Category Archives: Tech Opinion

Netflix Pricing

Netflix is not very transparent about their pricing on their website before you sign up. So I’ve created a chart of their current pricing as of November 2011. Now you can enjoy seeing the Netflix pricing without having to log … Continue reading

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Breadcrumb NavXT: Remove category

If you’re using the breadcrumb navxt plugin and trying to remove categories from showing up, such as Home -> Blog -> Uncategorized -> Post Title (a common request), you have to do a bit of trickery to accomplish this. You … Continue reading

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How I think Quicksilver Should Utilize “Recent Items”

So I have a trigger for Quicksilver that is Cmd+shift+Space which brings up a list of my most recent objects and items. This is pretty cool and helpful – set it up in the catalog if you don’t have it … Continue reading

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Wayne Johnson Scam / 206-337-3198

It seems Wayne Johnson is sending scam messages. Message Example 1: Good day, we require to know if you can supply some cabinetry for us.We’ll like to know the types and dimensions of cabinetry that you do have in your … Continue reading

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Google Bans Adwords use for Facebook

You can no longer use Google Adwords to advertise things on Facebook. If you have anything that is related to Facebook and want to promote it, you will first need to get it approved by the Adwords team. I learned … Continue reading

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Playstation Accounts Compromised – April 2011

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer: We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to … Continue reading

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Dropbox Command Line Interface (CLI)

Dropbox has some great functionality for their Unix client: Dropbox command-line interface commands: Note: use dropbox help to view usage for a specific command. status get current status of the dropboxd help provide help puburl get public url of a … Continue reading

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Hybrid Drives aren’t much faster

According to recent benchmarking hybrid hard drives are not significantly faster than their 7200rpm 8mb cache cousins. Users may see some performance increases, especially on write times, but the hybrid drives are not yet anywhere as fast as the Solid … Continue reading

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Good Practices in PHP

Here are a few tips for those of you who’d like to write good code in PHP: Set up a Development Server Set up a development server or sandbox. Don’t write, test, or develop code on a production server. If … Continue reading

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WPtouch iPhone Theme

“With a single click, WPtouch transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android or BlackBerry touch mobile device.” Basically, this plugin will take your … Continue reading

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