How to set up wordpress (Part 2: Hosting)

Hi Again,

Yesterday we spoke about picking a name and hosting a blog yourself, so today we are actually going to get started with hosting a blog. There are two kinds of hosting which you should be aware of.

  1. Shared Hosting
  2. Virtual Dedicated Hosting (or otherwise known as VPS hosting) Continue Reading →

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How to set up wordpress (Part 1)

Hey Gang,

If you have no idea about how to use wordpress but some blogger somewhere (like myself) told you that it is the cat’s meow when it comes to blogging, then this is the wordpress tutorial for you! I want to take people who are completely unfamiliar with wordpress through getting their own self-hosted wordpress blog. Continue Reading →

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Getting Organized

Hi,

This site is starting to come together. I (with James’ and another website’s help) managed to squish the bug that was making it impossible to have this theme up for more than a few days at a time. It was strange, something about having two iterations of the same website. Anyways, thats all done with so the theme won’t revert again (I hope.)

I’m spending most of my time with this site organizing the content, so please be patient with me. I put in several hours earlier this week adding tags to every post I had written ( thats a lot of posts!) Now I am going to be organizing the content into the pages you can access above. I also setup the ezine, so please take a moment to subscribe to that (for a really nice treat too.)

I want to embark on getting this site and you, the reader, on a journey towards becoming computer literate. We are in for quite a ride together. I want to show you that it is possible to like using computers (no, really, I’m not joking ~_^.)

So thats the news of the hour. Enjoy the site as I spend some time reorganizing and then off we go on content galore.

God Bless,
-Daniel Kolansky

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Install Open Office

OpenOffice.Org might be one of the greatest business assets of this century. The amount of money a business could save by using this software is beyond imagination. Of course if Mr Gates has anything to say about it this will never become a reality.

Never-the-less, be blown away by open source software in this video.

Enjoy!

God Bless,
-Daniel Kolansky

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A Great Windows Vista Startmenu Trick

Sorry for the long delay. I have spent the past three days spending all of my time working with screencasting software and setting up on my Vista machine so I can start spilling out Vista screencasts. I know you all are looking for the simple things in windows Vista so I am going to start making it as easy as it comes! Continue Reading →

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Bluetooth on Vista 64-Bit

Hey Everyone,

This article is very technical — wayy above those that I have posted previously. Unfortunately, it seems to be necessary if you want to use bluetooth devices in windows Vista. Yes, that means syncing your PDAs, using Printers, or Wireless Headphones/Headsets with Vista (Skype, anyone?). Continue Reading →

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Your Speakers Are Wimpy

I have finally set up a real set of speakers for my brand new desktop that I put together yesterday. These are not normal speakers. This is a full fledged stereo system. Continue Reading →

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Remember To Blow The Dust Out Of Your Computer

Dust is one of your computer’s worst enemies. In order to overcome it you need to blow out your computer on a regular basis. Grab a can of compressed air (aff), take your computer outside, pop open the case and just start blasting compressed air into the machine and get the dust out of the computer. Continue Reading →

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Effective Trouble Shooting

One of the things people spend most of their time doing with their computer is troubleshooting. For instance, I have been having some trouble with this new theme constantly switching back to the old theme. I don’t know why it is doing that so I have been wrestling with the stupid website to get it to work. In this situation I’m going to guess that you do one of two things. Continue Reading →

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Phantom Power

Today I got a newsletter in the mail that spoke about “phantom power.” It said to beware of phantom power because it costs you a lot of money every year.

What is Phantom Power?

Phantom power is the power that your electronics use when they are turned off. For instance, your VCR is likely never fully off. Continue Reading →

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