XML – Looks like this: <user> <name>tom</name> <last_name>jackson</last_name> <email>t.jackson@jackson.com</email> </user> vs. JSON – Looks like this: user{name:tom,last_name:jackson,email:t.jackson@jackson.com} JSON reminds me of how a lighttpd configuration file is able to hold script in it. Meaning the file that hold information, holds simple code so you have less info to process. JSON can send arrays. So instead… Continue reading XML vs. JSON
AJAX PHP-CLASS based Speedy Password Generator
The following link shows a password generator I built that, like the title says, is driven by AJAX (meaning; you just type in the length you would like the password and it creates it with-out any wait-time). The passwords are generated by a specially made PHP Class I built that generates passwords 4x faster than… Continue reading AJAX PHP-CLASS based Speedy Password Generator
3 Sites to get Apps for OSX
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ — Great for utilities and games http://www.macupdate.com/ — Supa for staying updated on apps, but also good for freeware http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ — A lot like macupdate, with more developed freeware
Free App for backing-up in OS X
Backing-up is something that everyone who has important data should be doing. Archiving onto CD/DVD is effective, but continual back-up is important. Lacie, the maker of external Hard-drives and disk-drives, own a freeware app called SilverKeeper which is pretty timely and effecient at backing-up. It offers schedule back-ups, that can exclude keyword files, password protect… Continue reading Free App for backing-up in OS X
Google Filetype & Flash
Same as the following article, the “Google Hack” filetype, which is hardly a “hack”, we can hunt the web for .fla files and .swf files… amazing!! All you gotta do is figure out what type of FLA are you looking for? Let’s say snow. The kids, they love the snow. So type the following into… Continue reading Google Filetype & Flash
Searching for True Type Fonts via Google
Using the “Google Hack” filetype:, it is easy to find TTF (True Type Fonts) on the net. Say your looking for that Zebra font, always a classic with the younger folk. Well Google’s filetype feature allows you to rummage the web for it. All you have to do is type the following into the Google… Continue reading Searching for True Type Fonts via Google
Dynamic to Static URL. Making URLs SEF to improve SEO.
SEF – Search Engine Friendly SEO – Search Engine Optimization Search engines create their databases from running programs that search the web and scan each web-page, and sometimes, they cache the web-page (Cache ‚Äî meaning they download a copy of it). They sort these pages out, assumingly, by URL (that http://www.whatever.com string in the Address… Continue reading Dynamic to Static URL. Making URLs SEF to improve SEO.
Blackberry -> PowerPoint Presentations
One of the best uses of Blackberrys: http://www.impatica.com/imp4bes/
IPv4 & NAT vs. IPv6 & GSM
IPv6 was created and developed in the face of running out-of IPv4 ip-addresses. Just a brief background on the two: IPv4 ip-addresses look like this: 192.168.1.1 IPv6 ip-addresses look like this: FE80:0000:0000:0000:0201:32FE:AB06:309C It’s pretty obvious that you can obtain more addresses out of IPv6 than IPv4. That’s really all the background you need to know… Continue reading IPv4 & NAT vs. IPv6 & GSM
Deleting Spam file from CPanel (CMS) via FTP
Don’t know any real simple way to do this, or even why CPanel hasn’t made the task of deleting large SPAM files easier. When you have SPAM filters set, mail that is considered SPAM is sent into it’s own mail-type file (mail files are just giant files holding all the email message with their attachments.… Continue reading Deleting Spam file from CPanel (CMS) via FTP