Seize the Deal and SSL

Got this question via email and thought the answer would be a good post. I wanted to buy the seize the deal of the day from seizethedeal.com, but, when I was checking the security of the webpage, in all three browsers, (chrome, explorer, and firefox), I got the lock symbol with a red strike through it and the https with a …

Android Side Loading

Before I decided to upgrade to the iPhone4, I very seriously considered switching to the Android platform. After all, the CC Terminal app has an android version now, and Timewerks has an android version in the works. The one thing that stopped me was AT&T’s shackles they have around Android Market apps. Just like they AT&T hobbled many features on the …

Interviewing a tech guy

Ok – so a client of mine called and wanted me to speak to this guy. I’m supposed to gauge his knowledge and experience level and report back. I’m posting this not to make fun of the guy on the phone, but this is how I would conduct a real initial interview. The information and questions are very basic too. …

iPhone 3G and iOS4 is slow

I still have a 3G and upgraded to iOS4 – which slowed mine to a crawl. It turns out that the Spotlight search feature was the main culprit. If you turn that off (which most people don’t use anyway), your iPhone will speed up drastically. It won’t be the same as iOS3.x, but it will be much better. Here are …

HP Vista Code Purple

Turns out HP computers with Vista can have the same “code purple” issue when recovering to the out of the box state. This comes from the manufacturer’s tattoo on the motherboard.  Fortunately the solution is about the same as when I ranted about HP computers with the code purple and XP issue. Here are the steps to fix it: Download Ubuntu …

Suddenlink SMC8014WN Stupidity

Well this is interesting. I was considering becoming a reseller for Suddenlink Cable since I’ve been very pleased with their internet service. However, if you “rent” the SMC8014WN Wireless Modem/Router/AP from them – BEWARE! Suddenlink has locked down the firmware in the SMC8014WN so that most of the typical features from any $60 router/access point from BestBuy or OfficeDepot or …

Facebook Virus – Nope

As a reminder, there is NO SUCH THING AS A FACEBOOK VIRUS. Facebook is simply a webservice/site though your browser. Now, you can get an infection by clicking on a URL (link) that may send you to an outside webpage, which could be malicious. Then you could be infected, especially if you use Internet Exploder, but even through Firefox.  This …

Google Apps Help

If your domain is using Google Apps for your Domain, which acts as the email server system, it receives all your mail (inbound and outbound) and processes it for spam, viruses, and phishing. This is done by pointing certain parts of your domain name (CNAME and MX records) to Google’s services. If you are an admin with Google’s services, you …

WP-DBManager and MediaTemple Hosting

Ok – I ran into an odd issue while migrating my entire smartergeek.com site over to MediaTemple hosting – running WordPress and Thesis. Why did I move my site? I ran into a performance issue with GoDaddy’s hosting of WordPress and mySQL. My page times were taking between 3-49 seconds!.That’s crazy even for shared servers. There are lots of posts …

JungleDisk iPhone App

JungleDisk recently released their iPhone app. It allows you to directly access your cloud backup storage – which is really cool for several reasons. First, I can access my backup files (sent to the cloud every 24 hours) and attach files to an email if necessary. There have been several times that I’ve needed to send a file to a …