Category Archives: Web

Google Chrome: First impressions

I had to do it. I installed Google’s new browser, Chrome.
My initial search for the download page was performed in IE8 Beta2’s Live Search bar (take that, Microsoft!) and I didn’t get the results I expected — surprise! Instead of a prominent download link, I was presented with several news stories and a link to [...]

Noteworthy link: High Scalability

High Scalability website
If you’ve ever been curious about what lies beneath the biggest sites on the web you owe it to yourself to check out the Real Life Architectures section. I was surprised how many of them listed PHP in their technology stack.

Jonathan Rockway + Catalyst @ GRPM

We had the distinct pleasure this past Friday at our monthly Perl Mongers meeting of having Jonathan Rockway present an introduction to the Catalyst web application framework. It was great to have one of our neighbors from the windy city make the journey up to Grand Rapids — many thanks, Jonathan.
For those who haven’t [...]