I had a shock the other day when I received notice from one of my webhosts that I was using over 80% of my server space and that I needed to look at removing some files or upgrading my hosting package to accommodate my server needs.
I had a hard time believing that I was using [...]

Now this is something I didn’t know:
Many people choose to save files on their desktop because they are easily accessible. However, what they may not know is that there are certain risks associated with this practice - the biggest one being that you increase the chances of losing your files.
Source: Lockergnome
Yikes! I keep *a lot* [...]

Normally when setting up a custom 404 page you just need to create your page, save it as 404.shtml, plop it in your main directory and voila! It’s all good.
Or do the redirect in your .htaccess file:
ErrorDocument 404 http://superaff.com/your-custom-page.html
But no matter what I tried, or how much hair I pulled - I could not get [...]

When you have 2 gigs of ebooks sitting on your computer that you don’t want to lose - what do you do?
Or gigs and gigs of software programs - and their backups.
Websites, databases, script programs - and their backups.
I was really at a loss as to what the best, most workable method for me would [...]

Submitting websites to free directories may be a dying method of link building, but I still do it. And I operate a few directories myself. Does it help with Google? Who knows. Who cares. Not only are there are other search engines that drive traffic, some directories actually provide traffic themselves.
I’m struggling to keep the [...]

If celebrities can name their children after types of fruit (Apple), who am I to judge the ‘offbeat’ blog comment names?
Lawn Mower
Phentermine
Cialis
Levitra
Career
Toyota
Paris Hilton Nude (imagine that)
Auto Lease
Used Car
Home Refinancing
Auto Parts
Mexico Phone Card
And a whole bunch more! Now here’s the special treatment I give them in WordPress using the Spam Karma plugin:
Options
Spam Karma
Blacklist
At the top in [...]

When your blog database gets to be around the 20 MB size - let me tell you what a trip to backup.
Start the backup process, go for a coffee (across town), stop at the gas station on the way home and fill up your tank, come home, do a load of laundry and then [...]

Stepforth has posted an easy method of discovering what’s sitting on a server that I wasn’t aware of by simply using MSN search:
SEO Tip :: MSN Search by IP Number
Have you ever wanted to know what other sites share an IP number with your client? A search conducted using this format at MSN: ip: ###.###.###.###, [...]

Part of my Getting Things Done master battle plan was to get control of my email.
Some of my email was being filtered, some wasn’t, and my inbox was getting a bit crazy. It took me about three hours, but I have all my domains and all my email accounts fully setup with lots of filter [...]

Although I love playing with scripts and installing new programs to try, any attempts I’ve made to get a server installed with MySQL and PHP on my computer have generated the same outcome every time.
I Blink
::Pause::
And Then I Blink Again
Then a mass delete spree. I’m just not that techy and trying to get those beasts [...]