Jim's Internet Shorts: Archive

FTP Blogger Migration Tool First Hand Experience

Case History on Using the Blogger FTP Migration Tool Here is some feedback to consider when using the Blogger FTP Migration Tool. I switched the blog: www.jimwarholic.com/iforgot directory published blog on my server to iforgot.jimwarholic.com a subdomain blog hosted at Blogger, as a test case for the Blogger FTP Migration Tool. The details of the switch are published on the automatically...

Mar 5th

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“Charlie Wilson: These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the...”

– Charlie Wilson’s War

Jan 20th

Going Pro With Apple MacBook Pro

Read all about why I bought an Apple MacBook Pro.

Nov 21st

Lead Free Soldering Stations Vs. Leaded Soldering...

Is there a difference between Lead-Free Soldering Stations vs. Leaded Soldering Stations? In my estimation, there is a substantial difference for soldering stations built for lead-free soldering vs. the old standard lead soldering. A few of the particulars are heat upper levels, heat recovery, and localized heat intensity. Yes, there are many soldering stations that don’t specify that they...

Oct 27th

Copy And Paste, Copy And Paste

In case anyone hasn’t heard, Google Pages is being transfered to Google Sites. However, while the transfer is going to occur with the pages themselves, the files that are stored at Google Pages will not be migrating with the site itself. That means that the images will likly stop showing at some point in time. This wouldn’t be so bad if I just had one or two images here and there on...

Jul 7th

Family Tree Genealogy With Free Geni

“Geni is a private place for your family to build your family tree, preserve your history and share your lives.” Use Geni to: “Use Geni to: Build your family tree, preserve your family history, share family photos and videos, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other events, create profiles for your children, and memorialize loved ones using a cool build your own family tree...

Apr 9th

Apple iMac G5 Repairs Get The Inside Scoop

Apple iMac G5 Repairs - Click here for more information Now you can save hundreds of dollars on Apple iMac G5 repairs with this inside knowledge of how to fix your broken down iMac G5 computer. Are you experiencing intermittent shut down problems? Are you seeing strange lines on the display. Is your iMac display flashing at you? Well, you probably have the problem that thousands, if not hundreds...

Mar 19th

Folsom, Granite Bay, El Dorado Hills Luxury Homes

Luxury Homes in Folsom, Granite Bay, and El Dorado Hills Real Estate This is the best and most powerful free MLS real estate search engine of its kind. No registration is required to do MLS homes and property searches. You will absolutely love this home search engine for finding your dream home today! You’ve got to check out the Google Map Home Search feature. It is wild! Get daily MLS...

Feb 23rd

Gmail Tip of the Day

Send yourself an email reminder using Gmail. Send notes to yourself to keep it fresh in your mind. Send web pages to your inbox for future reference. Respond to your own emails with additional information. Keep a running note list or a to do list. Never loose it again. Google Gmail Here’s a tip of the day for you. One more tip, get your website discovered online, with Professional Web...

Feb 15th

I Finally Got Around To Taxes

After reading all the reviews, I finally took the plunge and ordered my tax software from the Amazon Discount Store. TurboTax, TaxCut, or TaxAct were the three tax software choices. I’ve used Intuit TurboTax over the past fifteen or twenty years. However, after reading some of the reviews, and the increase in the cost of the tax software, and the fact that I needed personal, business, and...

Jan 25th

Clearing Out the Internet Debris

Had to get moving online, and clear out some of the Internet debris. I was just getting too many email alerts. I needed to do some e-alert maintenance items. Over the years I have accumulated way too many alerts. The alerts were piling up in my email box. I had so many alerts, I couldn’t tell what I was being alerted for. That was an alert in itself. So, time to clear out some of those old...

Jan 24th

Website Testing Runs the Beta Gambit

I’ve lost count of all the different web browsers and computers that a person needs to test a website out on, before setting it free on the Internet. I usually check the new templates with no less than five different browsers and four different types of computers (Apple Mac, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux). I still need a Vista machine for more testing too. Also note that Internet...

