- Published:
- April 17, 2008 – 11:16 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
As soon as I heard PayPal would be offering a $5 Security Key for additional security while logging in, I jumped on it. A few days later, it arrived in the mail. It’s a great idea, but I decided that carrying a little secure key that generates special numbers for the 3 times [...]
Categories: Hardware, Security, Social Media
Tagged: cellular telephone, MyOpenID, openid, Security, smart card, target site, two factor, USD, verisign, Verisign Labs PIP
- Published:
- January 30, 2008 – 8:01 am
- Author:
- By Dave
The goal here is to watermark all images in a certain directory, except for thumbnails or other selection. You can either do this on each file prior to placing on your webserver – which is probably wise for CPU load issues – but let’s just say you want to do this for all files [...]
Categories: Code Samples, PHP
Tagged: apache, gallery, gif, htaccess, jpeg, no cache, PHP, USD, watermark, web server
- Published:
- December 27, 2007 – 12:27 am
- Author:
- By Dave
For Christmas my wife and I decided to replace our aging circa 1998 19″ CRT with a new LCD Monitor. After searching the web and reading numerous reviews, I decided to purchase the Dell SP2008WFP LCD Monitor. Some of the major features of this monitor are:
20″ Widescreen HD LCD Monitor
2000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
1680 x 1050 [...]
Categories: Hardware, Reviews, Tech
Tagged: Christmas, Dell, USD, wireless keyboard/mouse dongle
- Published:
- May 1, 2007 – 8:19 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
If you have an HTPC which uses software such as BeyondTV you can use a remote for the majority of the time but there are times where you will want a good old fashioned keyboard, for surfing the web or other PC maintenance tasks. Sure you could use a wired keyboard or mouse, but who [...]
Categories: Hardware, Reviews
Tagged: internet browser, SnapStream Store, Typical wireless keyboards, USD, Wireless Keyboard, Wireless RF Keyboard
- Published:
- March 9, 2007 – 1:19 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
Phones come in two ways, locked or unlocked. If a phone is locked, then you can only use it with one provider, such as T-Mobile or Cingular/AT&T. If it is unlocked, you can put a sim card in from another carrier, and use the phone just as normal. Phones are locked because a carrier [...]
Categories: Cell Phones
Tagged: AT&T, GSM, Motorola, separate carrier, Sim Unlock Department T-Mobile USA Inc, t-Mobile USA (VoiceStream Aerial Omnipoint SOL Digiph P, USD, wireless carrier