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jon lee dot see ehjon lee dot see ehA fun web development blog documenting my life and experiences as a web developer, web development with a touch of humor. Lots of web development tips, efficiency tips and products reviews. Articles
Is Google Ditching Pagerank?
2007-08-15 05:31:00 Since the Googl e Pagerank update appears to be delayed (was projected for a couple weeks ago), there has been some speculation about whether Google is upgrading the Pagerank algorithm or perhaps eliminating the Pagerank system altogether. I saw an interesting article on King Nomar’s blog which discusses a possible new “Webrank” system by Google. ... More About: Ager , Gera
My Educational Web Directory Initiative
2007-08-14 06:12:00 While I was doing my Bachelors in Education, I had a discussion with some fellow teachers regarding Internet usage in the classroom. One thing we agreed was dangerous about the Internet was not only the amount of inappropriate material, but also the amount of misinformation out there. I took it upon myself to ... More About: Personal , Educational , Directory , Initiative , Tory
Pushing the Limits of Javascript
2007-08-13 05:16:00 I stumbled across this site which is simply amazing. In just 5KB (5120 Bytes), Lee Semel has managed to create a working version of Wolfenstein 3D in Java script. The game itself is just like Wolfenstein except it is mostly black and white and has only one gun. The screen even turns ... More About: Javascript , Limits , Shin , Push
Mentos and Diet Coke, Make that a Carlsberg
2007-08-12 04:28:00 I’m sure everyone’s seen the Mentos and Diet Coke videos, but has anyone seen the Mentos and Carlsberg video? I’m surprised no one has tried to put a Mentos into a beer! The effect is much better than Diet Coke even with just a single Mentos. Take a look! What a great ... More About: Make
Review My Web Development Blog - Batch 2
2007-08-12 03:45:00 The second batch of my Free PR4 Backlink offer! This batch only took about a month to complete. Brilliances - Review Blog About Your Blog - Review Charles Lau - Review Contest Blogger - Review The Link Bait - Review I’m also happy to report that the next batch already has 3 reviews! This is good for me but ... More About: Web Development , Development , Develop
E-books vs Real Books
2007-08-11 04:22:00 Recently, I’ve noticed myself reading E-books as opposed to real books since they offer many advantages. Advantages of E-books Searchable Quickly go to a section or find a certain word/phrase instead of flipping through tons of pages. Downloadable You get instant access to an E-book once you download it, no need to drive to the store or wait for ... More About: Books , Real , E Book
Defensio Spam Filter: A First Look
2007-08-10 05:47:00 In my post about preventing comment spam on blogs last month, I mentioned that I signed up to be a beta tester for a new anti-spam filter that promises to be better than Akismet. This is not to say that Akismet is bad, on the contrary it is very good but it does ... More About: Reviews , Spam , Filter , Look , First Look
E Text Editor - TextMate for Windows
2007-08-09 04:37:00 Just today, E Text Editor came out of beta and announced the first release of their text editor. This is exciting news to all of web developers that have been looking for a good Windows alternative of TextMate. If you’ve never heard of TextMate, here’s a little background info. What is TextMate? TextMate is hailed ... More About: Apple , Web Development
Winner of the 2P Slim Mouse Contest
2007-08-08 03:32:00 The time has come to announce the winner from last week’s contest to win the world’s thinnest mouse! There were 167 entries but of course, only one winner. So congratulations to Hari from Gotchance.com for being the chosen one! I’ve sent him an e-mail but if he doesn’t reply within 48 hours, ... More About: Contest , Winner , Mouse , Slim , Ouse
Now Everyone can Work for Google - Big Money Potential
2007-08-07 03:22:00 Google has started a new program where you can sign up to be a Google Business Referral Representative. Your job will be to go around to businesses to collect information (e.g. business hours, telephone number, website) as well as take photos to put onto Google maps. Easy Money Google will pay you $10 for each ... More About: Google , Work , Offtopic , Everyone
Monetize that Dormant Site
2007-08-06 03:55:00 This is an advertising “network” I came across last week. First off, I am in no way endorsing it but since I have a few sites with some content but almost zero traffic, I figured I might as well give it a shot. This “network” I speak of (and I use the term loosely), ... More About: Reviews , Site , Monetize
MSN Censors your Instant Messages
2007-08-05 05:29:00 I found an article about this on digg and frankly, I’m very surprised. It turns out that Microsoft censors all instant messages that go through their network. This is done server-side and it doesn’t matter what IM client you use, whether it is MSN Mess enger, Trillian, GAIM, Pidgin etc. What’s being censored? If your message meets ... More About: Messages , Ages
Review: Koss KSC75 Headphones - Budget King
2007-08-04 05:57:00 Since my pair of earbuds that came with my cassette player stopped working in one ear, I decided to do a little bit of research and came across this bad boy. The Koss KSC75 headphone is widely regarded as the best bang-for-your-buck headphone you can get. If you frequent audiophile sites ... More About: Review , Headphones , Budget , King , Headphone
Month in Review - July 2007
2007-08-03 05:36:00 I was supposed to write this yesterday but I didn’t even realize it was August haha… time sure does fly! JonLee.ca is now half a year old (give or take). In that time I feel I have accomplished quite a bit. However, I seem to have fallen short in my goals ... More About: Review , July 2007 , July , Month , Mont
Streamline your Start Menu
2007-08-02 05:05:00 Here’s a little trick I use to efficiently open programs from the start menu. I add a number to my frequently used shortcuts in each directory, that way I can easily access any program simply by pressing the Windows Key, then P followed by a sequence of numbers corresponding to folders and programs. Here’s ... More About: Start Menu , Start , Menu , Streamline
2P Slim Mouse Giveaway Contest
2007-08-01 04:54:00 I’m happy to announce a new contest! I’m giving away a 2P Slim Mouse to a lucky reader (in original box with all accessories). This little marvel of engineering and design is the thinnest optical mouse in the world — thin enough to fit in your PC Card slot! Retail value of $70. I ... More About: Contest , Ouse
Remap Capslock - The Most Useless Key
2007-07-31 05:52:00 The Caps Lock key on your keyboard is frequently renowned as the most useless key. Even the One Laptop Per Child laptops have dismissed the caps lock key in favor of a more ergonomic Ctrl key! Well perhaps it is not as useless as Scroll Lock but it is taking up very valuable keyboard estate ... More About: How-To , Useless , Thinkpad , Sele
An Optimal Server Configuration
2007-07-30 06:38:00 For one of my fourth year Statistics courses, I did my final group project on the analysis of server-side web page generation time for two different Content Management Systems. We looked at 6 different factors that would affect the generation time to see what the optimal levels should be. For each factor, we ... More About: Web Development , Server , Configuration , Fast , Efficiency
Twice the Train, Twice the Fun!
