by Scott | May 12, 2006 | General interest, Microsoft, Viruses and Scams, Web Design
In your Internet Explorer web browser, do some websites appear to be “broken”? Do Flash menus and some other web page items frequently have a dotted line around them? When you put your mouse over them, do you see a small yellow box proclaiming that you...
by Scott | May 12, 2006 | Viruses and Scams
I’ve really never seen a mass forwarded email rumor be true anymore, but I got this one about free 411 calling from your home phone – Hi all, This REALLY works – yay! I programmed it into my cell phone for free 411 calls – I used to pay $1.40...
by Scott | May 7, 2006 | Search Engines
What is Vertical Search? Vertical search is a buzz word you may have been hearing for the past few months. As more and more information becomes available on the web, the regular search engines are not easily able to meet the specialized needs of people. That’s...
by Scott | May 4, 2006 | Search Engines, Technology News
This story at CNET talks about the long rumored Google PC device. Fact or fiction? Myth or reality? Well, at CES in January, Sergei touted this device – a $100 human powered laptop so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a piece of desktop hardware soon. Maybe...
by Scott | Apr 30, 2006 | Computers - How to, Technology News
Jesse Black, of Yellow Crayon Computer Services submitted this tip below to the OCCA (Oregon Computer Consulatants Association) membership list. I also got a customer emails asking me how to fix this, so I thought I’d post Jesse’s tip below. This is...
by Scott | Apr 20, 2006 | General interest
I’m leaving Boston today, and I got a lot out of this conference. I’m still amazed at the wealth of knowledge available here, and the willingness to share. The keynote was given by Malcom Gladwell, author of “The Tipping Point” and...
by Scott | Apr 15, 2006 | Search Engines
I’m getting ready to leave on the red-eye for the webmaster World Pubcon in Boston. I have a brother that lives there too, so I’m going a couple of days early, seeing him for Easter, catching a Red Sox / Mariners game, and seeing downtown Boston on...
by Scott | Apr 15, 2006 | General interest
While I wouldn’t exactly call it “high speed”, the Portland City Council and Mayor Tom Potter announced that they have chosen the company MetroFi to provide 1 meg wireless internet to Portland residents at no charge. That’s faster than many...
by Scott | Apr 14, 2006 | Spam prevention, Web Hosting
Several web hosting customers have reported that their email to AOL members has been occasionally undeliverable. After a bit of research, and I’ve discovered why… Some people have their own domain names hosted with PDXTC, yet continue to have their email...
by Scott | Apr 13, 2006 | Technology News, Web Hosting
Where you choose to have your website hosted can be exteremly important. Many prominent web hosting companies are dragging their feet and leaving your business at risk. Nearly a month ago, on March 13, the webmaster for SEOConsultants.com posted a warning on the...
by Scott | Apr 9, 2006 | Search Engines, SEO, SEO-101
In this article that I wrote last year, I help website owners understand what ROI (Return on Investment) means, and show them an easy way to determine the value of a visitor to their website. I’m posting a mention of it here again, because I had someone tell me...
by Scott | Apr 9, 2006 | General interest
To: all phpBB Webmasters PDXTC always provides the latest installations for any open source software. However, upon your installation, we are no longer able to universally update your installation. This means that it is YOUR responsibility to keep it updated on a...