Archive for 2009
iTunes Threatened by Pandora’s Power, Apple Captures Lala
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> A few weeks ago I searched Google for a now popular band, Owl City, and noticed that the first result was accompanied by a song player from Lala.com. I searched for a few more artists on Google and many did not come up with a Lala player unless they were very mainstream. I
Scan A Font In an Image and Find It Fast
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Back in high school I asked friends to write the alphabet on a piece of paper so I could make fonts with their handwriting. I had a copy of Fontographer and in the late 90s that was pretty cool. (But now you can make your own handwriting font online, so my cool status
Create Your Own Short URLs with Your Domain and YOURLS
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> YOURLS is an exceptionally coded script to create a short URL service on your own website, for your own use (such as dotresults.com/h72 or dotresults.com/link). There are other scripts out there, some with more eye catching interface designs, but YOURLS is the most simple and quick way to do this. Installation is easy
BrightHouse Live Chat Is Lightning Fast
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> I have to do another ‘moving post’ today since I had a hassle-free live chat experience with Bright House, our cable and Internet company. I was going to call them to transfer service but I thought I’d give their live chat a try. After changing our electric service this morning over the phone,
OUC Busy Twittering, Leaves Security Shortcomings
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> We’re moving in the next two weeks so I went to the Orlando Utilities Commission website to request a turn off date for our electricity. Their new design was in place, as it has been for a few months I believe, so I was not exactly sure where to navigate. When I got
OS X Terminal Commands, The Basics
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> If you’re a newbie to using SSH, here’s a quick OS X Terminal command guide. These should help you become less dependent on websites to do domain look ups or change passwords in control panels. Becoming friends with Terminal means an increase in productivity. Commands for Web Site Management 1. host If you
How to Install Putty on OS X
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Speaking of shells, do you need a free shell account? Then sign up at Devio.us! You’ll get unrestricted shell access via SSH and access to all standard software – compilers, IRC clients, mail clients, screen, etc. Check out the details at http://devio.us/services Some people are very used to Putty and they miss it
How to Edit the Hosts File Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Do you need a free shell account? Then sign up at Devio.us! You’ll get unrestricted shell access via SSH and access to all standard software – compilers, IRC clients, mail clients, screen, etc. Check out the details at http://devio.us/services There are times during DNS changes or other testing that you may want to
Best Website Design Tips – Our Top 5
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Most of you who read this probably already have a website. However, if you don’t have one yet, these tips can help create a new site the right way. If you’re already buzzing around the web, these points can help you condition an existing site. Lastly, these tips are not just about design,
Automating Cisco switch deployment with Perl over Serial
I was recently given the task to write up some scripts to automate the deployment of Cisco switches via a serial port (or whatever else you’d like to call it – console port, rs232 etc.). While at first glance, the process seemed pretty straightforward, I soon ran into a couple of issues – I couldn’t
The Senior Twitterers of Orlando
Senior never means feeble in the social networking forest. Early adopters of Twitter are not bouncy young bluebirds, instead they are the wise owls looking over everyone in the trees. They also have monocles (and are just as cute as their blue feathered cousins). After looking around the list of the oldest and top followed
The Best Website Advice You’ll Ever Read
We know a lot of people who are starting new projects and websites so we wanted to give some advice that has worked very well for us. Have fun. To have a successful project now and for the rest of its shelf life, you’ll need to make sure that you have fun doing it. The
