finally{}: I Just Can’t

ding – Subject line: Reminder to complete your student’s school registration.

A new email arrives.

Right, I need to get that done as soon as I finish work for the day.

ding – Subject line: Your domain names expire in 3 days.

Ack, I forgot to renew those last week. I need to get that done before they expire.

ding – Subject line: Did you get my email from last week?

What email? (scroll, scroll, scroll) Oh, there it is. Not sure how I missed that…

It starts to creep in, slowly at first—just a passing thought.

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Checking a Google Workspace Email in a Personal Gmail Account

I recently had a client who set up a new Google Workspace account for a non-profit they are part of. They wanted to check their new Google Workspace email account in their personal Gmail account so that they could check everything in one place through the Gmail web interface. They tried adding the address to Gmail, but kept getting an authentication error. Here’s how I solved it.

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finally{}: Every Which Way But Loose

I recently saw yet another discussion online about PHP’s infamous naming convention exceptions and needle/haystack rotations. All the typical vitriol was there from the PHP haters, but I was very happy to see several new programmers add to the conversation or ask for clarifications and receive very supportive and educational responses from the thread. PHP is nothing if not consistent in its status as a recipient of the internet’s hatred. However, I am forever proud of our community’s ability to ignore the hate and still welcome and encourage newcomers.

But do the haters have a point about our inconsistencies?

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