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How to Change the NS Record on a Domain and Not Interrupt Email Delivery

May 21, 2011 Misc

I was going to be hosting a web site for a company using GoDaddy, but this company’s old site and domain were hosted and controlled somewhere else. With this situation, the problem I faced was that I needed to change the site’s DNS record (zone file) to point to the new website (by changing the ns records) but make sure that email delivery didn’t get interrupted.

.eduGuru: Organizing a Higher-Ed Online Media Stream

Mar 30, 2010 Misc

I’m very happy to see my post “Organizing a Higher-Ed Online Media Stream” on .eduGuru. Thank you to Kyle James for letting me guest write for one of the best .edu blogs on the internet!

Parse Google Calendar XML with Actionscript 3.0 the Right Way

Feb 25, 2010 Misc

If you ever sit down to try and parse Google calendar XML data in Actionscript (specifically AS3), you’ll find that there is a lot of misinformation on the web, including many poor, broken examples of code. I’d like to try and demystify some of the problems behind parsing Google calendar XML by showing how it is done the right way.

Back to Basics

Feb 2, 2010 Misc

I’m restructuring my blog to only focus on these languages and environments: Apache, PHP, MySQL, Javascript (usually via jQuery), XML, Actionscript, CSS, and HTML. Very rarely have I had to extend my reach out into other languages to accomplish the creation of a quality web page or web application.

LitList Reborn

Nov 3, 2009 Misc

If you haven’t seen it already, LitList, a project I started in 2007, just underwent a massive overhaul. I’ve been heavily developing a new platform for LitList, taking it away from previous functionality to add in many new features. It is now built on Codeigniter and I’m loving it.