When I sit down to consult with someone on an existing database, one of the first things I want to know is, “where in the file system does this live?”  Most end-users have no idea.  They launch the database from the list of recently used databases that is displayed on the Access 2007 startup screen. [...]

[This article describes Cp2DB v1. A newer version of this software is available, see wheatblog.com/software for details.]
At the Adobe Developer Connection, Tim Mushen has a good article about storing Adobe Captivate quiz data in a server-side Microsoft Access database using ColdFusion.  I decided to see if I could rework his concept using PHP and MySQL. [...]

I’m a bookish sort.  I’ve always liked to read and often lament that I don’t have more time for reading, now that I’m an adult with real responsibilities and such.  But I always have a paperback in my bag and I have, at present, four ebook applications on my iPod touch:  Classics, Kindle, Shakespeare, and [...]