My wife and I run several WordPress powered websites and try to stay on top of things on all things WordPress. But, one place we heavily rely on another person’s expertise is with robots.txt and .htaccess rules. Sure, we can handle the simple tasks with those files. But, when someone like Jeff Starr, author of […]
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Download Official Ubuntu Linux 10.10 Manual for FREE
Are you or someone you know getting started with Ubuntu Linux (or Linux in general)? Ubuntu has an official user manual for Ubuntu Linux 10.10. The manual compiled by the Ubuntu Manual Team is 158 pages long and it has comprehensive instructions from getting started to advanced topics. You download the PDF version of the […]
Popular WordPress Plugins Compromised
If you use popular WordPress plugins such as AddThis, WPtouch or W3 Total Cache and upgraded it in the last 1 or 2 days, read this. Matt Mullenwag of Automattic has published a blog post saying that they noticed suspicious commits to the WordPress plugin repository for several popular plugins. In fact, their suspicions were […]
Check for WordPress 3.2 Compatibility
WordPress 3.2 release date is just around the corner with some awesome new features like distraction free writing, a new admin dashboard, etc. However, WordPress 3.2 comes with its own set of pre-requisites. I was looking at the requirements to run WordPress 3.2 so I will be ready to update our blog network as soon […]
How to Create Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Boot Disc?
Apple just announced the Mac OS X Lion july release yesterday at the 2011 Apple WWDC conference. Good news is that it is going to cost just $29! However, there was one interesting fact in the announcement. Steve Jobs said that Mac OS X Lion will only be available through the Mac App Store as […]
How To Get Around To Those Blocked Websites
It is the policy in many schools, institutions and even workplaces to employ website blocking software to prevent people from accessing a certain list of websites. This could be done for many reasons and it is the social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and email sites like Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail getting blocked. Another […]
How to Clear DNS Cache in Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
I was working on moving a few of our WordPress sites from Apache to Niginx. One of the changes was the new server ip address. But, I kept hitting the old ip address when i tried to ping from my iMac. Doh! I haven’t cleared the DNS cache in my Mac OS X Snow Leopard. […]
BlackSheep Protects Against FireSheep
I wrote about a Firefox extension, FireSheep, that could let someone else on the same public WiFi connection as you could log into your social networking accounts. Eric Butler released Fire Sheep download with a good intention to show the seriousness of how lax the login procedures are for most of the popular social networking […]
How to Avoid WordPress Firefox Redirect Loop Error?
Scenario: I had an existing site with this in the .htacess file which basically redirects anything without a www to a www address. Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on rewritecond %{http_host} ^mysite.com [nc] rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [r=301,nc] Now, I installed WordPress in a sub-directory and the site was setup without a www prefix. Now, I cannot log […]
Easiest Way to Send Large Files or Folder with Google Docs
Here is a little known fact about Google Docs. You can easily send a large file or folder to someone else by just uploading it to Google Docs. Google Docs has an upload feature that lets you add files or folders upto 1GB in size. You can simply choose Files or Folder and start uploading. […]
Change Your LastPass Vault Master Password Now
I recently became a LastPass online password manager user. I have used Passpack for the longest time but I am trying out LastPass for it’s easy browser integration and login abilities. LastPass works by encrypting all your passwords with a special encryption key – your master password. I just received an email today from LastPass […]
Tips to Develop Mobile Web Apps the Right Way
As someone interested in web development and WordPress development, I read up on article related to it. With the smartphone market more popular than ever, there has never been a better time to build mobile web apps. In case any of our readers are interested in mobile web apps development, I just came across an […]
Supercharge Microsoft Outlook with Xobni
If you are still using Outlook and catch that occasional sneer from the ‘cool kids’ using Gmail or ThunderBird? Or are you forced to use it at work for some other reason? No worries. Xobni can make you look cool using Outlook. Xobni is just the reverse of the word ‘inbox’. And it is an […]
Adding Additional Encryption to Dropbox with TrueCrypt
You probably read or heard about the recent privacy concerns raised with using Dropbox as they just changed their Terms of Service (TOS). However, it turned out that Dropbox merely wanted to be more open about their policies and went into great detail as to what you can expect from them. Basically, it boils down […]
10 Best Newborn Baby Photography Tips For Parents
I am a big fan of photography and read lots and lots on this topic. You can find my amateur attempts at photography here. With our 2 week old newborn son, I have been trying to take some good photographs of him to capture some of those rare moments we want to cherish later in […]
