How to Store Two Way Encrypted Passwords (and Credit Cards) in MySQL
As part of my open source IMAP mail filtering applet, Filtered, I wrote code to securely encrypt and store email user names and passwords in a MySQL database so that they can be decrypted as well. The technique is outlined...
Breakups and Cutoff Culture
Cutting off exes not only hurts our former partners but limits our own growth as well. Most of us don’t blink when a friend says they’ve cut off an ex. But if you’ve ever been cut off by someone you...
How to Encrypt Selected Messages in Gmail
Since the revelation of NSA access to Google Gmail servers, it’s clear that Gmail is readily browsable by authorities without a warrant. Furthermore, using PGP encryption with your contacts is difficult to set up and get both parties to use...
The New Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe in Seattle is Beautiful
Recently, Ada’s Technical Books opened a newly remodeled space with a wonderful cafe on 15th Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. It’s quite beautiful, light, airy and yummy food options. Each table in the cafe is actually its own artwork,...
Top Affiliate Programs for Bloggers
WordPress host WPEngine seems to have the most profitable affiliate program I’ve ever used. They’re currently paying $150 minimum per new referral (up to the entire first month’s account payment). It’s also a two tier program, so if you sign up other...
Jeanne Sather, Journalist and Outstanding Educator 1954 – 2013
I met Jeanne Sather in 2002 in her adult extension course in non-fiction writing at the University of Washington. She died of metastatic breast cancer last month. Over the years, she was both a teacher and a friend. She hated...