2007-07-29 05:46:00 I was asked by Enkay and tagged by Gary Lee to participate in two different trains (memes). Judging from the success of previous trains, I felt it would be wise to hop on board. The first train was started by Enkay, called Jump Start Your Page Rank. Page rank updates are already rolling out ... More About: Train , Twice , Ice T , TRAI
Web Development from your iPhone
2007-07-28 02:58:00 A couple months ago, web services were scrambling to create Facebook applications to reach a wider audience. Now the latest craze appears to be iPhone applications. Every day, developers are coming up with ways of maximizing the usefulness of the iPhone. It’s actually pretty exciting stuff if you own one (I’m ... More About: Web Development , Apache , Iphone , Development , How-To
How-to: Remove Ad from FoxitReader
2007-07-27 05:28:00 In my last post, I wrote a short tutorial on how to make Adobe Acrobat Reader load faster. I also mentioned that the best PDF reader in my opinion is Foxit Reader. It’s portable, it’s fast and it’s free! Now I didn’t mention that it does contain an advertisement. This advertisement is small ... More About: Windows Mobile
How-to: Make Adobe Reader Load Faster
2007-07-26 05:40:00 For viewing PDFs, the only software I would recommend is FoxitReader . It’s free, works flawlessly and is fast. However, I understand there are situations where it can’t be used or that some people simply refuse to use anything but Adobe Reader. But Adobe Reader is slow. On a decent computer it could ... More About: How-To , Make , Efficiency
mediatemple Reveals New (dpv) Nitro Server
2007-07-25 05:54:00 Earlier today, my favorite web host, mediatemple, has come out with their newest server package. It’s called (dpv) Nitro and is a very high end package — definitely not for average Internet blog owner. Coming in at $750 per month, you better have a damn good reason for getting it! (As low as ... More About: Server , Temp , Serve
How Dirty is Your Computer?
2007-07-24 05:55:00 No I don’t mean that kind of dirty… I’m talking about dust. This weekend my father called me to inform me that his computer wasn’t working. It would turn itself off after a few minutes. I quickly came to two conclusions: Virus Overheating Like meeting an old friend So I went over and sure enough, ... More About: Computer , Dirty , Offtopic
How-to: Recover your Hacked Blog or Site
2007-07-23 05:03:00 Yesterday I documented what happened to my blog when it got “hacked”. If this ever happens to you, here are steps to consider when recovering from a hacked site or blog: Regain Access/Control to your Site Most likely, your intruder would have changed one or more of your passwords. To regain control, you should ... More About: Blog , Hacked
Follow-up: Wordpress Blog Hacked!
2007-07-22 06:19:00 Two weeks ago when my blog got “hacked”, I had quite the scare. Unfortunately, I was away from the computer that day so the blog was down for almost 10 hours. But once I realized what had happened, I managed to restore everything to its original state within an hour. What Exactly Happened? In my case, ... More About: Wordpress , Blog , Hacked
Review: G4 Slim Mouse
2007-07-21 05:58:00 Here is the promised review for the 2P Slim Mouse which I won from a John Chow contest last week. It arrived at my house in only 2 business days from across the country! I guess he can shell out the extra couple bucks for Xpresspost since he makes over $10,000 a ... More About: Review , Ouse
Increase Productivity - Music to Study With
2007-07-20 06:35:00 I find that I can’t focus properly unless there is some sort of noise or music in the background. I just can’t stand staying in the silent reading area of the library for a prolonged period of time without going half mad! I much rather prefer to slip on my headphones and listen to ... More About: Music , Study , Productivity , Ease , Prod
FTP Transfer - Binary vs ASCII
2007-07-19 05:57:00 Any web developer out there has their favorite FTP program as a major part of their web development arsenal. Whether it be FireFTP, CuteFTP, WS_FTP, Filezilla, SmartFTP or any other FTP program, they all have a setting that allows you to set how you wish to transfer your files. What is Tran sfer Mode Transfer mode ... More About: Web Development , Ascii
Bored at Work? The World?s Longest Jokes!
More articles from this author:2007-07-18 04:27:00 If you’re bored at work and have a lot of spare time, here are two jokes for you. Now these aren’t your regular one liner jokes — these jokes rely heavily on character and plot development. They are also perhaps two of the longest jokes in the world! Joke Number One Joke Number Two ... More About: Jokes , World , Work , Bored , The World 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
