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PHP 5.3 is out and is moving from “a nice toy to play with” release into a production ready version of PHP. I for one am ready for this to happen. PHP 5.3 has some really great improvements that will empower programmers to do rock-star level stuff. Here are three things that I’m itching to […]

More minute methods to further improve your database performance
“Schema Busters” is a multipart technical overview of Database Design elements that you can implement when designing and accessing your database implementation. In this third section we will discuss several tricks and tweaks to consider when constructing your database schema and queries. While some of […]

In our office, we have a constant debate about traditional “webby” design vs. “conceptual” design. I would like to set the record straight, by saying your website absolutely, positively, 100% guaranteed, does NOT have to look like a website.
When you think of a website, what do you think of? Lines, boxes, […]

Are You a Web Designer?
It seems our industry is in the middle of a conundrum as to what one should call themselves when asked the pivotal question of “what does your company do?” The easiest, most laymenesque answer is “web designer” and for 99% of the U.S. population you would get […]

So you’re a l337 php coder. So you’re using classes to make things awesome… and you are also tired of including every single file you need. You don’t want to, but you end up loading every bit of your application with a huge list of includes, even if you don’t need all of […]

The importance of Database Indexing and its effects on efficiency.
“Schema Busters” is a multipart technical overview of Database Design elements that you can implement when designing and accessing your database implementation. In this second section we will discuss the importance of Indexing database columns to speed up data accesses. We will discuss the […]

A few bold and daring members of the lifeBLUE team have decided to embark upon a great adventure…cleansing their bodies! Everyone knows that we, as a nation, are in the middle of a Food Revolution with recent thought provoking movie/books such as Food Inc and Fast Food Nation, and the LB is no different. Five […]

It’s no secret we love jQuery here at lifeBLUE. It’s made our life easier and our applications better. One task I find myself frequently doing is finding something nested within the tag or element I’m working with. For example.
<div id=”iKnowAboutThis” >
<div class=”one” >One</div>
<div class=”two” >Two</div>
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