Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
What I’m really supposed to be working on is a series of articles on dividend stocks since dividend stocks power the core of my non-retirement portfolio investing. But, I have three monitors and I need something to be on all of them in order for my brain to be satisfied, and one of them has … Read more
I’m an old school tech junkie from way back. Not punch cards way back, but green screen terminals way back. I can’t resist new toys, new technologies, and new idea. However, I’m also practical. As a father, small business owner, and freelance financial writer, my hands are full. So, when it comes to trying out new … Read more
Looks like there aren’t a lot of reports of catastrophe when updating to WordPress 4.9, so I’ve taken the plunge and updated this site and some of my others. So far, it seems that most of the improvements are under the hood, with the exception of implementing some features that allow for better “customization” of … Read more
At the beginning of this year, I renewed my webhosting arrangement with WestHost and immediately regretted it when my server suffered hours of downtime in February. Since then, I’ve “caught” my server down several times. This is particularly distressing because I don’t monitor it constantly, which means it could have been down numerous times when … Read more
I like to order pizza online from Pizza Hut. There are two primary reasons for this. First, I don’t have to go hunting for coupons because Pizza Hut shows both its current coupons and its advertised specials under “Deals” on the website. Second, I can see how much more an order ends up costing based … Read more
I’ve been micro-managing which Google certified ad networks have been allowed on my websites. However, lately, I remembered that there was a time when I allowed them all and saw my earnings go up. I did not click the AdSense publisher option to automatically allow new third-party AdSense networks. The idea is that by enabling … Read more
Update: Since the beginning of 2013, WestHost has proven less reliable than necessary. I can no longer recommend them. Check here for the latest on WestHost reliability or lack thereof. Shared Web Host Companies and Fantasy Limitations Or No Limit Fantasies Once upon a time, all web hosting companies sold hosting plans with a cap … Read more
Readers of my professional freelance writing blog know that I have had some trouble with Dreamhost in the past few months. No, this isn’t one of those Dreamhost sucks rants, but rather a comprehensive, fact-based, review of the incidents and responses that occurred while I was hosting websites on Dreamhost web hosting services. My hope … Read more
What software should a web developer use when Dreamweaver is too much, and Notepad++ is not enough?
Frustrated by trying to search for good new utlities or software and getting a bunch of unhelpful websites. Try this trick.
Pondering the questions that make the Internet move. What do Technorati, WordPress, Google, and more do right or wrong to make my life better or worse?
If you keep getting the Warning: Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public error even though you copied the .htaccess file to the correct folder, there might be a glitch with your Path to Backup setting, but it’s not what you think.