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><channel><title>Life..., and technology &#187; Internet</title> <atom:link href="http://downtownweb.com/category/internet/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://downtownweb.com</link> <description>computer/software and web site consulting, marketing, training/coaching, and citizen/consumer advocacy</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:29:33 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>How to speak HTTP (test web page via telnet)?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-http/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-http/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:18:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re debugging a problem and you need to test the home page of a site http://WWW.DOMAIN.NAME/ * From a Terminal or Command prompt, do this: telnet WWW.DOMAIN.NAME 80 * then type: GET / HTTP/1.0 * then press the Enter(return) key twice! * it will then spit back the html for that particular url [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-http/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to speak IMAP? (for testing/debugging problems)</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-imap/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-imap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:33:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=395</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes you&#8217;re not sure where the problem lies with checking email via IMAP in your favorite program such as Thunderbird or Apple Mail or Outlook. So to see whether it&#8217;s a problem with the software you need to speak IMAP directly to your server. Open a Terminal or Command prompt and run these commands.  **Replace [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-imap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to speak SMTP?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-smtp/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-smtp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:53:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=387</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you&#8217;re having trouble sending email and none of your troubleshooting has worked so far, you need to connect to your outgoing email server and speak the language to it that your email program speaks when it sends an email: &#160; To test outgoing SMTP email, you first need to &#8220;base64 encode&#8221; these two [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-speak-smtp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to stop links from opening a new window?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-stop-links-from-opening-a-new-window/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-stop-links-from-opening-a-new-window/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:59:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[good ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=379</guid> <description><![CDATA[in Firefox, type in the URL of about:config If it gives you a little warning click yes or &#8220;I&#8217;ll be careful&#8221; or whatever it says. Search for &#8220;browser.link.open&#8221; You&#8217;ll see 2 lines that start with that. Double click &#8220;browser.link.open_newwindow&#8221; and change it&#8217;s number to 3 if it is not already.  Then click Ok. Double click [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-stop-links-from-opening-a-new-window/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Are any of your friends/acquaintances relatives?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/are-any-of-your-friendsacquaintances-relatives/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/are-any-of-your-friendsacquaintances-relatives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:52:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LDS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=369</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check it out via https://apps.facebook.com/relativefinder/ Don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talkin&#8217; bout?!!!   See http://news.byu.edu/archive11-aug-relativefinder.aspx]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/are-any-of-your-friendsacquaintances-relatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hurricane charts / maps?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/hurricane-charts-maps/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/hurricane-charts-maps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:14:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=366</guid> <description><![CDATA[For my peeps along the east coast, get the latest from the NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)&#8217;s NHC(National Hurricane Center): www.nhc.noaa.gov]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/hurricane-charts-maps/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to rename a MySQL database?</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-rename-a-mysql-database/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-rename-a-mysql-database/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=342</guid> <description><![CDATA[You used to be able to run the RENAME command from a mysql command-line prompt.  There is an ALTER command through which you can rename a database but it&#8217;s kind of complex. Now, the only easy way I know to do it is via phpMyAdmin: Select the database. Click the &#8220;Operations&#8221; tab up top. On [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-rename-a-mysql-database/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Use WordPress?  Vote to show only compatible plugins on Install page!!!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/use-wordpress-vote-to-show-only-compatible-plugins-on-install-page/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/use-wordpress-vote-to-show-only-compatible-plugins-on-install-page/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=338</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hey, everybody that uses WordPress! Are you ever searching for a Plugin to extend the functionality of your website, and you don&#8217;t like having to wade through lots of old plugins that aren&#8217;t compatible with your version of WordPress? (the latest is 3.1.3)  There are over 10,000 free plugins for WordPress. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/use-wordpress-vote-to-show-only-compatible-plugins-on-install-page/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to reset your password for Joomla, WordPress, phpBB, etc.</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-reset-password-via-mysql/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-reset-password-via-mysql/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:43:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=327</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an admin of a website and you forgot your password and the &#8220;forgot your password&#8221; email isn&#8217;t getting to you &#8212; let me show you how to change it manually. Joomla, WordPress, and phpBB all use what is called MD5 encryption to store the password in the MySQL database for the website.  To [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/how-to-reset-password-via-mysql/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>geeks&#124;programmers &#8212; How to convert from/to epoch dates</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/geeks-epoch-dates-converting-from/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/geeks-epoch-dates-converting-from/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:09:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=317</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you use a Unix system(BSD,Linux,etc.), sometimes you&#8217;ll have log files that don&#8217;t create the timestamp in regular format such as Apr. 25, 2011 1:10pm but instead it saves the date as the number of seconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 (the date chosen after the fact for the beginning of the Unix epoch). