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About Me

Hello!

I work as a web developer, and have been involved in the production of a bunch of websites and custom web applications. I shun visual editors in favor of hand-coding, and make every effort to ensure that the websites I build adhere to established web standards and are accessible to as many end users as possible. I primarily code sites using PHP, Javascript and CSS to create HTML web sites and applications. I’ve built a number of WordPress themes and plugins, and really enjoy making things tick with jQuery. I code it all by hand using TextMate.

I also enjoy photography and the outdoors. You might have noticed some of my images on the home page.

Other Posts

  • Knotlog

    Websites for Marine Businesses

    I have delivered numerous boats up and down the east coast of the U.S. Several years ago, on one of these deliveries, I realized there was a woeful lack of Web-based information about marinas and other boater-related services. Several times on these trips, I grabbed my phone to search for various marine services along the…

  • Better Password Storage

    padlock

    Using proper password storage techniques for user authentication systems in web applications, such as encouraging the use of strong passwords, properly salting and hashing passwords, and limiting the number of log in attempts can help ensure that your application remains secure for as many users as possible.

  • Sessions and WordPress

    session_start

    I find it strange that sessions will sometimes work in WordPress if session_start() is called in the theme’s header file, but won’t work in other cases. Some have suggested placing session_start() in the wp-config.php file, since this file is included well before anything is sent to the browser; however, the unlikely possibility exists that the…

  • Online Password Security

    faux-sign-in-form

    Email accounts, blogs and social networking sites are all prone to crackers attempting to exploit users and their data. This post explores some ways to create strong passwords or passphrases to protect against these attackers, and a few tips on how to manage these stronger passwords.

  • Vermont Citizens

    vermont-citizens

    Not unlike the Bennington-Berkshire Citizens Coalition, this group of folks are opposed to the proposed biomass plant in Pownal, Vermont. They liked the other website I built, and asked me to create for them a simple website whose purpose is to encourage people concerned about the plant to sign up and become a member. So,…

  • Better forms without CAPTCHA

    CAPTCHA

    Constantly walking the fine line between usable forms and preventing form spam, I decided to tackle, once and for all, the deluge of junk being sent via the contact forms and other HTML forms on some of the websites I’ve built. I’d like to share with you something that seems to be working for me,…

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