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1). Changing Web Hosts
One of the biggest pains about having a web site is changing web hosts. Iought to know, I've changed over half a dozen times in the last three yea
2). Article Writing Errors
Having trouble writing articles? Here's my list of some common mistakes that writers make.Not being a writer - This is the number one mist
3). A Note On Microsoft Security
I've been reading a lot of postings to various message boards, newsgroups and talkback boards on how evil Microsoft (often spelled as Micro$of
4). Creating An Email Form
Occasionally it is necessary to get some kind of information from yourvisitors. One way to do this is to embed your email address, as a "mailto"
5). Ezine Tips: Format and Structure
So you've decided to create an ezine! Congratulations. This is an excellent decision which will increase the odds that people will return to your
6). Are The Search Engines Censoring The Internet?
Every single day I surf through about a dozen sites, looking for interesting articles and message board posts. I do this for many reasons: for
7). Cyber Warfare
In these days of all-out combat in Afghanistan, terrorist attacks in New York and Anthrax in Washington, it's easy to lose one's perspective. I kn
8). Bad Web Design: Mistakes With Text
Even in today's world of Flash animation, animated GIFs, sound files,VRML and other dazzling special effects, the basic reason why peoplesurf
9). Advice for Web Purchasing
I recommend that you be very cautious about purchasing anything on theinternet. Why? The internet is large, new and unprotected in many cases. It
10). Did Nostradamus Predict the Sept 11th Tragedy?
Nostradamus was a French astrologer born in 1503. He published a collectionof prophecies in 1555. Each of the four-line verses (called quatrains)
11). Free Stuff: Counters
If you are a webmaster and you are not examining the statistics of your siteregularly, then you are running blind. If you are serious, then you mu
12). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 4: Preparing For Disaster
Okay, picture this ... your computer system has been destroyed by the mostrecent outbreak of the dreaded typhoid Mary virus. You never knew what h
13). Popup Advertisements - Good or Bad?
I'll bet you've visited a site only to be plagued by one, two, three or even more popup windows appearing to annoy you. Some poorly designed s
14). Backup Your Site
Imagine the following nightmare: you've worked hard on your site for months, tweaking it until it looks perfect. You've got great content, exc
15). Overcoming Writers Block
Ah, I remember writers block. I used to suffer from it a long time ago. Today I write dozens of articles a week, perhaps five hundred a year. Earl
16). DHCP
At my day job, we were tasked with creating a Windows NT 4.0network from scratch with only minimal training on the operatingsystem. We were ex
17). Graphics for the web: GIF Format
The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format was invented in 1987 byCompuserve to allow images to be displayed. This format allows for 256colo
18). Cloaking
The search engines are pretty good at their jobs. This is especially true ofthe larger, more established monster listings such as Altavista and Go
19). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 6: Where Is It #2?
Paint Shop ProIn my humble opinion, Paint Shop Pro is one of the best bargains availableon the internet. This inexpensive (less than $100) sha
20). Email on the Road
If you are anything like me, then you've come to depend on email. In fact, Imust read my email several times a day or I feel very uncomfortable. T
21). Free Stuff: Guestbooks
Visitors to non-commercial websites expect to find guestbooks. In fact, they often get quite annoyed when they cannot find one, especially if they
22). Awards Programs: Promotion
I know you've finished creating your awards program. You spent ages creatingthe perfect award image - everyone agrees it is the best that they hav
23). Free Stuff: Email
Free email services are in abundance all over the web. There are literallyhundreds (if not thousands) of different services to help you with your
24). Christmas Sites
With the proper mindset, Christmas can be a wonderful time.Regardless of whether or not you are Christian, this time of yearcan be seen as a c
25). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 5: Where Is It #1?
I don't know about you, but I love to collect cool downloads offthe internet. I've got thousands of stationary files, desktop themes and ICQsk
26). Awards Programs: Ethics
One of the characteristics of an excellent awards program is thepresence of solid ethics. This is very important as all awardmastersmust under
27). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 2: A Solution
So what do you do when you have so much stuff on your computer that itbecomes difficult, if not impossible, to back up the whole thing on areg
28). Unsubscribing from lists
I'm sure you've received messages from mailing lists and wanted to unsubscribe. Perhaps you don't remember subscribing in the first place, or mayb
29). Awards Programs: Submitting Your Site For Awards
All right, you've got a nice site. You've worked long and hard to make it asgood as you can. Now you want to get a little recognition for your eff
30). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 7: Where Is It #3?
These items are all stored by the operating system in your system folder. OnWindows 95, 98 and ME, this is generally called "WINDOWS", while on Wi
31). My Experience With Online Education
Online Education has been around for a several years and has been the target of many skeptics. Many skeptics feel that there is not enough interaction
32). A Change in Paradigm: Dedicated Server
I found it hard to believe, but suddenly I was faced with a realproblem. Well, I suppose most people would not consider it a hugeproblem, quit
33). Sins Of The Internet: Email Spiders
Warning: this article is not for the squeamish. It contains graphicdescriptions of one of the biggest evils on the internet. If you can facedo
34). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 1: The Problem
I don't know about your, but I depend upon my computer system daily to helpme survive and prosper. I keep everything there:- My daily jour
35). Beta Testing
I'm sure as you've cruised around the web you've run across the term "beta release" or "beta test version" or something to that effect. You ma
36). Internet Promotion: Email Signatures
Perhaps one of the most important methods to promote your web site isincluding some advertising in each and every email you send and allnewsgr
37). Career Advice
I often get asked questions about careers in IT (Information Technology).After all, I've been a Vice President of Consulting (twice for two differ
38). Bad Web Design: ActiveX
ActiveX uses an interesting method for enforcing security ... it doesn't.Well, that's not exactly true. What happens is when a web page requests a
39). Are Popups Ethical?
The most important fact to understand about the internet is it is one huge communication device. Plain and simply, that is all that the intern
40). DNS
When you enter a web site address (a URL) into your browser'saddress bar (or click on a hyperlink), you actually set in motiona complex series
41). Free Stuff: Redirection Services
Here is a selection of redirection services. What is a redirection service?
These allow you to create a "better" domain name (usually a subdom
42). Are The Search Engines Censoring The Internet?
Every single day I surf through about a dozen sites, looking for interesting articles and message board posts. I do this for many reasons: for
43). Free Stuff: Banner Exchanges
Personally, I am not crazy about banner exchanges. I've tried them all, andwithout a single exception every one of them is completely lame as a tr
44). Free Stuff: Translation Services
One of very cool facts about the internet is that it is truly global in scope. You can send emails to people all over the planet, visit newsgroups
45). Product Review: Professional Capture System
During my career I've written several hundred manuals for dozens of applications, operating systems, routines and hardware. This is an area th
46). Awards Programs: Handling The Losers
Sometimes it's an easy decision, sometimes it's more difficult. Occasionallyyou find a site which on the surface looks very good and you spend hou
47). Awards Programs: Handling The Winners
Someone has sent in their site to be reviewed as part of your awardsprogram. If you've done everything correctly, this should happen severalti
48). Carnivore
There have been a number of stories in the press lately about a system called Carnivore (what a great name). This is a hardware/software syste
49). Backing Up Your Stuff Part 3: Software
All right, now you need to consider what software you will use to back upyour data.Do it by hand - One possible method (which will not wor
50). Is Free Becoming A Thing Of The Past?
There's something about the word "free". I mean, it's very attractive and for some reason many of us think that "free" also means "quality" an
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