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Tech Blog

Jan 22
2010

cURL is a nice little extension to PHP. You can read an intro here.I use cURL a lot. It seems that do a lot of web applications that connect to other servers for transactions (like payment gateways). You can do SSL or HTTPS requests to other web hosts without validating their certificates...

Jan 22
2010

group text messaging - schedule text messages

I wanted to take a moment to promote another site I relaunched yesterday. It is ShortShout and it is a group text messaging platform. I've worked out some pretty low per-message rates to make it an affordable service. It can be used by any group and has some special info for churches...

Firelit Design provides high quality website design and programming.

More and more people rely on the web to find the latest information regarding the organizations and communities they interact with. Many people will not even visit a place they cannot first find on the internet. Firelit Design can help you create and host a website that will convey your message while helping people stay connected and involved.

Firelit Design is the creative outlet of Eric Bigoness. Eric resides in Pasadena, California where he earned a master's degree. Before this he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and worked in the aerospace industry. Firelit Design started in 2003 when he first began to dabble in web design, web programming and hosting.

Most recent status update (via Twitter): Wondering if Alternative PHP Cache will work right away or if it will cause me headaches during install.