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Recently I had to move several WordPress blogs from one host to another and I wanted to do it without disrupting service to our customers. We were using Host A and were not very happy with the service and downtime. Our customers blogs were getting hacked at a crazy rate. We secured a better quality [...]

Here is a short post with some info that I just didn’t want to forget or lose. At my new job they use the Favorites folder in the Finder sidebar and I wanted to add this to my mac at home. So here it is, How to Modify Mac OS X to Create Favorites?

Here is a great video tutorial for setting up IIS on a local box and also to access a remote server. I have generally been a PHP/Apache guy working on Linux, but my new boss is a die hard Windows/.asp fan. This is a great tutorial that I think will help anyone with setting up [...]

Here is a great solution for those of you out there that may need to style the drop down lists in a form. I found it today as I was looking to fix this in a form that I was building. Be sure to check it out if you need help Here is the link [...]

Here is an excellent post on how to pin any folder to the task bar. I was having an issue getting a folder to pin to the task bar. It seems that everyone else wants to have you edit registry keys and mess with command line. This guy really put it together in a great [...]

After finding out tonight that AT&T will not be offering unlimited data usage any further, I was concerned because I had no idea how much data I was using. I really enjoy my iPhone and would really hate to think that I could not use it the way I wanted to. So go to How [...]

As I sit and watch what is going on in other countries of the World, I cannot help but to wonder, why are we so far behind many of the other countries of the World when it comes to technology? Here is a case in point, Augmented Reality. I have seen and heard about this [...]

Here is a great post with information on geo-location features within Twitter and Facebook. This is getting to be significant in the social networking. Check out Twitter and Facebook Ready Geo-location Features for more on the story, as well as, reason for and against using these features.

Here is a great post from the Google Analytic Blog with some basic fundamentals of how to use and interpret the information you get from Google Analytics. Checkout the videos inside for helpful information and tips on how to best track traffic to your website. Find out how to deploy and interpret the data that [...]

I found this article this morning and thought that others may benefit from it. Checkout Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Settings. Privacy has become a renewed issue with the potential that a stalker or disgruntled ex can know what you are doing, where you are, and who you are with. This is a very sensitive [...]