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Zend_Search_Lucene Multi Index search

• Developer's Kanundrum - May 3, 2009 12:21:20 AM

Zend_Search_Lucene is a good way to get search into a site relatively quickly. It’s based on Apache’s Lucene search and it’s a free alternative to getting a google applicance or something like that. One thing it’s lacked for a long...

Upgrading Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) to Hardy (8.04 LTS)

• Developer's Kanundrum - May 1, 2009 7:13:19 PM

So years ago (2007) I created a development server using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. At the time i thought nothing of it until recently when I couldn’t use aptitude to install stuff and after doing some research found out that Feisty Fawn is no longer suppo...

Why I think Flash Remoting is Cool

• Developer's Kanundrum - Apr 25, 2009 7:29:01 PM

So I was at the bar with co workers friday and flash remoting came up in the discussion. One of the flash developers noted that we never really used flash remoting in our projects and he reasoned because we’re not doing heavy data transfers the need...

Facebook Connect

• Developer's Kanundrum - Mar 30, 2009 8:01:37 PM

I have been working on integrating Facebook Connect into a corporate website I’ve been working on (yeah i’s not the traditional corporate website). In the very early stage of the project openId was considered and then along came Facebook Conne...

Mysqli vs PDO in Zend Framework

• Developer's Kanundrum - Feb 28, 2009 3:03:19 PM

I am currently working on a major project where the website’s performance is critical to success. All my projects for the last year have used Zend Framework and the mysqli adapter. There are sources on the internet that sing the praises of Mysqli ov...

1234554321 needs some love too

• Developer's Kanundrum - Feb 13, 2009 1:22:07 PM

Geeks everywhere are excited about 1234567890 (unix time) happening today, but not so much mention of 1234554321. To commemorate the event co-workers Jim Williams and Vora Vor put this site together...

How to get a non suhosin version of php on Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)

• Developer's Kanundrum - Dec 7, 2008 11:56:11 AM

I was trying to install a php extension when I read somewhere that said extension won’t work on Ubuntu Hard Heron PHP because it has Suhosin patch installed by default from that version up and that doesn’t play nice with some extensions. After...

Open Id Cons and Pros

• Developer's Kanundrum - Nov 16, 2008 8:56:26 AM

I was in love with the idea behind open id and the possibilities. As the title suggests I think there are more cons to using open id than pros. This really came to light after a client requested it and we were looking into integrating it into the site. Co...