Remember, if you get any gifts with operating systems, such as: iPhones, iPods, Zunes, PSP Gos, PS3s, etc. do not update the firmware online UNTIL you are sure there are not any software mods you would like to ad first. The more you update systems such as these, the less capable they will be to be modded.
Here I explain how to obtain a web server and manually install a blog. In this tutorial I used a 1&1 web server and a wordpress blog.
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009
Categories: Tutorials, Web Development
Tags: blogging, Web Development
Here I give a brief history on peer-to-peer file sharing and torrenting and I then go on to explain how to use torrent software in the sharing of files in a tutorial-based weblog. The legalities of such are noted as well, this is for educational purposes. Arrgh!
Posted by admin Date: Friday, December 18, 2009
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: peer-to-peer file sharing, pirating, torrenting
Age of Mythology Moderators have made it nearly impossible to play the game online if you have recently purchased the game, so I have included a tutorial on playing the game online without their broken system. Enjoy!
Posted by admin Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009
Categories: Private Server Development
Tags: age of mythology, Private Server Development
After this, you should be able to create iPhone apps on a more reasonable budget.
If you have started doing any SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your website, you may have noticed that http://www.example.com andhttp://example.com are regarded as two separate website addresses, and can compete against each other for page rank in search engines.
The way you can fix this is by writing a 301 redirect using Mod_Rewrite in your .htaccess file. To do this open your .htaccess file in the root directory of your web server. If you don’t have one, create a new text document, and save as a file instead if a txt file in the dropdown menu, and name it “.htaccess” without the quotes.
Open the file in notepad and write:
RewriteEngine On
rewritecond %{http_host} ^example.com
rewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
In both places where it says “example.com” replace it with your own web address, and then save it and upload it to the root directory of your server, and you’re done!
Now when you type your website in as http://example.com, it should redirect to http://www.example.com!
If you have any more questions about this, feel free to reply.
- Jeff
If you are worried about viruses or spyware infecting your computer, or would just like your computer running smoothly, I would suggest getting an external hard drive to back up all of your data, and periodically format your hard drive and reinstall your operating system.
To make this easier, you might want to take a screen shot of your current programs, so that you can get them again (press print screen, open paint, edit > paste). Also, it would be wise to back up all of your hardware drivers onto a USB flash drive, or your external hard drive.
I think if you use your computer very regularly, it would be good to do this at least once every 6 months, and if you don’t use it all that often, at least once per year.
If you would like to know how to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows (or whatever operating system you’re using) I will be writing a tutorial for that soon.
I hope this is helpful!
- Jeff
I have noticed that some routers have problems connecting computers to the internet that are running Windows XP.
After messing with it for a bit, I found that Windows XP can only accept a limited amount of characters for a router encryption code, so when you enter your WEP or WPA code that is 26 or 54 characters long into the wireless settings, XP won’t accept the code.
Assuming that you still would like to keep your router encrypted, a solution that I have found that works, is to access your router’s settings (usually by opening a web browser and typing your router’s gateway into the URL, which you can find if you go to start > run, type in cmd, press enter, type ipconfig in the command window, and press enter again.) Once you are in your routers settings, go through a wireless setup, or however your router changes an encryption code (you can call your router’s manufacturer if you need help with this) and simply make the encryption code smaller, so that Windows XP will accept it.
So simply put, just make your encryption code smaller to fit XP’s wireless standards. Another option is to always instead use your router’s wireless software instead of Windows XP’s.
If anyone is having a similar problem, and this doesn’t do the trick, feel free to reply.
- Jeff
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