Blog | Jeremy Glover

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  • Use Google As a Crutch For Your Cheap Website Host

    Almost every site I create nowadays relies heavily on JavaScript. Having to load in all those scripts can really bog your web server down. Instead of serving those static files yourself, why not use Google? It provides a free service called Google AJAX Libraries that hosts all of the popular JavaScript libraries. Google makes this…

  • Keep getting kicked off Windows XP after you log in?

    Viruses can be tricky. Even if your anti-virus software is kept up-to-date on a daily basis it may not catch the newest threats. What would you do if a virus infected your computer? That depends. Can you run a virus scan? Can you even login? I ran into that problem and came out victorious.

  • Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

    Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon S3 is storage…

  • Why I Use 10MinuteMail.com

    Unfortunately, many websites that collect email addresses do so without your best wishes in mind. Case and point: I decided to help meetup.com this evening by clicking on one of their sponsored ads. Because of the way Google AdWords/AdSense works, the ad hoster may not get any revenue unless the user takes a certain action…

  • Easy Way to Convert UTC to Current Timezone in PHP

    $utc_time = “2009-01-12 21:28:21”; // As pulled from the database date_default_timezone_set(“America/New_York”); // Set to Eastern time (automatically handles daylight savings time) // Here’s the secret: add a Z (for zulu) to the end of your UTC date/time string $utc_time .= “Z”; // Now convert to the current timezone $cur_date = strftime(“%G-%m-%d %H:%M:%S”, strtotime($utc_time)); // Format…