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/geeks-epoch-dates-converting-from/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Facebook addicts need to get a life?! :)</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/why-facebook-addicts-need-to-get-a-life/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/why-facebook-addicts-need-to-get-a-life/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:12:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fun Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=285</guid> <description><![CDATA[Click on this picture and look at it full size! LOL So, what did you read today? And no, i&#8217;ve only spent 5 minutes on Facebook today&#8230; so far! j.k.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/why-facebook-addicts-need-to-get-a-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Good tutorial for those new to the web!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/good-tutorial-for-those-new-to-the-web/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/good-tutorial-for-those-new-to-the-web/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:15:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[newbies]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=283</guid> <description><![CDATA[http://www.20thingsilearned.com/ awesomeness is all i can say!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/good-tutorial-for-those-new-to-the-web/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Customers say the darndest things… :)</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/customers-say-the-darndest-things/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/customers-say-the-darndest-things/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=270</guid> <description><![CDATA[A coworker just showed me this post: http://notalwaysright.com/when-open-source-meets-closed-minds/3305 So yeah, NotAlwaysRight.com &#8212; lol, i now have to add it to my list of websites for a good laugh &#8212; add it next to Engrish.com]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/customers-say-the-darndest-things/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>forget GoToMyPC, check out Mikogo!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/mikogo/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/mikogo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:22:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=241</guid> <description><![CDATA[Many are familiar with remote desktop viewers that cost money such as GoToMyPC or Team Viewer.  But Mikogo is free, even for commercial use. It rocks, check it out &#8212; http://www.mikogo.com/ &#8212; it works for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Yes, you can go peer-to-peer with something like TightVNC but who wants to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/mikogo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Download files via command line (curl or wget)</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/download-files-via-command-line-curl-or-wget/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/download-files-via-command-line-curl-or-wget/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:26:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=232</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes either as a programmer or a setup guy, you just need to download a install package via the command line of your BSD/Linux/Mac account. Enter the &#8220;curl&#8221; and the &#8220;wget&#8221; utilities. Some hosting providers like Jonesolutions.com prohibit you from running &#8220;wget&#8221; but they allow &#8220;curl&#8221; so here&#8217;s an example: curl -O http://domainname/filename.zip That will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/download-files-via-command-line-curl-or-wget/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>There is no such thing as DNS &#8220;propagation&#8221;!!!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-dns-propagation/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-dns-propagation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:16:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=294</guid> <description><![CDATA[Technical people of the world &#8212; please, please, please &#8212; stop telling your customers that &#8220;you have to wait for DNS propagation&#8221; or &#8220;propagation time&#8221;! I hear that all the time when someone changes the &#8220;name servers&#8221; for their domain to point to a new hosting company. That is misleading &#8212; it&#8217;s just plain not [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-dns-propagation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Faster tech support?! Do your part 1st! :)</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/faster-tech-support-do-your-part-1st/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/faster-tech-support-do-your-part-1st/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:14:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=193</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hi, i&#8217;ve been doing computer software &#124; website technical consulting&#124;training&#124;tech support for over 13 years now and want to share a few tips. When you call for help with your computer or with your website/email, here&#8217;s what you can do to make the experience smoother: Be ready &#8212; Login to your account(s) before calling! For [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/faster-tech-support-do-your-part-1st/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>crazy jihadists hacking innocent sites on 9/11</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/crazy-jihadists-hacking-innocent-sites-on-911/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/crazy-jihadists-hacking-innocent-sites-on-911/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:06:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Civics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=170</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wow, have you all seen any of these today?! Some crazy jihadists have been going around hacking websites today &#8212; they&#8217;re probably a bunch of &#8220;script kiddies&#8221; &#8212; either way, click below to see what i mean: Bogus!   They probably think themselves pretty cool.  That&#8217;s sad. Besides people securing their websites, i guess all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/crazy-jihadists-hacking-innocent-sites-on-911/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>keep track of security!!!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/keep-track-of-security-vulnerabilities/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/keep-track-of-security-vulnerabilities/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacked]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/?p=121</guid> <description><![CDATA[Besides running a good anti-virus and anti-spyware/malware program(s), it&#8217;s also good to keep up to date on the latest security vulnerabilities and recommended patches. I highly recommend the vulnerabilities database at SecurityFocus &#8212; http://www.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities It&#8217;s become even more important to me lately as I&#8217;ve helped both clients and customers with hacks to their WordPress or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/keep-track-of-security-vulnerabilities/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Broadweave and Veracity will be merging!</title><link>http://downtownweb.com/broadweave-and-veracity-will-be-merging/</link> <comments>http://downtownweb.com/broadweave-and-veracity-will-be-merging/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:37:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roger Brown</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Provo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadweave]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://downtownweb.com/blogs/2009/08/broadweave-and-veracity-will-be-merging/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This was announced earlier today: http://www.broadweave.com/index.php/about-us/latest-news Click on the graphic there to get the PDF copy of the full press release. As a sales contractor for Broadweave (not an employee) I think this is really good news! It means that after the merger is complete (pending regulatory approval of course) that we can sell services [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://downtownweb.com/broadweave-and-veracity-will-be-merging/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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