a-dub services

custom web services and programming based in albuquerque, n.m.

What I do

• PHP / MySQL development.
• Implementation of HTML / CSS designs.
• Javascript front-end / UI work.
• Debugging cross-browser implementation issues.
• Simple UI and site design.
• Python / Plone implementation / customization.

Development Philosophy

• Enhanced UI bells and whistles are awesome, but the site should still work in any browser, including Dillo or Lynx. I use javascript to enhance user experience and functionality, but always take care to make sure sites degrade gracefully and aren't dependent on the enhanced functionality.
• I write semantically-marked up, clean, acessible HTML files with CSS to present layout and formatting across browsers.

Programming

I love coding more than anything else (development-wise) and am always interested in finding programming work. Got something you need coded? Contact me. Steady programming work, even better.

I consider myself fairly proficient in the following languages:

• PHP
• Javascript
• Perl
• Python
• WxWidgets (cross-platform GUI library)
• Visual Basic

I have more limited experience with:

• C++
• Others

Cool Stuff

• spamgourmet.org

  Free service which allows you to create fake email addresses on the fly, so you never have to give out your real e-mail address to a site you don't trust! The fake addresses will forward to your real email address, and have a configurable limit of how many emails they will forward before they start rejecting; you can also specify "trusted" senders or domains who can always get through.

  I've been using it since about 2004 or 2005, and haven't had a spam problem since!

• KeePass (Password Safe) keepass.sourceforge.net

  You need to use strong passwords! You need to not use the same passwords for every site! But how to keep track of all those different passwords? Enter KeePass, an open-source password manager. Your passwords are stored in a strongly encrypted database, with an easy-to-use and handy front-end to search through them all. You only need to remember the password to open up the password safe.

  Note: if you implement this solution, a backup plan is also highly recommended, so you don't accidentally lose all your passwords! I keep all mine on a USB flash drive, and open it up with a batch file that backs it up to my hard drive, which is then backed up to secure online storage. One time I accidentally mangled the USB drive I had been storing it on, and if it weren't for my backup system, all my passwords would now be lost!

  A port is also available for Linux and Mac OS X at keepassx.org

• APG - Automated Password Generator www.adel.nursat.kz/apg/

  I really like this password generator, mainly because it has an optional "Pronounceable Password" algorithm, which makes the generated secure random passwords much easier to remember, in the case I want / need to (I usually store them in KeePass, but it's useful to remember the most commonly used ones.)

Contact me: adubsvc.w.adub@spamgourmet.com | 505.266.3265