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InkType 1.0 & Spam Control

Developer13.com is running on the latest pre-release of InkType (not quite 1.0 yet but getting there), and up until tonight I haven't had any spam protection built in.  Last night I wrote a CodeIgniter library to integrate InkType with Defensio spam protection.  I just updated this site tonight with the new spam controls, so let's see if it helps thwart those idiots!  They've been targeting the site over the past couple of days... and I have no idea why, it's not as if this is a super high traffic site with tons of content.  Eh well.  Controls are go!

Command Line Terrorists

From the "What the @#$% is This World Coming To" department, we have a story that is so unbelievable it makes me want to puke.

 We've all heard arguments about whether the command line is a powerful and elegant tool or an unnecessary pain, but does using a no-pretty-colors interface constitute suspicious behavior? That's the way it looked in the case of a Boston College student whose computer was confiscated during an online harassment investigation. Some say a deeper reading of the police's warrant yields a different conclusion.

Mention "Linux" and "police" in the same sentence, and you're pretty sure to get bloggers' attention. Mention them in such a way as to suggest that Linux was a motivating factor behind a police investigation, and you're likely to have a virtual riot on your hands.

Developer13.com Now on InkType 1.0!

Developer13.com has been relaunched on the newly rewritten version of InkType.  This version is currently unavailable to the general public, but it is available to an internal mailing list, so if you'd like to be included, email me and let me know.

Yeah, I know... it's been a long time since there's been any activity on this site - mostly because I've been working on the rewrite.  I think I feel a little more at ease now knowing that it won't be long until the release is all wrapped up and ready to ship out.

CodeIgniter 101: Models

Models are the most important part of any database driven web application in CodeIgniter. Models allow us to keep our database code separated from our basic program flow control (Controllers) and our output (Views) which is a necessary discipline of writing clean and well structured code using CodeIgniter. Once you truly get used to the structured discipline and implementation of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern, you will be absolutely proud to see the difference between the quality and structure of your code. This article discusses the basics of Models in CodeIgniter and how to easily implement basic CRUD functions.