Remember a couple weeks ago when I shared my glorious experiences with Verizon? And I was assured my billing would be ok? I just got my September Verizon bill in the mail. Any one want to take the bet that the billing was ok? My old billing is still in place. I called Verizon, yelled […]
Archive of posts filed under the Technology category.
Review of BlogRush.com (Syndicating your blog)
The hottest new widget on the web is BlogRush.com (yes, that’s an affiliate link). You put their widget on your site, then they syndicate your headlines out to other blogs in your same category. On your blog you’ll see five headlines from other blogs. You’ll get one of your headlines displayed on some other blog […]
Use mod_cband to manage apache, not mod_throttle
One of the discussions I found about monitoring my web server’s usage mentioned in passing mod_cband. So I got it installed on my CentOS box, and it looks like it is working. I’ll hammer on it this week to see how well it works. I found this article very useful: Manage Apache Download Speed And […]
mod_throttle is gone?
I need to install mod_throttle on my apache, and the author of the software has closed down his archive of it, and is refusing to respond to questions about it. That’s a very unfriendly thing to do, although I’m sure he has his reasons. Any other ideas for how to manage my apache system’s bandwidth […]
WordPress 2.2.3 Upgrade
I just upgraded all of my blogs to the latest and greatest WordPress, version 2.2.3. Whew! I’m glad that’s done. I won’t have to do it again until the next upgrade. Which is scheduled for Monday, September 24th.
Zinio Sucks (as do most spammers)
Many moons ago I had a subscription to MacWorld through Zinio. Zinio is a service that gives you an electronic version of a magazine, and the subscription I got was free with some Mac purchase I made in August 2004. It actually wasn’t that bad a product, but the funky player was a hassle. I […]
Podcast Advertising
I’m wondering if anyone out there has any experience with advertising in their podcasts. My podcast over at ShowBizRadio.net had 2,785 downloads in July. I’m wondering if it is worth it to try to sell advertising around that size podcast. I’m thinking of embedded audio inside the podcast. I’m experimenting with scripting SoX – Sound […]
Why I Loathe Verizon (aka Verizon Sucks)
Around two to three years ago, I signed up to get DSL from Verizon with a guaranteed price so I wouldn’t have to worry about future price increases. A few months ago, Verizon “discontinued” my DSL package, so my price increased. Their fine print allowed them to change packages, which cancelled my guaranteed price. So […]
What does DRM stand for?
DRM = Digitally Ruined Music
Full Feeds Available
I’ve just switched back to full feeds for the RSS for PlanetMike. I turned them off a while ago when Bitacle (now Muestrarios.org (Spanish for “Sample Books”)) was stealing tons of my articles. Let me know if you prefer the full feeds or not. You can get my feed from http://www.planetmike.com/journal/feed/.