Web hosting can be a scary thing to get started with. There are so many different aspects of setting up a web site that it can seem daunting at first. Quite often people will pay more money than they have to just to not have to deal with all of this stuff. That is an option, but far from the only option.
There are two many aspects of setting up a web site; a domain and web hosting. Each part can be a challenge at first, but once you know how they work its very easy. Continue Reading »
The Study
In a recent study[pdf] by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, or ITIF the United States is clearly trailing when it comes to broadband speeds. The US has a whopping average broadband speed of 4.8mbps. Continue Reading »
Mozilla Thunderbird is probably the best email client around. Besides being a slight resource hog the program works great. The only protocol that I use for email is IMAP, this allows for me to keep track of my emails from any location I am at. Many email client’s support for this protocol is very lacking, the only one I have found to do a great job with a GUI is Thunderbird. Most of the very good IMAP clients are command line, such as pine. Command line is great for many things, but for me a GUI is much nicer when it comes to email. Continue Reading »
I received this postcard style advertisement in this mail yesterday at work. I find it funny how they are advertising the fact that they are “replicating” these new protected DVD formats. The last time I checked the services that they are offering is illegal because I have yet to see someone’s personal movies on a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.
<p>One of the problems with operating system today is their error messages. When something pukes out in Windows you will receive a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with this hexadecimal error that you have no idea what it means until you look it up. </p> Continue Reading »
I started using the Mozilla lightweight browser called Phoenix in late 2002. I’ve been with the product for two name changes (Firebird and now Firefox) and many updates. It has grown from this tiny project to create a very lightweight browser to feature bloat. Continue Reading »
Most network admins know that telnet is insecure because it sends the username and password in clear text. For this reason you do not find telnet being used anymore, SSH is used instead.
What most people do not realize is that FTP has the same exact issues. If a malicious person wanted to break into a server all they have to do is sniff for a FTP transaction and you will get the username and password when a user logs in. Continue Reading »
Have you been thinking about making the switch from a PC to Mac? Paul Thurrott has a wonderful article about the difference between a PC and a Mac. Even if you are just barely thinking about switching to a Mac I suggest reading this article.
If you do not know of Paul Thurrott I suggest taking a look at his various sites. You can find links to all of his projects from his personal site.
When someone gets a new computer most people are excited. They are finally able to use that once piece of software that they have been wanting to test out. This excitement quickly dies down when you have to spend over two hours trying to clean up all of the preinstalled junk on the computer. Continue Reading »
Until fairly recently I had no idea the purpose for it. About six months ago I found google reader and it is about the best tool in the world. You are able to keep track of many different sites via one friendly interface. Continue Reading »
