Archive for June, 2005

Picking Domain Names for Web Sites

Monday, June 6th, 2005

I’m about to launch a new website, this time one I developed for my own purposes rather than another client. Ultimately I needed to decide what I would use for a domain name. Based on the service being offered, the most logical domain name choices were already taken, so I needed to become a little [...]

Personal Encryption - How I remember over 400 unique passwords

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

People frequently ask me about creating secure passwords. Normally the question starts as with a question like “How do you keep track of all of your passwords?”.
Well, I think the underlying question many of them are really asking is “I’d feel better if I knew that you also use the same password for everything [...]

The Power of the Blogger

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

After starting blogging I’m continually amazed at the emails and comments I get back. I’ve been frequently blogging about different software applications I use. Nearly 50% of the time I blog about a particular software application I get a note from the author or publisher.
Frequently these notes are thanks for blogging about them. A couple [...]

NetTracker Lite Review vs AWStats

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

A few days ago I wrote about gathering website statistics and a couple of gripes I had with AWStats. George Smith commented that I should try NetTracker Lite. So I did.
First I spent quite a bit of time going through their online demo. Very nice indeed! It replicated all of the statistics I gather [...]

Submit Google Sitemaps XML

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Looks like Google is up to tricks again, now they are unveiling Google Sitemaps where you can generate an XML file with a complete Sitemap for Google to index. This ought to have developers scrambling to complete sitemaps for submission.
It also means that there will likely be a new round of plugins for CMS [...]

Gary Pearl Photography - Pre-Launch

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Today I am pre-launching the new website for Maine Photographer Gary Pearl. If you follow this blog hopefully you got a chance to see the website before the redesign.
Now you can take a look at what will be in store for the new site. While development is still ongoing, we thought that the new [...]

Apple WWDC Rumors

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

Chris Adamson blogs that there are few rumors regarding Apple’s WWDC next week. I was wondering the same thing…
Normally by this point about half of the announcements have been let out of the bag with loud meows. The cat is already out of the bag with Tiger, and nothing else concrete seems to have [...]

Tim Flight Guest Blogger on UAV Blog

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

While ProBlogger Darren Rowse is on vacation for a month I will be a guest blogger on one of his blogs. It will be an honor to blog for him while he is away.
I will be blogging about UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) on his UAV Blog. So if you find UAVs interesting, take a [...]