Remember Me Session system in PHP

December 10th, 2010

Here’s how I implemented a session/login system for a web site I run: First, these are load balanced servers, using two web servers, 2 slave databases and a master database. The session writes go to the master and the reads from the slaves.  If you have problems with that, reading from the master might be [...]

The Smiley Chart

November 16th, 2010

Last week I had an appendectomy.  The surgery itself was pretty good; a laprascopic appendectomoy followed by two days of a sore stomach then back to normal. Can’t beat that for a full-blown surgery, though a common and “easy” one. What got me was the pain chart. They had them everywhere — one end a [...]

Conversion Story

October 3rd, 2010

Part of becoming a leader in the Fractals movement is going through a process we call one-on-one (1on1).  The one-on-one process is mentor-mentee relationship where the mentor takes you through ten steps to help you understand what it takes to be a leader of a Fractal. It is not meant to be seminary and while [...]

“Erfmamfhis”

August 24th, 2010

I loved “Saving Private Ryan”.  First time I saw it, in the theatre, I was sick to my stomach nearly the entire movie. They start you off with this gruesome idea of what storming a fortified beach is really like; not really like how it was in a John Wayne movie.  Then they pulverize until [...]

Pastor Burnout

August 18th, 2010

A twitter friend posted these links.  Good stuff about the problem of pastor/ministry burnout.  I can’t imagine how difficult it must be and while it has it’s rewarding moments, it has to be tough to be called, burdened, with a charge like this.  Cheers to the pastors I know and love. Find #1: Consumerism and [...]

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