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It is Hot(spot) in here.

No Comments 04 April 2006

We now have a (secure)wireless broadband router up and running, not the hotspot creator blogged about a few days ago but, the last SENAO Multi-Functional Wireless Broadband NAT Router (R1.96g-E) our supplier had available. We’ve got our uncapped wireless plugged straight in, DHCP, Secure hotspot up and running thanks to IEEE 64 bit Shared Key [...]

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Krugle Beta (OS & other code search engine) Update

No Comments 04 April 2006

We started the beta last week with the first 1,000 testers. So far, it’s looking good. Those of you in the 34,000 left will begin getting login credentials (in the order you signed up) beginning April 5. We hope to get the lot of you in the test before April 14 or so, assuming nothing [...]

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It’s getting Hot(spot) in here…

No Comments 02 April 2006

…so unplug all your RJ45(network) cables. George, our wireless guy, gave us a call. He’s getting a new wireless router and would like A Group of Web AddiCT(s); to test it. Sure send me the url before you bring it over. Wireless-G Broadband Router The All-In-One Wireless-G Networking Solution All-in-one Internet-sharing Router, 4-port Switch, and [...]

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A quote worth cross-posting.

No Comments 01 April 2006

After rebooting the coffee machine (now called Coffee Anan). One cannot be A Web AddiCT without your daily dose of Digg. What do you know, they’re down for a couple of minutes. The footer of the Digg.com (Out of Service) page has the following worth quoting AND posting in more than one category (cross-posting) namely, [...]

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More free goodies thanks to Open Source Software

No Comments 29 March 2006

We have have started the production of new Open CD’s, so don’t worry if your CD pack has not arrived yet – we are aware of this and you will be receiving it with in the next 3 weeks. News of the new Geek kits has been a hit, with many people asking for more [...]

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Installing a Google sitemap plugin (based on fear)

1 Comment 27 March 2006

A fear of being lost in the Google SERPs, that is. This is another way to apply the quote about fear, posted in the Sayings category before THE announcement. Just installed a nice little plugin that creates a Google compliant XML sitemap and lets Google know about the update(with a ping) every time we post [...]

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How to run a script automatically (cron)

2 Comments 17 March 2006

With any business, web-based or brick and mortar, communication with your clients/customers are vital. For site1 we use our custom-built CRM, for site2 we wrote a script (PHP) to email everyone who has contacted the ******** on site2. Programmers are a lazy bunch, myself and Miguel included, there had to be a way automate this [...]

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I later considered switching to using Microsoft’s Active Server Pages, but found laptop development easier using PHP and Apache server.

No Comments 17 March 2006

That was a comment by Mark Garbers, the co-creator of iblog, during an ITweb interview regarding his choice of using LAMP (Linux, Apahce, MySQL, PHP) instead of the usual IIS & ASP.net. When will ITweb be turning the LAMP on? Read the article about iblog on ITweb here.

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WordPress 2.0.2 Upgrade complete

No Comments 10 March 2006

It took 15 mins to backup the MySQL database using phpMyAdmin, deactivate all the plugins, backup the files (FTP straight from firefox), download the new wordpress, Upload new files, reactivate the plugins and all following step by step instructions. It helps to RTFM Another reasons I enjoy using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP)

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