It appears that most webmasters have come from the world of advertising. Their website content emphasizes “marketing and promotion”. Just to prove my point, do a Google search on “marketing promotion”. As I write, Google comes up with “about 5,910,000″ entries. Gosh imagine the good fortune of a listing on page one! Of course, the [...]

Behave, Word, Behave!

If you copy something from a Web site or elsewhere… or you reuse a document and the formatting is making you crazy with its weirdness, then stop the insanity. The first option to make the document behave loses some of the formatting. You can always undo the changes if you don’t like it by pressing [...]

Adding USB 2.0

The process of adding USB 2.0 ports took no time and the backup system is mighty fast. If you add USB 2.0 ports with a PCI port card, then you’ll still have your USB 1.1 ports, so whatever is plugged into those can stay. Rob Foster from the UK sent me a port PCI USB [...]

Mozilla Vs. Firefox

For those who are unclear on the differences between the Mozilla package (Netscape is also comparable to Mozilla except they’re two different companies) and Firefox / Thunderbird, here it is: Mozilla is a complete package meaning it comes with email, browser, address book, newsgroup, and chat applications integrated. FireFox is a stand-alone browser application. It [...]

Creating a Favicon

Once, I attempted to create a favicon (the little graphic in the URL address box) for this Web site, but never did finish the work until now. I used a free program that allowed me to copy and paste an image to create an icon, but I believe it has spyware so I won’t share [...]

Is Your Website a Warty Toad?

Unfortunately, many business owners do not harness the full power of their website. Instead, companies allow their website to stagnate, festering in its own little virtual swamp. It sits there day after day, never changing…a poor little web-toad, never to become a prince. To prevent your website from facing this pathetic future, take a good [...]