Archive for March, 2009

Smashing usability fail

Smashing usability fail

I registered yesterday for an account at Smashing Magazine Forum. Somehow, my account dissappeared during the night and I cannot login anymore.
After entering my account details in the login form I am told that my username does not exist and that I should contact the mighty board administrator. Check his email in the screenshot.
And yes, [...]

Xmarks problem

Xmarks problem

A few days ago I had to update my FoxMarks addon to the new Xmarks.
Today I couldn’t log in on Smashing Magazine forum (or any other website) thanks to foxmarks xmarks. Yes, a browser restart fixed the problem but come on…

WiredTree special offer

If you are planning on purchasing a VPS you should seriously consider WiredTree’s special offer:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=765870
Just use the coupon VPS384DOUBLESUPER2009 when ordering the VPS 384 plan. It’s only available until the 24th pf March, 2009.

Leaving ResellerZoom behind

Leaving ResellerZoom behind

Today I’ve finally submitted the cancellation form at Reseller Zoom. It was just… too much. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone looking for some decent uptime or anyone wanting to host dynamic sites with more than 500 visitors per day.
Some history
I’ve purchased their failover package in June, 2008. I was moving from another reseller and [...]

How to display the page rank

If you are looking for a way to determine the Google page rank for a group of websites, here’s a simple solution:
Download the page rank script and test it on your web server.
Note that the server is forced to query one of Google’s servers each time you call the page rank function. Because page rank [...]

2 great talks

Check the following youtube videos:
Get Rich or Die Trying – Making Money on the Web the black hat way

via hackersblog

Google I/O ‘08 Keynote by Marissa Mayer

via digg

They are both pretty long (1 hour each) so be prepared with some pepsi and popcorn :)

Problems with reseller zoom

Today my hosting account (with all the domains) went offline… again!
Customer service was great:

Alexandru DUMENCU: why is cyclops down?
You are now speaking with Jain of ResellerZoom Support – Linux.
Jain: Hello
Alexandru DUMENCU: hello
Alexandru DUMENCU: I can’t access any of my domains on my reseller account
Jain: hold on please
Alexandru DUMENCU: i am holding
Alexandru DUMENCU: for 6 minutes
Alexandru [...]