Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

Trying out Windows Live Writer

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

In honor of its officially coming out of beta, I decided to download and try out Windows Live Writer. Some of the features that attracted me are the ability to use one interface to publish on a number of different blogs at the same time, through a desktop client, without having ...

What is powering GridServer?

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

MediaTemple recently released a new hosting platform, GridServer, which basically promises to set up your site on a very scalable network of server, where you are not tied down to any specific piece of hardware, and your site can handle large amounts of traffic without hiccupping. (I switched my sites ...

MediaTemple vs. DreamHost

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Four days ago, my webhost (who will remain nameless for the time being) noticed that its aging servers (all hosted by third-party enterprise hosting services) were dying. So they decided to upgrade all of the servers, and switch to a different hosting location at the same time. The result: my ...

Select All Conversations in Spam

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

One of the reasons that I really like Gmail is that I know that the development team in Mountain View is pretty active. How do I know? Because every few weeks or months I notice new, helpful, well thought-out features in Gmail that were not there before. Every few days I ...

Low Usage Numbers Not so Alarming for Google

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Techcrunch is reporting on the low usage numbers Google products (specifically their Google Talk IM program) have compared to some of their competitors. Here are some more numbers regarding Google and their competition, from the NY Times. Though Michael notes that the scores given do not include usage of the ...

The Server Failed to Load Application

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Due to some bad problems with my main machine, I have been in the process of bringing my backup laptop (Inspiron 5150, 768mb RAM, almost three years old, recently reformatted) up to speed for my development needs. This included installing Crystal Advanced Developer 10 (required for one of the ASP.net ...