Category Archives: Internet Junkie

Problems Uploading Image with FireFTP

I was having problems uploading pictures to a new website using FireFTP for Firefox and couldn’t figure out why.  I was working on a newly created WHM account where I had been experimenting with cPanels hotlink protection & I thought that was the problem.  It didn’t make sense though because some images worked but others [...]
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Google Doodle PacMan

Love the Google doodle today.  There’s no way in hell I’m getting to level 256.
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My Favorite Firefox Addons

I experiment with lots of Firefox Addons, but these are my favorites that always stick around: Firebug FireFTP Google Toolbar IE View Page Speed Web Developer
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Search Engine Stats for March and April 2010

I read recently that Bing’s market share for searches was an impressive number since it was over 10%.  Not sure if that was before or after these figures, but here’s what eWeek had to say. Bing’s U.S. market share dipped slightly between March and April, according to new numbers by Experian Hitwise. Meanwhile, Google saw slight [...]
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Screenr Screencast

I watched a video someone else made with screenr a few weeks ago and finally got around to checking it out myself.  Just made my first awe inspiring video and embedded it here.
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Google Docs Rocks! even more now…

Google Docs has been rolling out the ability to upload, store and organize ANY type of file recently. It was an awesome service that allowed you to upload and convert .doc, .xls & .ppt files (MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint).  From there, you could access them from any computer as long as you were [...]
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Manage Photos of Friends and Family

Google released Picasa 3.5 a couple of weeks ago and it’s got my vote. It basically allows you to tag photos similar to the way photos can be tagged on Facebook. They’ve got all kinds of cool little features built in to it. Picasa will scan all of your photos and look for matches to names [...]
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Open For Questions

Just noticed the link on Google’s home page to the President’s website – whitehouse.gov.  I can’t say I’m convinced that President Obama is the solution for our country, but I’ve been baffled for years about why more politicians don’t leverage the internet to connect with their constituents better.
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Big Brother Google – Out of the Closet

They’re not quite there yet, but this is a good indication of what so many geeks have been concered about with Google.  I’m a huge fan of Google – I use Google services on a daily basis as a routine part of my day-to-day life every day: Gmail from Google, Google Calendars, Google Maps, Google [...]
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Meebo – Live Chat on Your Blog/Website

Any time I see cool stuff on the internet, I usually try to figure out how to get it myself. Sometimes I keep em, sometimes I just check them out then dump em. I ran across Meebo yesterday and think it’s a keeper. It’s on my Howdy page now if you want to see [...]
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