old stuff from January, 2006

free stuff we use

Wednesday, 11 January 2006 8:20 pm by noel
posted in software, support

we use quite a handful of free software that our clients and friends might want to use. this is our list as of december 2005.

mozilla firefox: browser. our preferred browser.

opera: browser. some of our friends say its faster than firefox.
lavasoft ad-aware se personal: anti-spyware.

spybot - search & destroy by safer networking: anti-spyware. donations [...]

e-mail tips

Tuesday, 10 January 2006 10:15 am by noel
posted in e-mail, support

here are a few rules that i always say to users about their incoming e-mails:

if you do not know the sender, delete it.
if the e-mail has an attachment and you do not know the sender, delete it.
if you know the sender and the e-mail has an attachment which you are not expecting, delete it or [...]

the spam keeps on coming

Saturday, 7 January 2006 11:47 am by noel
posted in e-mail, support

as of this writing, my spam is at 1,970. that’s roughly a month on the new hosting server and its still rising.
spammers just don’t give up, do they? i think its really part and parcel of the internet already. there will always be spam. the question is how much spam will you get. governments are [...]

template mashing (again)

Thursday, 5 January 2006 8:48 pm by noel
posted in theme, wordpress

i’ve decided to take the default wordpress theme (kubrick) and mash and smash it to my liking. its a little bit more tedious than adapting a “canned” theme but then again i have an opportunity to relearn php and sharpen my css. nothing wrong with a little learning, is there?
so here is the theme, still [...]

reconnecting network drives at logon

Wednesday, 4 January 2006 9:22 pm by noel
posted in network, support

to have your network drives automatically be reconnected when you logon to your computer:

double-click on my computer
click on tools - map network drive. you will see a dialog box like the one below:
choose a drive letter from the drop down menu
specify the server name and share name using the format as shown in the example
the [...]