Thomas Pletcher
Expertise: PHP, MySQL, Mac OS X, Linux, open source
Contributions: Editor, Writeside Review; Director, Thomas Pletcher Studio, communications agency in Upstate NY. Contributor to O'Reilly's Ubuntu Hacks.
Contributions
Below is a list of content pieces submitted by Thomas Pletcher.
Articles
Fundamental Fusebox: Part 2 - A Fusebox 5 Follow-up 
Fundamental Fusebox: Part 1 - An Overview 
A Leisurely Look at Leopard - Part II: Look and Feel, Time and Space 
A Leisurely Look at Leopard - Part I: Installation and New Features Overview 
Triple Threat III: Tri-Platform Perfection 
Triple Threat II: Tiger, Vista & Ubuntu 
Triple Threat: Adding a Third OS to Your Dual-Boot Mac 
What To Do with an Obsolete Mac 
Best of Both Worlds: Open Source on OS X Tiger 
AppleScript: A Mini Introduction 
BBEdit: The Basics and Beyond - Part 2 
BBEdit: The Basics and Beyond - Part 1 
Ubuntu & You, Part 7: An Ugly Upgrade 
Ubuntu & You, Part 6: The Dapper Difference 
Ubuntu & You, Part 5: Be a Dapper Dude (or Dude-ette) 
Quick Guide to The GIMP - Part 3: Filters, Plug-ins & Scripts 
Quick Guide to The GIMP - Part 2: Editing Basics & Web Tips 
Quick Guide to The GIMP - Part 1: Basic Tools & Program Layout 
Emulate the Best 
A Lean, Mean Virtual Machine 
Ubuntu & You, Part 4: Breezy Is Better 
Ubuntu & You, Part 3: Breezy Is Easy 
Does Flock Rock? 
Previewing Deer Park/Firefox 1.5 
Open More Windows, with TheOpenCD Project 
Ubuntu & You, Part 2: Using Today's Most Popular Linux Distribution 
Code Free or Buy - Part 2: Open Source Options for OS X Web Developers 
Code Free or Buy - Part 1: Open Source Options for Windows Web Developers 
Run Dreamweaver on Linux 
How to Test Drive Linux 
Open Some Windows 
Learning PHP - Part 5: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 
Captcha the Bastards: Part 1 
Learning PHP - Part 4: Focus On Functions 
Learning PHP - Part 3: Basic Content Management 
Learning PHP - Part 2: All About Arrays 
Learning PHP - Part 1: A Gentle Introduction 
On the Fly: Generating PDFs From PHP 
A Clean Start: The New PHP 5 SOAP Extension 
Nvu: An Open Source WYSIWYG HTML Editor 
Easy Eclipse Database Access, with QuantumDB 
MySQL Command Line Tips 
Reviews
Ubuntu & You, Part 1: Trying Today's Most Popular Linux Distribution 
A Parallels Universe 
More Mozilla Mojo 
Opera Hits the High Notes 
WordPress 2.0: Wonderful As Ever 
Quick and Slick: Some Speedy (and Capable) Web Dev Alternatives 
A First Look at Tiger 
JEdit 4.2: Cross-Platform Perfection 
BBEdit 8: Better Than Ever 
Tutorials
Installing ColdFusion 8 on Mac OS X 
ColdFusion 7 on OS X: Finally, It's Official 
ColdFusion MX 7 on Macintosh OS X: Part 2 
ColdFusion MX 7 on Macintosh OS X: Part 1 
ColdFusion on OS X 
Build a Dashboard Widget 
More Fun With Fink 
Fun With Fink 
X11 on OS X 
Extend Your Reach with VNC (Virtual Network Computing) 
Create Dynamic Charts & Graphs with PHP/SWF Charts 
Captcha the Bastards: Part 2 
Parallel PHP: Running PHP 4 and PHP 5 on the Same Computer - Part 2 
Parallel PHP: Running PHP 4 and PHP 5 on the Same Computer - Part 1 
Create a Cross-Platform Yahoo! Widget 



