Facebook used as an online identity management solution? Yeah, that puzzled look on your face compares to my initial reaction when I started noticing this trend (among websites from all kinds of industries) of using Facebook as their (blog) commenting system. Some large tech websites, such as TechCrunch have completely moved over to Facebook’s Social Comments Box plugin as their …
Flash is dead, HTML5 considered prime suspect
Flash is dead and here’s why. Last week, Adobe released Wallaby, a tool which converts Flash files into HTML5 to reach more (mobile) devices. When the creators of Flash are providing free tools to convert their proprietary format into an open, standards friendly alternative (HTML5) it’s safe to say that Adobe Flash is on its way out. It all started …
4 FREE and SECURE online backup services
Internet is filled with dozens of online backup/storage services which provide different levels of functionality, reliability, security and space to users. In order to cut through some of this clutter here are four online services that I have used and found to be reliable, functional and secure. While putting this short list together I focused on three requirements: services had …
Export and import saved passwords from Firefox
While certainly not one of better security practices we are all guilty of saving passwords in Firefox (and other browsers of choice) for frequently visited websites. If you visit a particular site daily it is much more convenient to allow your web browser to save your user name and password for later use. This is fine as long as you …
Is MySpace dead?
Looking at my personal usage of social networking sites and considering the recent “exodus” of executives from MySpace (and their features lag), I think that they are pretty much done. Am I wrong?
When Verizon fails
Today was certainly one of those days which would live up to an ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”. From around 1:20 pm until 5:30 pm we (MSU campus) were separated from the rest of the world. Well, it wasn’t quite that dramatic, but it sure sounds intriguing, right? 🙂 During those 4+ hours we were without …
Real hosting company
Below is the e-mail I received yesterday from 1and1, my web hosting provider of choice. They have informed me of future hardware upgrades and downtime in their data center where my sites are located. Now this is something simple to do, yet it helps them differentiate from some of the other hosts who are not as professional and courteous. While …