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Chicago Open Data at Work
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The Power of mod_proxy
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Adding SQL Server Support in PHP on Linux
Back in July I outlined a method for establishing a SSH tunnel between Linux and Windows machines. The goal of…
Accessing Chicago, Cook and Illinois Open Data via PHP
In Accessing the CTA's API with PHP I outlined a class file I created1 for querying the Chicago Transit Authority's…
Accessing the CTA's API with PHP
Overview Last month the City of Chicago arranged for a Open Data Hackaton in which a collection of programmers gathered…
Chicago's Technology Scene, circa 2011
Roughly this time two years ago, I attended an entrepreneur and startup event in D.C. called Social Matchbox which I…
Establish and Maintain an SSH Tunnel between Linux and Windows
The Situation Over the years, I've worked in numerous computing environments and have come to appreciate heterogeneous systems. In my…
Speaking at ApacheCon NA 2011
At the moment November, and another hockey season, seems a long way off. But I'm already making plans to be…

Elsewhere

Thursday Wednesday
  • Paul tweeted, "From @Chicago_Reader on local news coverage of NATO, "if [only] Chicago knew how to act its age and carry its weight" http://t.co/ojDjDLkY"
Tuesday
  • Paul tweeted, ""How social media are both enabling and undermining trust is a really important thing for us to understand" http://t.co/M5t1cdXV"
Monday
  • Paul tweeted, "@thetechweek Still waiting to hear about my pass to this year's conference...."
  • Paul tweeted, "Take that OS X, Firefox and Chrome.... http://t.co/BEXPzDeE"
  • Paul tweeted, "Alright OS X Lion, you've won this round. Upgrading to RAM in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...."
Sunday
  • Paul covets Racing
May 11 May 10
  • Paul tweeted, "I've always pass on "rock star" programmer positions @ginatrapan perfectly explains why http://t.co/xW0rB5S1"
May 09