Jan 24th

“The law of unintended consequences”

Jan 8th

Jan 4th

FTP Publishing and cPanel Issues

Even web hosting companies need to submit support ticket requests for help. The server for most of my websites is having a problem with the FTP publishing and cPanel issues. Apparantly the server has a faulty cPanel, and my hosting company has contacted cPanel directly to get this fixed. The following is a response from my hosting company. I have opened a support ticket with cPanel. I could...

Jan 4th

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Dec 16th

“Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.”

Dec 15th

“Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We...”

– Oscar Goldman

Dec 15th

“Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap...”

– Jay Morton

Dec 15th

Finished Watching John Adams DVD Series

Just finished watching the historical documentary series, John Adams. What a wonderful, emotionally packed, and powerful teaching tool for a movie series, as it dives into the depths of the souls of the founding fathers of our country. Meet John and Abigail Adams and their family. Highly recommend watching the series to grasp what was going on in that period of time. Reliving history with this...

Dec 9th

“Thomas Jefferson survives.”

– John Adams - July 4, 1826

Dec 9th

ATX Power Supply Pinouts

Information about ATX power supply connector pinouts at Pinouts.ru http://pinouts.ru/Power/atxpower_pinout.shtml And Others http://pinouts.ru/Power/atx_v2_pinout.shtml ATX12V 2.0 the new common ATX standard, use 24 pin connector.

Nov 30th

Nov 22nd

Google Gmail Themes

Well Google guys and gals, you really know how to keep a guy on his toes. I thought something happened to my browser when all of a sudden my Gmail account turned this cool looking style, which I had no idea how it happened. Google Gmail now provides themes. You’ve got to check it out. Fun fun. Jim

Nov 20th

Wow, I Didn't Know I Could Do That!

PHP is a very powerful language. With it’s simple includes statements, you can include another webpage very easily into the body of your website. You can even do a PHP includes on a blog posting, if you have a FTP php published blog. I can’t believe I never tried that before. By-the-way, it is simple to make a PHP published blog. You don’t even need to know how to program...

Nov 3rd

Fun With Websites

It is amazing how much you can learn just by playing around. Have a little fun with your website today. Try some new things. You will amaze yourself. Pay attention to details, and you will learn as you go along. Discovery of the online tricks puts a smile on your face. Test out a blog for yourself. Test out a free website too. Take out some free cool templates for a test drive today. All...

Nov 1st

Quotes For Today And Everyday

Get the quote for the day today. Refresh the page for a new quote. Get your business marching online today.

Oct 13th

I Just Added Comments To My Tumblr

Here is a cool option to allow comments on a Tumblr blog. Now with the addition of a few lines of code that you can copy and paste into your template area, you can begin to allow others to post comments on your custom Tumblr. Disqus, pronounced “discuss”, is a Web 2.0 service and tool for web comments and discussions for any blog or website. Imagine the possibilities to add comments...

Oct 12th

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“It was easier than I thought!”

Oct 12th

What Is According To Jim?

Central Internet location for a wide variety of online subject matter. For example: How to repair your iMac. Recover pictures from your camera memory card that has a problem. How to set up both business and personal email accounts together. Free PDF converters for both Windows PC and Apple Mac. Download and install easy to use Ubuntu linux. Website designs for your business today. Free...

Oct 11th

MIA Missing Blogs in Blogger Dashboard

Open Letter to Google And Blogger, Reference: Blogger Buzz: Updates and Bug Fixes for August 14th According to this posting from Blogger the new feature was to provide more functionality. “There’s a new look for the Blogger Dashboard, which we think you’ll find more attractive and functional. If you have a ton of blogs (as we do) try out the “hide” and “show all” links to help manage the...

Sep 20th

Internet Explorer 8 Beta-2 Problems

Don’t try IE 8 and expect to go back to IE 7 as a piece of cake. You will have to uninstall XP service pack 3 if you wish to try it and go back to IE 7 according to CNET and confirmed by Microsoft. I’m glad I read this before trying IE 8 beta 2 in the first place. “Microsoft acknowledges some of this. In a blog on Wednesday, Microsoft IE developers explain how IE 8 users...

