Monthly Archives: July 2010

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Speed Up Your Web Site By Using CSS Sprites

Published on: July 28, 2010 in Design and has 22 Comments

If you own a web site or blog, chances are you have thought about how to make your pages load as fast as possible. This is an obsession with many, while a learning experiencing for others. I am one of those that look for ways to make my blog display faster. I have tried and [...]

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Web Server Returns 404 Instead of 200 Status Code

Published on: July 23, 2010 in Blogging, Web Site and has 5 Comments

I have been experiencing a rather weird issue with my blog recently, and one that I hadn’t noticed until I accessed my Google Webmaster account. The reason I hadn’t noticed the issue was because it wasn’t easily identifiable when viewing my blog, or the administrative pages. The problem was the fact that several of my [...]

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How to Backup Your Data Automatically for Free

Published on: July 21, 2010 in Data Backup and has 8 Comments

I have talked about how I backup my data, the tools and applications I use, and also how I have organized my data. I have also stressed many times in the past about the importance of data backups. Many people probably still don’t realize how easy, and cheap online storage can be to backup their [...]

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How to Become a Techie: Understand Don’t Memorize

Published on: July 16, 2010 in Technology and has 7 Comments

Back in college I had taken several computer programming languages. I had the opportunity (at times I use that term loosely) to learn COBOL, RPG, Visual Basic, C, Assembler, and the markup language called HTML. This was over ten years ago, so many of the languages used today, such as C# weren’t around then. I [...]

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Advantages and Disadvantages of RAW Files

Published on: July 14, 2010 in Cameras, Photos and has 5 Comments

Unlike JPEG files, however, there are many drawbacks to using RAW files, and most who use digital cameras probably won’t want to use this format. The more experienced photographers, on the other hand, may love what RAW has to offer.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of JPEG Files

Published on: July 7, 2010 in Cameras, Photos and has 2 Comments

I have received several e-mails in the past regarding JPEG and Raw files that are produced by digital cameras. There is a huge debate online about which image format you should use – some of the debates can get pretty heated. In reality, like all such debates, the answer is: it depends.

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