Welcome to my blog. Enjoy reading and go on a multitude of adventures with me covering bikes, photography, programming, and some "sharp" opinions.
Nothing here is in any particular order or timeline. I have several areas of interest and will speak to all of those at various points.
Photography is my hobby. I am retired and much of my time is in learning, shooting, and gear.
Programming is the result of many years of running my own business focused on websites and internet applications. I have contributed to the "open source" community and continue to do that.
School Bus ... well, for the most part, school bus. I have also driven transit buses (for one summer). I am also a driver trainer and Signing Authority.
Open Source Projects ... specifically to discuss my most recent activities with the next generation of PHPMailer (PHPMailer Pro, PHPMailer Lite), Form Tools (PHPMailer-FVE for form validation and emailing), PHPMailer-BMH (Bounce Mail Handler), as well as past projects.
CSS, Javscript, (x)HTML is a discussion of my experiences dealing primarily with CSS frameworks.
Health is a discussion of my experiences dealing with Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis and related issues. I have documented my DIY self-treatment program that has kept me pain free since January 26 2012 – with absolutely no prescription medication (no narcotics).
If you are here looking for blood glucose information, including measuring devices and installation instructions: I have removed all of those articles.
AutoIt is one of the first Task Automation tools that was available. It is a Basic-like scripting language for the Windows environment. I've used it all the way up to Windows 11 with no Windows compatibility issues. While there is a GUI component, using the GUI to automate tasks that involve...
No, definitely not. It is changing, but nowhere near dead. As of early 2026, there are approximately 61,400 pictures taken every second. 1.8 trillion for the year. What has changed is the gear used. As of early 2026, between 92% and 94% of all pictures taken are with cell phone cameras. Not...
The Jodit WYSIWYG editor is licensed MIT and authored in Typescript. I discovered it quite by accident while search for a WYSIWYG editor for my new project. I had previously used several other products, notably CKEditor and TinyMCE. I switched recently to Quill because the license models for...
How could such an oustanding project miss my attention? I've been using a number of different WYSIWYG editors in various projects over the years. These WYSIWYG editors provide the ability for admin users to create content (articles, news, etc.). There are usually two major bottlenecks with...
It's been awhile since I have inspected the DCP-Portal code. It's dated, no doubt about that. The code is well organized, but it is based entirely on functions with only two classes. The re-write is going much slower than I originally expected. Before inspecting the original code, I expected a...
DCP-Portal and ttCMS were withdrawn from the marketplace more than a decade ago. I am in process of completely re-writing DCP-Portal. It's a lot more than a simple code update. All the features are under re-evaluation, all the functionality improved for speed, and all the security upgraded....