September 17th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Many of us have heard of activeCollab which was famed for being the free alternative to Basecamp and became very popular. Then, once the aC community was formed, the owner of the software decided to take a turn. As of version 1.0, the cost for activeCollab (w/ unlimited projects) went from free to $1999 + $499/yr for support & upgrades. Nice.
September 7th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Spam is virtually unavoidable because once they get your address, there is no stopping it. The only way people say to stop spam is to frequently change your email address. Since you know that’s not an option, there is another way that will keep the spammers at bay and find out exactly who is giving away your email address.
September 6th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
If “writer’s block” means anything, then the following might interest you. The only way to keep traffic coming to your website or weblog is to keep writing new content, but what if you run out of ideas or need a boost to come up with the next big story? The answer is very simple and is most likely in your site itself.
September 5th, 2007 / 1 Comment » / by Andrew Wells
I’ve used this technique to get lightning shots that I’ve gotten from my video camera. This will help you get static pictures from any video clip. You can also manipulate the images and convert them back into a video clip!
September 4th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Although it is insanely easy to install software on Debian systems using the package manager, there is a neat technique that you can use to clone a PC or reinstall all your software with one command after a format. This works with all Debian-based systems.
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August 30th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Blocking browsers has been a topic of discussion ever since somebody had the bright idea of blocking IE because of its failure to adhere to the proper standards. More recently, Firefox started to be blocked from a select number of sites because the site owners are against the add-on Adblock Plus. Regardless of the reason, is it ever a good idea to block a browser?
August 28th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
The thing I love the most about Firefox is that I have the power to customize it based on the contributions of the Firefox community. Based on using Firefox for years, here are the extensions that I use and recommend to others.
August 26th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
No need to go storm chasing on this day. One storm after another rolled right over my house. I caught the first two on camera, but everything after that hit on through the night after that was too dark to get except for a few lightning strikes.
August 23rd, 2007 / No Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Although I agree that WordPress deserves all the publicity they can get, I want my site logo to show on the login screen, and not WordPress because it’s my site, and I want people to know that they are logging into my site. In this how to article, I am going to explain step-by-step how to create a WordPress login screen like the one I have in place.
August 21st, 2007 / 2 Comments » / by Andrew Wells
Many people have seen the Digg article on blocking Firefox in response to Adblock, which blocks inline ads and shows the webpage like the ads never existed. The owner of this site argues that it is stealing because the ads are what pays for and maintains the site. While that may or may not be true, blocking all Firefox users is a bad response to this “issue” that a select number of people have made of it.
Working with computer software since my sophomore year in high school, I have learned VB 6.0, C++, C++.NET, Java, HTML & CSS, Javascript, PHP & MySQL, and Oracle. Yes, I know that HTML is technically not a programming language - but I know the syntax. I am very familiar with Windows and Linux, but not Mac.
I have been freelancing since 2005 and been working in the IT department of a company with ~10k computer users since early 2009.
