Debian, unlike Ubuntu, needs some quality TLC in-order to get it working properly ... especially when you want to install addons like Dropbox. Dropbox (in Linux) works very well with Nautilus, except if you're using Debian Squeeze and use the 64 bit version (ie: AMD64, x86_64, x64, ect...) and you...
How to Design a Kick-Ass Facebook Fanpage – Guest Post On 1stWebDesigner
While a personal profile can only get so much attention, a Facebook Fanpage allows you to expand your reach and your profile’s capabilities. While a business profile is ok, a fanpage for your company, business, service or product is the best approach on Facebook since a fanpage has significantly more...
Enter Safe Graphics Mode In Ubuntu Or Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Live CD
So you downloaded the handy-dandy Kubuntu Live CD to play around with. YEY! But for some reason it won't display any graphics on your monitor. You might get: pixelated images, distorted views, a blank screen or even a blinking LCD power button. Oh yey ... kinda screwed there because you...
How To Use Dropbox With KDE in Kubuntu – Kdropbox
Dropbox is a great file backup service, or file transfer service depending on how you use it. In Linux though, you used to have little option. You could either use Gnome to have nice GUI integration or you had to use the command line. But not anymore. There is now...
Unfollow Useless Spam Twitter Friends/Followers
Twitter spam sucks in so many ways it's not even funny. One good way to reduce the amount of spam you get AND to reduce the load on twitters servers is to simply unfollow the bad and the ugly. Why unfollow? Because by following back spammers and useless 'stuff' you...
WordPress Remove Blank Line From RSS Feed – wordpress error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document
For whatever reason, once in a long while WordPress will just break the RSS feed. Why? God only knows. This is a sure fire fix for the RSS problem! Maybe it didn't like a plugin you just added or it just doesn't feel like working that day. Whatever the reason,...
Goodbye Firefox, Hello Google Chrome – Firefox vs Google Chrome on Kubuntu
Since the inception of Firefox, it has been (more or less) the defacto standard browser for a wide array of corporations, groups and people. It quickly rose to be the dominant browser due to it's open source nature, it's speed and it's ability to properly display a web page. There...
Trust Me. It’s Not You, It’s Me …
It's great blaming everyone else for the problems in life isn't it? Your being foreclosed on: it's the banks/loan officers fault. Your marriage sucks: it's the spouses fault for not being good enough. You're not getting the promotion you "deserve": it's the bosses fault for being a @#%^!!%%. Right ....
“Thank You For Commenting” Message Should Be Required On All Blogs
Have you ever commented on a blog, clicked submit and then ... nothing. The blog reloaded to the exact same page yet there is no text, no nothing, telling you if your comment went through? Don't you just hate that? Well that's what today's article is about. A huge pet...
Disqus WordPress Plugin, I love it but I had to remove it!
I am a big fan of the Disqus comment system. I even had it installed for a while! I love practically everything about it. It has a great anti-spam feature. Probably the best around, even better than Akismet! It looks beautiful and it's extremely functional for commenters. Barely any setup...