Archive for the ‘Tutorials & Explanations’ Category

In searching for a solution to slow FTP server response in Mac OSX, I also uncovered a better FTP alternative!

“So what do you think about QR Codes?” Someone asked me this question recently. My answer: “Not much.” Here’s why…

Windows Server’s built-in FTP solution is so basic, limited and obfuscated that I’ve remembered why I just punt and go straight to the free FileZilla FTP Server solution.

Troubleshooting tips for installing and configuring FTP Services on Windows 2008 Server.

Trying to figure out how to solve the “Bluetooth not available” error in Mac OSX? Here’s the surprisingly simple answer…

Web traffic reporting tools have evolved tremendously over time. This article explains why you ought to give Google Analytics a look (or revisit it with a second look).

There are so many bogus virus hoax emails shooting around that when something legit comes across my desk, I always hesitate to alert my friends and family.  But on the flipside, I’d feel a lot WORSE if I did nothing. So this is an original posting from ME, not something I’m forwarding… This is a legit [...]

I tripped across an app that has skyrocketed towards the top of my “can’t live without” list:  JotNot Pro, for iPhone. JotNot uses the iPhone’s built-in camera to take a photo of a piece of paper and turn it into an electronic document for emailing or faxing.  It supports several standard/popular formats such as JPG [...]

There are three types of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can’t. This old joke came to mind when I started thinking about this post. It seems there are two main camps of computer users:  those who’ve never heard of Skype, and those who know about it and think of [...]


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  • Axel Weber: Hi there, I installed pure-ftpd on 10.6.8 server and compared the read and write performance agains [...]
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