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Free Antivirus For Your Windows Home Server
I have been rocking a Windows Home Server since Microsoft released a beta back in 2008. A great solution for handling automated backups for the various PC’s and laptops in our house, plus it makes for a great torrentserver. One thing I still hadn’t installed, and which was long overdue, was a proper antivirus scanner.…
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My brother Matt Mendlick’s story got featured
My exchange-brother Matt Mendlick’s story got featured on the site of the American Brain Tumor Association. It has been almost 10 years since I last saw him and a lot has happened in his life. In Matt’s own words: My fateful journey began in April 2008 when the worst headache of my life brought me…
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How To: Serve Better RSS Feeds To Your Subscribers
Most of your focus on optimizing your WordPress sites is probably on the look and feel of your design and the layout of specific things. Getting that content to display as perfectly as possible. Given that fact it’s a shame we spend as close to none time on optimizing our RSS Feed output. Sure, we…
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WordPress Frameworks, Have You Taken a Closer Look Yet?
I’ve been working a lot with WordPress Theme Frameworks lately, most notably Genesis, Thematic and Hybrid, when developing themes. Well, child themes really. There are many reasons why working with child themes is a good way to start developing, but there are also some drawbacks. For me the good weighs out the bad in general,…
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Humor Yourself, Backup Your WordPress Site
I’m sure you’ve read about if before. Before or after a tutorial on how to improve your site with a script, plugin or just plain regular hack. Read what you ask? To backup first and foremost. As you may have noticed some sites go offline for a while due to serious hardware failure. With a…
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Edit Images in WordPress
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Working on Your WordPress Site Behind The Curtains
A lot of times I hear people asking how to best approach fiddling around with certain design elements in their current theme without their visitors seeing any mistakes they make. A different version of the same question is about wanting to implement a complete new design and layout and optimize it to your liking. Also…
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Eyjafjallajökull shows its true beauty in a time-lapse
I just came across this awesome time-lapse video on Vimeo demonstrating that beauty, as always, is in the eye of the beholder. I know quite a few people who think not very kindly of that volcano in Iceland because their travels were affected by it, but I hope this clip will provide a different perspective.