From the monthly archives:

August 2008

My iPhone – Chapter 11 Configuring iPhone’s Settings and Bonus Tips

August 21, 2008

IN THIS CHAPTER, you’ll explore the settings not related to specific iPhone functionality. The topics include the following:

Accessing iPhone settings
Using Airplane mode
Monitoring usage
Configuring general sound settings
Setting screen brightness
Setting wallpaper
Configuring general settings

If you’ve read earlier chapters, such as the chapters on iPod or email functionality, you already have experienced configuring iPhone by using its Settings tool. [...]

Check Your System For Rootkits

August 20, 2008

WHAT ARE ROOTKITS? They’re nasty little tree-like creatures that hide and grow their roots in your computer and wreak havoc on it, that’s what they are!
Actually, a rootkit was originally a Unix term, having to do with granting root access to a file or person. And even now a rootkit is not really a bad [...]

A Dozen Kewl Tewl Sites for Webmasters

August 15, 2008

HERE’S A LIST of (mostly) not-too-well-known Webmaster tool sites. Most of them come from my own stash.
Webmasters and web developers will find most of them useful, but some are just fun.
All are free, but some have upgrades that will remove ads, or add more functionality. But even then the prices are very reasonable.

Honeypots.net – Spam Fighter!

August 14, 2008

If you register with honeypots.net, they will help you set up “spam traps” on your site. These traps will help to catch various types of spammers – address harvesters, comment spammers, etc.

Search Me

August 8, 2008

HOW COOL IS THIS?  There must be about a bazillion little search engines out there, but this one is different! You don’t get a list of text results, or even a list of text results with a small screen shot of the sites.

Ever Thought About Trying Linux?

August 4, 2008

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED to give Linux a try, without actually switching over to it?  There are several versions of Linux that can be run from a bootable CD or DVD on your current system, without having to remove your current OS.
Knoppix Linux can be downloaded to either CD or DVD (you get more stuff on the [...]

A Very Simple Lesson on Piracy vs. Theft

August 3, 2008

OK, ACCORDING TO THIS picture, I didn’t steal this pic - I pirated it.

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Too bad tech manuals aren’t this easy to understand, huh?

It’s a Wonderful Internet

August 1, 2008

I JUST STUMBLED across this little cutie. It’s a story set at Christmastime, but it’s fun for anytime of the year. It’s a story – full of little surprises – about how bleak life could be without the Net.Â
Be sure to give the interactive book pages time to load.
Visit It’s A Wonderful Internet.
See? I’m not the [...]