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Aero Java Applets
These are the other three Java applets brought back to life recently. This is a set supersonic fluid dynamics applets. Two of them were named after Animaniacs characters. Cone Supersonic Flow: This Java applet calculates the shock angle, the ratio of the pressure on...
Java Applets Live Again!
Chris has had six Java Applets on his personal website. With the lack of attention that site was getting (it happens when you are working on other websites all the time) they were still on there until recently even though browsers stop supporting them year ago. They...
New Web Server
We just finished building our new web server, Plucky. The websites were moved over to it yesterday. Like the old server it uses Apache, PHP and MariaDB. We're watching the server to see if we have to make any tweaks on it still. Both this and our email server,...
Email Servers
We just finished building a new email server for our own domains. We decided to have it as a stand alone server to isolate it from the webserver, so problems on one won't take out both the website and email. It doesn't have any of the webserver specific software. The...
We Fix Ugly Sites
Did you make the mistake of using Squarespace, Shopify or something else locks you into their servers to build your site? Do you want to own your data? Owning your own data is important, especially if you are selling stuff through your website. You do not want your...
Firefox Extensions for Secure and Private Browsing
Out of the box the Firefox browser as some good privacy features, but some extensions should still be added. One feature of Firefox is containers which help isolate data for sites. The Facebook Container and Google Container extensions use to reduce tracking from two...
Mountain Adventures Website
Check out the Mountain Adventures website that we built. It is still a work in progress, but it's got a lot on it already. All of the content from the old blog site has been moved over and many of the videos published on Rumble, Odysee and Youtube have been added. It...
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Switching to Linux
Yep, I'm joining everyone that's had enough of Windows 11, especially with the spyware they're adding in, called Recall. They say it'll be secure, but it just sounds like a great thing to get hacked and leak lots of of important info like passwords. After trying...
WordPress Plugins Updated
Business Listing WordPress Plugin Updated
The Business Listing plugin has been updated and uploaded to the WordPress Plugin Directory. You probably won't see any difference, the helper file that filtered and checked form submission was updated and split into two files. All our WordPress plugins will be using...
Bluehost PHP Updates Breaking Sites
We recently had to fix a couple of WordPress websites on Bluehost that were knocked out due to them forcing a PHP update. The update modified config file and removed everything which caused the sites to stop working. After restoring the sites we checked through the...
WordPress Plugins Fall Updates
All our active plugins were updated with improved filtering for user input, including updating methods that will not be supported by PHP any more.
Directory Premium WordPress Plugin Updated
Version 1.2 of our premium WordPress plugin The Directory has been released. The table showing the message list has been updated to use a Javascript library called Datatables. It lets all the table data for all pages be loaded into the browser so reordering, search...
WordPress Plugins Updated
The Business Listing and Knights of Columbus State Council WordPress plugins have been updated. The main difference is that list tables (except post types ones) have been updated to use a Javascript library called Datatables. It lets the entire list be loaded into the...
New WordPress Plugin Released – Business Listings
Well, not totally new. Our Business Listings was originally built six years ago. It just underwent modernization with lots of security upgrades along with some improvements. It is now in the WordPress Directory. Check out its page or support its development.