I sell products and services on my blog. These products and services pay my bills. The ultimate question is how much can one person sell or better yet, the better question is how much can one salesforce sell? I’ve done extensive research into affiliate programs, but the best way to do things (at least as…
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Backups. Being prepared for the restore.
Backups are something that is so important in any system that one should look carefully at not just the backup solution they are using, but the restore solution they’re going to have. Here are my recommendations and views on Backups. 1. Don’t assume that just because you bought a backup package that it just “works”…
When was the last time you had a technology audit?
This is a message to everyone who runs any kind of technology in a business. The posting is directed towards everyone who has their own applications, servers, blogs, websites, etc. Special Note to CIOs/CTOs: I understand you run an organization that has many people under you. I understand that you feel you’ve got your resources…
SEO Firms (a commentary)
These are just my views about Search Engine Optimization and nothing more. Search Engine Optimization is important, but you don’t need to pay thousands of dollars for it. In fact, most SEO firms are a scam. It’s the cat and mouse game they play with the search engines. So here’s the deal (from my opinion…
VOIP and Technology in the cloud, an 8 year review
People always wonder whether or not the Cloud is a good idea. Early adopters of technology (like me) test these technologies long before they’re put into production. For me, as a CIO/CTO/Consultant, if it passes the Percy test, it goes on my list of recommendations. So what exactly is the “Percy Test”? It’s a long-term…
Web Based Email. Be Careful If you use it
It seems everyone is moving towards the email paradigm of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Windows Live Mail (formerly Hotmail) and the like. Here’s something most people don’t realize and I think it’s important for you to understand exactly what it means. NOTHING IS FREE. Why do these companies give out free email services? The real answer…
Buy my Book on Amazon and I’ll host your blog for free for a year.
So, here’s the deal. I want to help people. So here’s what I’ve decided to do. If you buy my book: Surviving the Economy and Making Money in a Down Economy A Guide to Coping with Unemployment and Finding New Opportunities I’ll host a non-commercial blog for you for a year. Assuming you don’t abuse…
A truly free and unblocked VPN for one year
Every VPN provider claims that they’re truly free and not blocking ports. (well.. maybe I’m not going to put them all in one basket). The reality is every VPN provider I have come across has blocked access or throttles you one way or another. So I’ve actually come up with a simple solution. Using Amazon’s…
Increasing Mysql performance significantly
For those of you who run mysql, there’s an issue that you have to look at. Like file systems, database tables get fragmented over time. There’s a simple fix for it, but you will need to execute one command to do it. Of course, you will need to have root access to your Mysql server,…
Fixing Google’s messy index causing 404s due to a “?” in my urls.
As of late, I noticed a problem that just appeared and it wouldn’t go away. It just started showing up and causing tons of 404s on my site. Now that’s not good. The problem was simply the following: I would have a link on my site. Let’s say the real URL is: http://swimminginthought.com/estore For some…