If you need to change content on your website in the future, and are running your page on an Apache web server, you can use Apache if statements to set up timed deployments based on the server time. An example of how this can be handy is if you want to serve one include and [...]
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14Dec 09
Regular Expressions > Tools and Tips
Sometimes you are given a haystack and taxes with producing the needle. In programming language, this calls for Regular Expression! A Regular Expression works wonders if you know how to write them! Good news, looking for a match in a huge document can be as easy as knowing what you want to achieve and using [...]
16Jul 09
Ask a Geek: Password Strength
Q: Hi Meaghan, I’m wondering if you can offer me any advice, seeing as you know about computery things: yesterday, someone hacked into my ebay account and used my paypal to purchase a $750 cellphone. Luckily I got the email notifaction of the purchase in time, and went to my bank and blocked the transaction [...]
1May 09
Can’t remember that Alt+Num combo?
A quick online tool to quickly access and copy special characters http://www.copypastecharacter.com/ «☃☂♥â˜Â¡Ã…ä♂ø
9Jul 08
MSN spam
Have you been getting random MSN messages from friends that invite you to click a link that asks for your personal log-in information, or other valued tidbits, like your cell phone number? Don’t click them! A fresh wave of spam messages related to the website covered here have started popping up on MSN Messenger clients. [...]
6May 08
2008 Webby Award Winners
The Webby Awards is an international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences since 1996. There is also a second set of awards called the People’s Voice Awards for the same categories which are [...]
4Apr 08
Save A Developer. Upgrade Your Browser.
The world wasn’t built in a day. And neither was your website. In fact, if it was done well, it should have take a fair bit longer than that.And in the middle of it, ie6 caused a problem with display and function. SaveTheDevelopers current campaign focuses on assisting users in upgrading their Internet Explorer 6 [...]
7Nov 07
New Facebook Ad Platform
Yesterday I posted about about OpenSocial, which is a new universal Google API that when implemented allows API development that work within it’s framework. Today Facebook announced a new advertising solution based on this model: What is changing: You now have a way to connect with products, businesses, bands, celebrities and more on Facebook. Ads [...]
4Oct 07
Launchy, Launchy!
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Download and install the program, and once [...]
15Aug 07
TweakNow RegCleaner Standard
The Registry is a heart and soul of any Windows system. It contains information that controls how your Windows appears and how it behaves. Most applications today use registry to store configuration and other important data. When you install an application, a new registry entries will be created. These entries will automatically be deleted when [...]