Back to the Frequently Asked Questions topic – one we get often is, “What are some good, geeky podcasts?” Naturally, there are tons. Some are good. Others are terrible. And I’m sure there are a million we haven’t listened to yet. Personally, I’ve found myself in a pattern of a [...]

Here’s something that came up after doing some routine server maintenance… Backups.  In the Direct Admin account control panel, there is a backup application that will let you backup your site files, mail, databases, etc.  It’s pretty fast, extremely handy, and a good idea.  Once the backup runs – a compressed file of your data [...]

Every now and then we get a call from a client with the worst possible news – their site has been hacked! Usually it starts out something like, “it was fine yesterday, then suddenly my gallery was gone!”. Sometimes we can track down the problem, other times it would take hours of plugging [...]

Over the weekend (yeah, I’m a wildman) I started using Google Notebook to keep all my lists of crap. I was apprehensive at first, but was quickly hooked once I learned that the data I kept in the system would be available for me at home, at work, or when I’m slumming it around [...]

With a strong background in the publishing industry, and a new service that offers cost effective, fully CMS’d author websites, we attended BEA (Book Expo of America) this year in hopes of meeting some new folks that might need a little boost in the “online presence” department. It felt like every publisher in [...]