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Handy htaccess snippet

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:56:50 +0000

If you need to redirect a whole site to https try adding these 3 lines to you .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Search engine wars over?

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:22:35 +0000

In his blog post entitled The search engine wars are over, my friend José Roig suggests that someone needs to break the news to Microsoft, Yahoo!, Ask, and the Yellow Pages and let them know that they lost the Search Engine War. I disagree. Here’s why:

It’s not over until it’s over.
Years back many people were ready to declare Microsoft (MS) the winner of the browser wars. Thank God no one did or we may not have Firefox, Safari or Chrome today. Yes, MS is still used slightly more than those other browsers, but they are all gaining ground fast and they are forcing MS to make their product better.

I also think that when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you should definitely to improve results on other search engines in addition to Google. Doing this will improve your Google rankings. If I’m able to get my site listed higher on Yahoo — both in the search engine an directory, then Google will take into account those in-bound links.

Yes, Google is king (for now), and we should focus on improving rankings in Google; however, the rest of the world can not be ignored. If I told you a few years ago that Apple would be selling more computers today than Dell you may have laughed at me…but today Apple DOES sell more. So I say let this war rage on and maybe we’ll continue to get better search results out of it. Or, possibly a new search engine? Or both?

For the record…

I think José has lots of great ideas
I prefer Apple OS X over Microsoft Windows (I use both everyday)
Google is my default search engine
Firefox is my favorite web browser

Did you sell your soul?

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:45:18 +0000

Thousands of shoppers unknowingly signed their souls over to a computer-game store after failing to read the terms and conditions on their website.

Many people don’t read before submitting online forms. Here’s the proof at news lite.

Keeping Up!

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:10:47 +0000

So I have one of these magical new devices called an iPad. And, recently I’ve been complaining to myself and anyone else around that I really need to get to the blog and start posting more about the work I’ve been doing. Recently I’ve worked on a few killer websites but have been so busy stuck in production that I’ve used it as an excuse to not get to the blog. So, enter this new device into my life. . .the perfect excuse to get to the blog. If I have time to mess around with this thing i have time to blog, right?

I’ve decided that a good way to accomplish both tasks is to use the iPad to enter my new blog posts. Right now I’m just sitting here at the kitchen table getting ready for the usual family activities that happen on Easter, and I’m able to blog to my hearts content.

In the past this blog has been a mosh of so tech, some opinion and some personal thoughts and it will continue to be. However, moving forward I promise to be better with tags and categories to help sort all of the content. I also suspect that I will soon be working on a new design to reflect this new direction.

Well I better get on with preparing for the day. We’ll be running to my sister-in-law’s for brunch then off to see my family later at my aunt’s.

Who’s Under Your Carbon Footprint?

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:39:52 +0000

I just wrapped up development on a new climate change website, so in honor of Earth Day I thought I would post a link to it: http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/.

I’m really happy with the way the site turned out and the team did an amazing job pulling together to make it happen. I’m so tired from working late nights and weekends that I think I might need to sleep for a few days to recover.

The world’s most super-designed data center

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:09:29 +0000

I just read this on Royal Pingdom and all I can say is, “DAYUM! That is one sweet Data Center.”

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/

Black Friday

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:22:28 +0000

Amazon Black Friday Deals

Looking for some deals this holiday season but hate crowds like me? Try Amazon. They have some Black Friday specials going all week.

We Love WordPress

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:33:18 +0000

I just found out a few days ago that We Love WordPress likes this website — sorry I didn’t post earlier…I’ve been a bit busy and was out of town for a wedding. We Love WordPress is a site that showcases WordPress powered sites.

Here is the post…not much more than a link back here, but poke around a bit in the gallery because they link to some good stuff.

A List Apart Survey 2008

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:58:00 +0000

I took the survey this year and if you build websites, you should too:

CNET’s Digital Home DIY

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:17:26 +0000

I was just on CNET’s DIgital Home DIY site and found lots of useful tips and How-to’s. Each Digital Home DIY project starts off with solid reasons why you would want that specific technology in your house — so it’s not just technology for technology’s sake. They list the gear you need to get going, followed by step-by-step video instructions on how to execute your project. Visit CNET and check it out for yourself.