Aug 29th

“Lots of space - Over 7077.480389 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so...”

– Gmail

Aug 28th

Solve The Migraine Problem

Why Migraines Strike A migraine is more than just a headache; it is intensely painful and has distinct phases. The disorder used to be considered vascular, but recent research has revealed it to be neurological in origin, related to a wave of nerve cell activity that sweeps across the brain. The root of migraine may reside in brain stem malfunctioning. Debate still swirls about the precise...

Aug 12th

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Update Ready

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 update is available. It seems the only way to get it, is to go directly to Microsoft Update and perform a custom update check. I had the computer on for automatic updates, but it would not update that way. I had to do a manual update. It appears to be a very large update indeed. Recommend having a backup to begin with. Just in case. Good luck. My update took...

Jul 23rd

Bad News - My iMac G5 Motherboard Has Problems

Packed off my iMAC G5 to the Apple store. I told them the symptoms of display video shaking, powering down on its own, can not power it up sometimes, and locks up with a blue screen. It wasn’t lack of memory. The Genius Bar guy opened it up in less than a minute, took a ten second look inside, and said, “you need a new motherboard. The capacitors are bulging and blowing out...

Jul 4th

Upgrading Memory on Apple iMac G5 Computer

Piece of cake to install memory on the Apple iMac G5 computer. Follow the simple how to install memory instructions at: Apple iMac G5: How To Install More Memory Great pictures with detailed instructions. Jim PS - I had 512MB PC3200 memory in mine from the Apple factory. There are a total of two slots available. It appears that 2GB is the maximum amount of memory that can be installed on the...

Jul 3rd

Upgrade to Blogger Custom Domain Name Publishing

Blogger Custom Domain Name Publishing works much faster than publishing with FTP especially when blogs get very large in the number of files. Use a subdomain name with a Cname record following the Google DNS procedure on your domain name for custom domain name publishing. Keep your old blog alive and give a new link with your new blog address at the top. Use this option if you still want to...

Jun 26th

Dell XPS R450 To The Graveyard

R.I.P. Working on a buddy’s Dell XPS R450 with Windows ME loaded. The last time it had a successful boot was probably two years ago. Could not boot from CD either. I think there was a motherboard failure. Gave him the bad news. Time to send it to the graveyard. Took out the 13 Gigabyte Hard Drive (can you say bad luck), and wiped it out with a complete reformat to NTFS; going to make...

Jun 25th

Pulling My Hair Out All Day

I hate days like this. It seems like you can never fix what you started working on. You start in on one thing, and discover ten other things that are wrong. Very very frustrating. Talk about killing time. It seems like 12 hours can go by in a flash, and believe me it was is not fun. Dealing with email issues. Dealing with formmail issues. Dealing with FTP issues. Dealing with SFTP issues. Shall I...

Jun 22nd

“Double check your work, then double check your work again.”

– Jim

Jun 14th

Google Website Optimizer

Perform free A/B testing between various landing pages for the best conversions. The Google Website Optimizer tool is a free online tool for comparing various pages of your website to determine which has the best conversion rate. You do not need to be running PPC advertising in order to make use of the tool. View the online training website optimizer video. Installation is simple. Go to website...

May 22nd

“If you are going to do something, do it to the best of your abilities.”

– Jim Warholic

May 16th

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May 14th

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May 14th

National Do Not Call Registry

Are You Getting Telemarketing Calls You Don’t Want? Here’s How to Stop Them The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched the National Do Not Call Registry to give Americans a choice about getting telemarketing calls at home. According to a recent Harris Interactive poll,92 percent of people who reported placing a number on the registry said they are receiving fewer calls; a total of 78...

Apr 29th

“It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.”

– Thomas Jefferson 1762-1826

Apr 29th