The coolest things are programmed in Python, Python is in high demand on the job websites, Python’s capabilities are relatively universal and the consensus is that it’s the easiest language to cram. I gotta learn Python. My boss […]
I look at you, freebie Inoreader.com account user, and I see me a few weeks ago when I had just a regular free Inoreader account. I thought life was perfect, that I didn’t need any more from RSS. But over time I had noticed new features, like Active Search, so out of curiosity I pulled … Read more
To: feedback@namecheap.com From: Doug Simmons ****@302.nyc Subject: Re: [#ZKE-172-23807]: Follow up: Need help with DKIM, SPF on 302.nyc Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:14 PM While I write this about my recent support session with you, the gist of this applies to everyone I’ve received help from at Namecheap. Every single time I’ve hit … Read more
Nerds, mind-blown warning: In a manner no more complicated than installing Winamp, you can install on your lame Windows machine NGINX, PHP, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, memcached and a dozen other goodies, everything you need to get in gear and make some insane websites to host on any platform, with Winginx. Free/donationware by Alexei Shabalin. … Read more
Damn thing keeps selling out! That’s okay, I’ve got a Linux box at my disposal set to load the Google Play Nexus 6 product page every six minutes. Whenever it grabs a copy that does not contain “We are out of inventory” it emails me. There are other methods involving comparing MD5 hashes, but that’s … Read more
Check out mobilitydigest.com/speedtest as I need your feedback and you need to know your speed. Yeah, you can use speedtest.net to get your megabits (deceptively throttled by your carrier), but I didn’t know where I could find an honest speedtest that is lightweight, loads in 200ms, lets me specify the type of test, tells me … Read more
What in the hell is that, right? Well, if you’re young, smart and more driven to succeed than I was, hit the books son and learn how to read, write and apply that tier of math because the world will be needing people like you more and more over time, and they’ll pay you too. Cash … Read more
Having fun with your own Linux server but don’t really know what you’re doing? At the very least, install fail2ban. There are many other things you should do, but start with that. Here’s why. The Internet is a sea of evil bundles of data originating almost exclusively from China trying to hack your server to … Read more
Animated GIFs have long severed the Internet adequately for short, low-quality animated cat and sleazy porn videos. Google improved on the decades-old GIF technology with WebM, a format that has better compression, lets you watch cat videos in true color instead of a crappy 256 color pallet, a higher frame rate (like 60fps), greater CPU … Read more
Harold Martinez, a young man who attends the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon and is versed in C#, Java and C to name a few, declared victory in bringing WebP, the most powerful image format in the world (the development of which is lead by Google), to Windows RT 8.1. Feeling on a roll, … Read more