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Website Performance Tools

Written by ray on December 18, 2009
Categories: Websites & Domains

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I mentioned in my previous Trail Log that my look at the new Site Performance feature in Google Webmaster Tools tools led me down a rat hole looking into ways to optimize my website. Since I use WordPress I approached this as WordPress optimization, but the reality was most of this was basic web optimization. [...]

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The OS Quest Trail Log #46: Housekeeping Edition

Written by ray on December 13, 2009
Categories: OS Quest Trail Log

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It’s been over a month since I’ve done a Trail Log and I got some time for blog updates this weekend so I might aw well do one. The day job has kept me busy and pretty well burnt out by the time I get home so I haven’t dived in depth into anything for [...]

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Google DNS – Close But No Cigar

Written by ray on December 12, 2009
Categories: Internet OS

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Among Google’s recent announcements was their introduction of Google Public DNS. I’ve been using OpenDNS and have no complaints. Well, actually I recently found I had defaulted back to using my ISP’s DNS (Comcast), probably during a router firmware upgrade. When I switched to back OpenDNS I also didn’t notice a different over Comcast. I [...]

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Google Wants Our Photos In The Cloud

Written by ray on December 11, 2009
Categories: Internet OS

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Google currently has a deal going that offers a free Eye-Fi card when you lease 200GB of storage for them for a year. When I first saw it it seemed like a pretty good deal, and I hate to pass up a good deal. But it’s less of a deal if I don’t really need [...]

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