at Aqaba, Jordan. I was talking to an individual who works for one of the larger Christian marketing firms. He wants to develop a lay-ministry website for a neighborhood prayer … Continue reading →

This is post for any and all of you headed for mission trips this summer. No matter how much homework you do, emailing individuals who’ve been there and done that, read the web pages at hotels, hostels and cities of … Continue reading →

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. ‘Pelase’ don’t say something like this on your web church’s site (the sign is bad enough): Always test your new code. Mistakes like can really detract from your site’s content … I … Continue reading →

I have to run to dinner with the group of journalist the Jordan Tourism Bureau has graciously invited. But just a quick note, the hotel in which I’m staying has a nice firewall. So nice that I wasn’t initially able … Continue reading →