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  • Introduction Welcome to the 1st installment of Diving into Development. This is a free online ebook or workshop written by Joshua Drake in an effort to teach those who are willing how to be a multifaceted web developer. As this is an individual project, it will take me a long time to reach completion, but I hope everyone will follow along and learn something. In this series, I will be jumping back and forth between languages (have no fear, I will remain highly organized with this) in an effort to demonstrate the best tools for the job in my opinion. Throughout this project, I will be supplying sample code to copy / paste, downloadable snippets, as well as demonstrations. These articles will all be accessible to The Admin Zone community, my personal tutorial / resource site Drake Technologies, as well as Good-Tutorials.com and possibly others. If anyone has any questions,...1April 16, 2011

    Diving into PHP Part 1: Getting Started with PHP

    Introduction Welcome to the 1st installment of Diving into Development. This is a free online ebook or workshop written by Joshua Drake in an effort to teach those who are willing how to be a multifaceted web developer. As this is an individual project, it will take me a long time to reach completion, but I hope everyone will follow along and learn something. In this series, I will be jumping back and forth between languages (have no fear, I will remain highly organized with this) in an effort to demonstrate the best tools for the job in my opinion. Throughout this project, I will be supplying sample code to copy / paste, downloadable snippets, as well as demonstrations. These articles will all be accessible to The Admin Zone community, my personal tutorial / resource site Drake Technologies, as well as Good-Tutorials.com and possibly others. If anyone has any questions,…

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  • While it’s been a while since I’ve updated over here at Drake Technologies with any articles, it’s also showing apparent (perhaps even more so) over at The Admin Zone.  As promised, my next article will be part of a large series, instructing new and experienced users alike on how to not only write simply web pages using the dynamic side of PHP, but also how to write fully functional programs, capable of doing whatever you, as the creator, set your mind to. I’ll let everyone know now, I’m far from an expert at programming, although I have been doing it for quite some time.  While Drake Technologies and my other sites in the past have either ran on software that I’ve personally written or have modifications that I’ve personally customized, none of which are now to show any concrete examples of what I’m capable of.  However, you should be able...0April 13, 2011

    Diving into PHP – An Introduction to PHP

    While it’s been a while since I’ve updated over here at Drake Technologies with any articles, it’s also showing apparent (perhaps even more so) over at The Admin Zone.  As promised, my next article will be part of a large series, instructing new and experienced users alike on how to not only write simply web pages using the dynamic side of PHP, but also how to write fully functional programs, capable of doing whatever you, as the creator, set your mind to. I’ll let everyone know now, I’m far from an expert at programming, although I have been doing it for quite some time.  While Drake Technologies and my other sites in the past have either ran on software that I’ve personally written or have modifications that I’ve personally customized, none of which are now to show any concrete examples of what I’m capable of.  However, you should be able…

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  • Webmaster Ethics And the Importance of Global Image About This isn’t going to be the longest article I’ve ever written, but to me it is by far the most important. It is all about ethics, one of the things that I’ve actually been complimented on by web employers when I was much younger and filling several moderator roles. I’d like to take all of you on a metaphorical journey to show you how you look on your own website, how you look when you are interacting with a website that considers you a friend, and how you look on strange websites. I intend to show you how your actions can bring consequence, and how to properly interact with the world online to gain respect and even loyalty. As always, to introduce myself, I’m a veteran webmaster as well as entrepreneur. I enjoy the most the community aspect the internet has...0February 19, 2011

    Webmaster Ethics

    Webmaster Ethics And the Importance of Global Image About This isn’t going to be the longest article I’ve ever written, but to me it is by far the most important. It is all about ethics, one of the things that I’ve actually been complimented on by web employers when I was much younger and filling several moderator roles. I’d like to take all of you on a metaphorical journey to show you how you look on your own website, how you look when you are interacting with a website that considers you a friend, and how you look on strange websites. I intend to show you how your actions can bring consequence, and how to properly interact with the world online to gain respect and even loyalty. As always, to introduce myself, I’m a veteran webmaster as well as entrepreneur. I enjoy the most the community aspect the internet has…

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  • So it has come to my attention that the much anticipated game, Mortal Kombat has been released.  I’ve played the demo and have been anticipating the release, but alas, it is the day after release and I still don’t own my copy (although pending on my bank statement I might have to rectify the situation in the near future). With this in mind, however, I went through and read about 2-3 dozen wiki pages updating myself on the MK mythology (source).  It was a hobby of mine as a child when the original games were coming out to database characters, back stories, moves, fatalities, game features, etcetera much like the above Wiki has.  I used to have an entire notebook filled with data, and I think I had more fun with that than playing the game itself. I suppose that I’m rambling on a little bit here about my over-fascination...

