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How to Put Pep Back Into Chrome's Step

Tired of watching Chrome get slower and slower every day? If you are like me, you fell in love with it’s clean, simple design philosophy and the ecosystem around it (Extensions, Apps, etc) but let’s be honest, it truly is about the speed! The slowness was largely limited to the Omnibox but also seemed to …

Thinking About Shopping Cart Pages

When was the last time that you thought about, and I mean truly thought about, your checkout/shopping cart page on your eCommerce site? It is amazing how many people just accept the default rather than think about it from a conscious perspective.

Insert From Table on Remote SQL Server

Ever have the need to populate a table from data that you have in a table on a different SQL server? Here's the seecret to make it happen.

Wget and URLs with Ampersands

I have been working around some issues with Wget recently and after modifying the URLs, I found that it would start failing if the URL was a querystring with more than one variable. This means that you would have an & in the string. Well, Wget sees this as an additional command so you need …

Add a program to Send To context in Windows 8

With the move to Windows 7 and Windows 8, there are a number of new locations for folders that were very helpful and well known to support techs and SysAdmins. The Send To folder (where you could control what shows up in Explorer when you right clicked on an item and selected Send To) was …

Locked out of WordPress? Create new Admin Account via FTP

Have you ever found yourself locked out of your WordPress admin-level account and email recovery won’t work for you? Well, if you have FTP access, you can create a new account that will get you into the system and allow you to set things right. By placing the following code into a plugin folder or …

Did You Know: Bootstrap Grid Breakpoints

One of the nice things about Bootstrap is it’s grid system and how it can be leveraged to do some pretty cool things as you move from device to device. Aside from knowing that the standard measure is for 12 columns wide, it is also important to know what the breakpoints are for each size. …