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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

About freelance websites

About freelance websites

Regarding my previous post about getafreelancer, it seems that my situation isn’t remote (check the screenshot on the right): I could not figure out how to delete this account. I have seen projects on this site for full-time work at $2.00/hour. This site is useless for working citizens in first-world countries like the USA or [...]

Keep your bookmarks safe and synchronized

Keep your bookmarks safe and synchronized

Foxmarks is a FireFox addon that can keep your bookmarks (including the bookmarks toolbar) synchronized between different computers. It’s very simple to set up and it integrates seamlessly in the browser. It also offers to keep your saved passwords on their servers (encrypted), but I didn’t opt for that.

Netiquette in emails

Netiquette in emails

netiquette = a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums While spending time on the Internet you eventually interact with many kinds of people. They belong to different cultures, races, age groups or genders. Some have a different way of life, of communicating [...]

Laptop back from service

Today I got my laptop back with a new motherboard + graphics board. Apparently these two are fixed together. Along with the replacement I’ve noticed that 2 bugs were no longer present: the system doesn’t freeze anymore when I eject the disk (it has been doing this since I bought it) I can update to [...]

Good-bye getafreelancer.com

Today I’ve decided to remove my account from getafreelancer.com. I haven’t used it for a few years anyway, but there were some private details about me hanging there. Funny situation: I used their help desk to ask for my account removal because they don’t have a simple email address or form. Next I received an [...]