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Category Archives: Internet Life
Bit.ly and others: how do they work?
If you have used URL shorteners, you may not have paid much attention to how they work. My favorite short URL service is http://j.mp . It is owned by the folks at Bit.ly, but is a couple of letters shorter…a … Continue reading
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Dropbox for Students
How many times have you driven all the way to school, only to find out you’d left some important document, or your USB flash drive, at home? A dozen times? Three or four? Just once…when it was an important midterm … Continue reading
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Epic Google+ failure: Google, where’s your “sharing” API?
Right up front, let me say that I have enjoyed the clean and uncluttered look of Google+ over any of the other social media services. I also greatly appreciate how easy it is to maintain your privacy settings, as opposed … Continue reading
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Sync “My Documents” with Dropbox
Dropbox is a service that stores your files in the cloud and lets you synchronize these files between various devices. I have had my own devices synced using Dropbox for over a year, and it has been a valuable service. … Continue reading
XenForo 1.1: Easy Upgrade, Welcome New Features
I finally had a chance to upgrade two existing forums from XenForo 1.0 to 1.1. I had put this off since I had a handful of add-ons active on each forum. After testing the add-ons through a test installation, I … Continue reading
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Bloggers: The Problem With Comments
The Internet is currently inundated with blogs by just about anyone, on any topic you can imagine. Too many blogs? Maybe or maybe not, but think about those you read. And think about that blog post you’ve just read that … Continue reading
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Blocking Baidu’s Searchbot
I normally do not complain publicly about other websites or companies, but in this case, I feel it is warranted. On a busy forum that I administrate, I got an urgent message saying the forum was really slow. The following … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Life, Security and Privacy
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The US “PROTECT IP” Act Is Very Real and Very Bad
We are not normally involved in politics, but this legislation currently in the US Senate has the ability to affect how we do business here at CWS, as well as jeopardize the content that our clients include on their websites. … Continue reading
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Keep Your Professional Life…Professional
As anyone reading this blog is well aware, social media is all the rage. You can’t turn your eyes anywhere online without seeing the ubiquitous Facebook or Twitter logos plastered on a page. An article posted recently at CareerBuilder (Negativity … Continue reading
Facebook Users All A-Twitter
Sorry about that bad pun in the title! This morning, Facebook must have rolled out its new feed for users, as seven of my first dozen posts of the morning were all complaints about the new “clutter” on their page. … Continue reading