    Mortal Kombat 2011

    Posted on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
    So it has come to my attention that the much anticipated game, Mortal Kombat has been released.  I’ve played the demo and have been anticipating the release, but alas, it is the day after release and I still don’t own my copy (although pending on my bank statement I might have to rectify the situation in the near future). With this in mind, however, I went through and read about 2-3 dozen wiki pages updating myself on the MK mythology (source).  It was a hobby of mine as a child when the original games were coming out to database characters, back stories, moves, fatalities, game features, etcetera much like the above Wiki has.  I used to have an entire notebook filled with data, and I think I had more fun with that than playing the game itself. I suppose that I’m rambling on a little bit here about my over-fascination...

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  • So I was standing in line at GameStop at 11:30, waiting to pick my early copy for midnight release, and even now over 2 weeks later, I still can’t get around to doing everything that I’d like to do with the game.    Considering my hectic work schedule both with my full time job as well as the work I do online with my too long of a list of websites, I’ve only found about 8 hours to play (it’s pathetic, I know). On the other hand, those few hours have been…interesting.  The game is set up directly after the events of the DAO:A campaign, so the overall environment was amazing.  A few old favorites were in the game, such as Flemeth and Anders, and I really can’t wait to find more.  The graphics have been tweaked a great deal, and unfortunately that is probably one of the downsides.  I’m...

    Dragon Age 2 has made its mark!

    Posted on March 17, 2011 | No Comments
    So I was standing in line at GameStop at 11:30, waiting to pick my early copy for midnight release, and even now over 2 weeks later, I still can’t get around to doing everything that I’d like to do with the game.    Considering my hectic work schedule both with my full time job as well as the work I do online with my too long of a list of websites, I’ve only found about 8 hours to play (it’s pathetic, I know). On the other hand, those few hours have been…interesting.  The game is set up directly after the events of the DAO:A campaign, so the overall environment was amazing.  A few old favorites were in the game, such as Flemeth and Anders, and I really can’t wait to find more.  The graphics have been tweaked a great deal, and unfortunately that is probably one of the downsides.  I’m...

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  • Memory Support: Question: I have 4GB of memory installed on my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, but it doesn’t show up. When I install my copy of Windows XP 64-bit, it works fine. What gives? Answer: For the x86 versions of Windows 7, they claim to support 4GB. In reality, the operating system can only access approximately 3.1GB even when a full 4GB is installed. This is due to how 32-bit operating systems handle memory access. If you were to install the x64 version of the same operating system, your machine will have access to the full 4GB. This information is primarily true for desktop computers. On laptops, you also have to take into account that the majority of notebook and netbook laptops use “shared” memory between system memory and video memory. Upgrading: Question: I bought this PC a few years ago, and it is currently running Windows Vista Home Premium. I bought an upgrade copy of Windows 7...

    Windows 7 FAQ

    Posted on February 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Memory Support: Question: I have 4GB of memory installed on my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, but it doesn’t show up. When I install my copy of Windows XP 64-bit, it works fine. What gives? Answer: For the x86 versions of Windows 7, they claim to support 4GB. In reality, the operating system can only access approximately 3.1GB even when a full 4GB is installed. This is due to how 32-bit operating systems handle memory access. If you were to install the x64 version of the same operating system, your machine will have access to the full 4GB. This information is primarily true for desktop computers. On laptops, you also have to take into account that the majority of notebook and netbook laptops use “shared” memory between system memory and video memory. Upgrading: Question: I bought this PC a few years ago, and it is currently running Windows Vista Home Premium. I bought an upgrade copy of Windows 7...

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