Category: Tips & How To’s
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Thought of the Day: Newspapers Websites
I’ve posted about newspapers before, the industry’s seemingly imminent collapse and lack of success online are interesting problems to me. As far as I’m concerned, newspapers (and “old media” in general) are still a relevant source of information and there’s really no reason they should be dying. As Erica Glasier put it on her blog the…
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Modern Mobile Redirect Using .htaccess
The following set of rewrite rules will redirect all Android, Blackberry, iOS, Windows and WebOS devices to a specific mobile directory on your website. Additionally, it will redirect Google’s mobile crawler – according to Google search spam czar Matt Cutts this is perfectly acceptable and even somewhat encourage. Code snippet – Simple .htaccess Mobile Redirect…
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How To: Get Better BitTorrent Speeds
Have you been seeing decreasing BitTorrent transfer speeds? Have you received an annoying notice from your ISP accusing you of illegally downloading a Hollywood blockbuster? Would you like to live in a better internet? Well, I have the answer for you: encryption. You see, every BitTorrent packet your computer sends or receives contains header data stating that…