I’ve struggled with that question in the past. I can say truthfully that having both was a royal pain in the butt. Keeping data synced wasn’t fun, nor was the electricity bill. Me being me always had the solution so it was never a big deal to just vpn into my home network to get…
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My Activism Project / My Ongoing Passion / Helping the unemployed find hope
By now, there are quite a few of you who know me. 40000+ active feeds being read every day with 1900+ unique visitors a day with an average of 6-7 pageviews. So it’s clear I’m definitely helping people. So I ask you help me with my activism project. I’ve put up a project on kickstarter…
I guess this is a call out for help
I’m at the point where I can’t support this blog due to the traffic I’m getting. I really need some donations or something. I’m pushing about 5 GB of data a day and due to my divorce, I can’t afford to support this continually. I’m not asking for donations, although, they would help, but I…
Privacy on your Smartphone a solution for all
I’ve recently written an article on smartphones only to think about a few things. One of the things I thought about was the fact that nobody has created a VPN service that is truly anonymous (as in not keeping logs) for smartphones. (They claim they are, but there is very little truth to that). So,…
An excellent explanation of Pingbacks and Trackbacks
I rarely find a blog on the internet that is helpful. So I thought I’d point one out. Webtrainingwheels.com written by Lucy Beer has written an excellent article on her site about Trackbacks and Pingbacks. I don’t think I could have explained it better! So here’s the link to her post! Enjoy!
Want a Free Server for a year? Here’s how to do it.
Amazon offers a free server for a year. If you sign up with me, I’ll set up your server in your free tier for $25.00. Just sign up with me and you’ll get a free server to do whatever you’d like for a year. This can be a webserver, mail-server, VPN server, or any combination…
The effective Blogger what it means to Blog (My Tips)
What does it mean to be an effective blogger? It means you have a great quality blog and are very good at generating a following. While I can speak of Blogging, I speak of it from the point of view how I do things and what Blogging means to me. Here are my tips on…
Typing a Search Term in the Firefox Address bar stops working [Solved]
Every once in a while, while it doesn’t happen much, a piece of software breaks our browser. (OK.. It happens more than less for many people). Here’s the solution: 1. In the address bar, type about:config 2. You will receive a warning about modifying these setting could cause issues. Just accept it. 3.You will see…
A review on Alix Boards for a Firewall
I know firewalls and have definitely tested and worked with many appliances. One of the most interesting and successful appliances out there seems to be the Alix board. These boards are built on Cheap chipsets (VIA) and cheap processors (Geodes). So here’s my reaction to them. (I own 3). 1. If you’re going to use…
WordPress Users! Emergency Announcement!
I feel the need to get this out as soon as possible. If you’re running wordpress 3.3.2 I would highly suggest NOT upgrading to 3.4 yet. I did a test install of 3.4 last night and while it seemed to work, the biggest problem was it didn’t allow tagging of posts. THIS IS A BIG…