Matthew's Place on the Web
Archive for April, 2006
Web Server and Browser Security: Microsoft vs Open-Source
Apr 17th
I know that this subject has been dragged out over and over but every one that does seems to be bias of one side or the other. Personally I prefer using open source servers and browsers; Firefox, Apache, and PHP; over Microsofts offering. My reasons for this are varied. I use Firefox because it is more secure than Internet Explorer and more customizable, and I use Apache/PHP because I am more familiar with it and I can also get make use of it’s advanced features on home and workstation versions of Windows. I also prefer FreeBSD over Linux because of being familiar. But how secure is all of this software. The results might or might not suprise most people.
HOW-TO Yahoo! Widget’s Day Planner and New Sunbird Releases
Apr 6th
Hellow folks. I just started trying out Yahoo! Widgets and Mozilla Sunbird. When I atempted to use the Day Planner widget included with the installer, it would not use Sunbird’s database. Of course, this is because Sunbird no longer uses iCal as it’s storage format for local calendars. But Sunbird still uses it for remote calendars, or those that or referenced by URLs.
This is a Little HOW-TO that will describe how to make these two get along.