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A better way to group array elements in html

I have beem using php modulus operator for creating rows of content for my entire career. Laravel got me to think outside the box and see if there was a different way to achieve the same result. First

New site coming soon

I am loving [Laravel](http://laravel.com), it is truely a PHP framework for web artisans. It is really opening up a lot of new possibilities for me when it comes to accomplishing project goals. I lite

Automatically create and delete nginx virtual hosts

I created these two little shell scripts because I dislike repetitive processes. The [addsite shell script](https://gist.github.com/3695220) will modify an nginx virtual host configuration template fi

DevKen is now fully functional on Nginx and PHP5-fpm.

This is awesome. I'm not sure exactly what I just did, but I feel like I have broken the chains that Apache had around me. I feel so light and airy now. The transition was pretty easy, but I kept gett

Notes - an extension for Alfred

If you use OS X, then you better have [Alfred](http://www.alfredapp.com). He makes common routines absolutely pleasant. Since Alfred is a fairly young program I couldn't find the exact extension that

Remote MySQL access with Ubuntu 12.04

This is a quick and dirty instead of using SSH, which is fine for my staging server.\n\nFirst thing I did was enable ufw, ubuntu's firewall program \n \n sudo ufw enable\n\nThis closed the ports that

First impression of Github for Mac

I gave [Github for Mac](http://mac.github.com/) a chance. I was really excited actually. I found an old project called HubCap that never took flight and it reminded me of Github for Mac.\n\nAfter abou

Use Github to Initiate a Pull on a Remote Server

Github is a fabulous resource for all types of code management. I discovered Githubs webhooks thanks to a coworker who set it up on our development and production servers. Push to the staging repo and

Balsamiq - do food words make software more palatable?

That was a joke, but I want something with vinegar now. I was looking at the different prototyping tools that are available and came across Balsamiq. I had heard of it before, think I watched a demo o

Upgrading PHP5-fpm to 5.4.6 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

So I got hacked and didn't even know it. I am still having trouble finding where the exploit actually is living. This happened while I was trying to add some git-hooks to my server and tried to add a

Sublime video, jumping on the happy word wagon.

Another sublime comes along and apparently lives up to its name. Reports have been pretty good for Sublime video and its claim to give html5 video support to older browsers. I would say more but their

Why don't I use Smarty anymore?

Good question! You see, there was a time, when I believed that PHP was a programming language. However I have come to realize that it is, in fact a templating engine with a programming language at its

Sublime text 2 is my 40oz to Freedom

[Sublime Text 2](http://www.sublimetext.com) is just, well sublime. Just started using it but this is the longest i've gone without opening textpad or macvim since I started using Mac's again. I alway

Sort the jQuery datatables dynamically on load

I was looking for a way to sort the [jQuery](http://jquery.com) [DataTables](http://datatables.net/index) plugin dynamically. I use a simple classname *.datatables* to convert a table into a full feat

Custom validators for Jquery

jQuery's ValidationEngine is very useful and extremely flexible when you add your own custom validators. Below are a few that I added recently, that the world might find useful.\n\n \"ssn\": {\n \"re

Social Security Number Data Security Standards

Transmitting Social Secuirty Numbers over the internet is a process that needs to be secured. There are federal and state laws that restrict the ways that Social Security Numbers can be displayed, tra

Thank you BinPress! I received my iPad 2 in the mail.

My blog post [Discovering Binpress](http://devken.com/posts/discovering-binpress-one-programmers-guide-to-selling-code-online-in-ten-easy-steps) about the [binpress.com](http://www.binpress.com) websi

Meet the Future of Search : Qwiki

I love movies or books that depict the future of tech, and there is a special place in my heart for things that seem realistic and acheivable. Today I witnessed, in my browser window, the future comin

Use foreign keys to ensure data integrity

MySQL is a powerful database. Knowing what to use and when can really make life easier as a project progresses. I think it is important to design a database where data integrity is the most important