Monthly Archives: February 2007

Why PHP?

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 13, 2007
So, yesterday after reading Ben Ramsey’s post, “Business Case for PHP” I decided to join Stuart Herbert ’s Google Group for developing a business case for PHP. I am very interested in the outcome of the group’s research: * Concerns about PHP being open-source * Security concerns about PHP itself * Security concerns about software [...]
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Zend Framework Project Teams Need You

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 13, 2007
Most components and subprojects need volunteers to help with documentation, unit test coverage, code reviews, improving integration with other ZF components, and enhancing architecture and design for the purpose of improving extensibility and ease of use with new components. If you see a subject area or component that interests you, please contact any project members [...]
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Lily Allen

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 8, 2007
So, I really like silly Pop music from artists like Nelly Furtado and now I have found Lily Allen…. she is my new favorite Pop artist on EMI UK. Check Out: Alright, Still (Parental Advisory) – Lily Allen http://www.urge.com/launch/?page=track&id=13907800 I like the funny lyrics like: [Chorus] Can’t knock em out, can’t walk away, Try desperately [...]
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RecentChangesCamp 2007

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 7, 2007
Well, I went to the Recent Changes Camp 2007 this past weekend in Portland, Oregon and I must say it was interesting. I enjoyed listening to the identity lady and her session about OpenID. It was nice to get a lay-persons perspective on what OpenID is and the types of problems it can solve. It [...]
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OSCON 2007 Call for Papers

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 7, 2007
So, I submitted my 90 minute conference session proposal entitled, ” Improving Performance by Profiling PHP Applications”. I think I am going to focus on Advanced PHP Debugger (APD) for this session. George Schlossnagle was kind enough to offer to help explain APD; and the design decision behind it being an analog of C’s gprof [...]
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