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How Geogram built a free group email service using Yii and Mailgun
The great folks at Mailgun have published my tutorial: How Geogram built a free group email service using Yii for PHP with MySQL also available on my blog. Mailgun is a scalable, cloud-based email engine that’s easy to integrate with your email-driven...
The Light that Comes From Inside
Go to a wide open space, Gaze without looking anywhere The mind stops its building of thoughts, And rests on its own foundation – Immensity. The light that you see by Is the light that comes from inside. – The...
Seattle Dance Clubs Fundraise to Pay Microsoft’s Tax Bill
In April 2010, Washington State’s Legislature changed the definition of its software royalty tax and effectively granted amnesty to Microsoft, helping the company lock up $1.51 billion in savings from its thirteen-year Nevada tax dodge – and more than $100 million...
Hunter’s Promised Royalty Tax Revenue Never Materialized
But the point of adding only royalty tax apportionment (out of scores of other B&O classifications) to the 2010 services apportionment bill was never meant to generate additional revenue, it was meant to eliminate the issue of Microsoft’s worldwide licensing...
The Third Anniversary of Washington State’s Big Tax Gift to Microsoft
Wednesday will be the third anniversary of the biggest corporate tax break in Washington State history. On April 10, 2010, the Legislature changed the definition of the state’s royalty tax and effectively granted amnesty to Microsoft, helping the company lock...
Lululemon Whistler Didn’t Get the Memo About Yoga Pants Recall
Apparently, the folks up at Lululemon Whistler didn’t hear about the store’s overly-see-through yoga pants recall as perhaps “Show us your assana” isn’t the best message at the moment.
Today’s Top Headlines
Here are some of today’s top stories from around the nation: The Atlantic apologizes for hiding Osama Bin Laden after 9/11; plans for epic scoop “an embarrassing episode in bad judgment” Apple to Spend Its $137 Billion in Cash Reserves...