MACRecent news out of Asia suggests that Apple may be preparing to launch a larger version of its ultra-light MacBook Air. The MacBook Air currently comes in 11-inch and 13-inch models. The new model would be 14 inches. It is unclear whether the 14-inch model would be a replacement for the 13-inch model, or a
By Shaylin Clark
March 08, 2012
SEOBefore you pay to have your website listed in as many directories as you can find in order to get more traffic, stop for a moment and consider how these paid listings could adversely effect your SEO results. Luckily, Matt Cutts is back again with his latest video answering the question “are paid directories held
By Rene LeMerle
March 02, 2012
PROGRAMMINGNearly every business has shifted away from terrifyingly large groupings of spreadsheets in favor of more organized and dynamic databases. Of course when nearly every business uses some iteration of the same conceptual data housing, attackers can take advantage of the standardized structure. In 2009 there were 141 reported data breaches. In 2010 that number
By Trevor Boland
March 01, 2012
PROGRAMMINGWriting a multi-threaded program is hard enough to do without having to worry about data concurrency in your database. Lucky for us, MySQL has the methods necessary to help us keep our data current built in. There are two main kinds of locks supported by MySQL, table-level locks and row-level locks. Table-level locks are supported
By Bryan Young
February 15, 2012
MACMy brother just bought me a cool new Logitech wireless speaker and I’m eager to try it with my MacBook Pro, but it’s not Airplay, it’s a bluetooth speaker. I think my MacBook has bluetooth, but how do I pair the speaker and use it with my Mac OS X laptop?
By Dave Taylor
February 14, 2012
SEOOn my list of top 5 problems I encounter when doing client work, the number one problem is poor URL structure. In this post I’ll go over the basics, how to get it right, what are the most common problems, and how to fix them. URL Canonicalization While this may sound like a big fancy
By Michael Gray
February 10, 2012
WEB DEVELOPMENTContinuing its efforts to keep its search results more quality-oriented, Google recently announced a significant algorithmic change.
By Rene LeMerle
February 03, 2012
MACAnother question about the built-in Mac spell dictionary. (I did read the previous question How can I forget or edit a learned word in the Mac spelling dictionary?)
By Dave Taylor
February 02, 2012
PROGRAMMINGI prescribe to the slow and steady approach in life. It’s a proven methodology in becoming succesful (just ask the Tortoise and/or the Hare). However, slow and steady is typically not acceptable in data computation, and SQL is no different. Thus, MySQL provides a Slow Query Log. Do you use the slow query log? Let
By Michael Marr
January 31, 2012
DESIGNIn this tutorial, I will show you how to display perspective (near to far) using objects in Flash with help of the Free Transform Tool. For a simple example of this, I will be showing you how to make a car from the distance become near. Step 1: Creating The Flash Document: After you have
By Chad Sweely
January 27, 2012