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How to cancel a GoDaddy domain and get a refund

GoDaddy has been a good domain registrar for me.  I have a portfolio of 300+ domains with them, and I have never had any major issues. That said, sometimes when I choose not to renew a domain (usually because I do not wish to keep it), GoDaddy will renew the domain for me automatically.  I [...]

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5 PHP Killer Apps

As a developer who does a lot of work with PHP, I am always looking for apps, libraries, or just plain old pieces of code to save development time while adding useful functionality to my applications. I’ve tested, customized and integrated dozens of open source PHP apps/libraries into my projects over the years, and here [...]

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Classic Sports Tapes Collection (and hacking WordPress)

I have just posted the foundation for my Classic Sports Tapes collection. At long last, I’ve got a process for cataloguing and posting the details of my collection on the site. I still have a few hundred hockey games to catalogue and add to the system, in fact I only have about 5% of my [...]

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How to install PHP on Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6

Up until about 4 years ago, PHP and Windows Server didn’t get along very well. Since then PHP and MySQL are quite stable on Windows and are commonly used for development and production implementations on Windows Server/IIS. Whenever building a Windows/IIS/PHP prod or dev box, I always refer to this guide. Through this excellent, accurate [...]

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