What is a favicon?  It is that tiny icon you see in most modern browsers, right next to your web address. 

Think of it as a visual reminder for the browser of what site you are on.  This is really handy when it comes to favicons in tabs, because you can quickly see and think “Oh, [...]

Want to quickly make a free web site?  I am all for the simple tools, and Clutter Me is pretty down right simple.
Let us remember, the key word here is simple.  All you have to do is sign up.  After that, you just click anywhere on your page, type and then click somewhere else to [...]

I have been working hard at building up a better “basics” section for Firefox Facts. With all the news about Firefox 3 and all the people wanting to tweak the browser to fit their needs I think we sometimes forget that there are a lot of new people coming into the mix everyday.

What is [...]

When it comes to Web hosting, it is no secret that I am a little ‘bit of a “media rock star“. With that said, I am always looking for more great information on the topic. This time around, I happened to find it over at webhosting.wblogs.org. This beginner’s guide to Web hosting [...]

Well, chapter two has been done for a while now. I just haven’t had the time to update my progress in a while. I just finished the rough draft of chapter three as well a few short minutes ago. So far things are going great. The only problem I have run [...]

When I first signed up at the Web Hosting Toy Drive, they had barely raised over $200. I thought it was a good cause, so I contributed my sum to the pot. Now congratulations are in order to all those who made the first Web Hosting Toy Drive a success. $8,056.96 was [...]

Sorry I wasn’t around much yesterday. Since Tuesday I’ve been battling a cold that I caught from my sister’s kids. On the bright side of things though I do have some news about the Web hosting book I’ve been working on. Yesterday I finished a rough draft of the first chapter. [...]

Ever been confused on the ways DNS works? Do you know what DNS is? Don’t be ashamed if you don’t because you are one of many not know all the facts behind it. Our good friend Google tells us DNS is, “(Domain Name Server) – Used to map names to IP addresses [...]

Alright, I finally have some news to talk about. The rough draft of my introduction is finished. I know it has been a while and some might be disappointed that this is all I have done, but there are several factors that play into that. Number one is the fact that I [...]

When you have yourself a pie, chances are you are not going to want to eat the whole thing yourself. Instead you will divide the pie into several pieces so that it is easier to manage and everybody can get some. Think of a Web hosting account in the same way. You [...]