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How to add pictures to Blogger more easily

If blog regularly on Blogger/Blogspot/whatever it's called, you have probably run into the frustration that is adding pictures to a post. While it is possible, it is certainly not an easy task to get pictures where you want them, with the text around them like you

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Very Basic SEO

As part of a web computing class, a couple other students and I created a website called MyFlixList. As extra credit for the course, we were told to apply the things we learned about PageRank and SEO to become the top search result on Google for the term mis510proj. Here

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mis510proj

Part of a project for my web mining class at UA is to create a website using 5 different APIs to accomplish some sort of useful task. A group of us have created a site to queue up movies you want to see, and be able to see those movies

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Mendeley

In my quest to find the perfect tool to manage my ever-expanding library of PDFs, I discovered a tool called Mendeley. Here's a quick rundown of what Mendeley does for me: * Manages references - this is similar to EndNote. You can put references into folders based on topic,

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How to Boil and Peel an Egg

«p>I love hard boiled eggs. Unfortunately, I don’t love peeling them because I usually end up with as much egg attached to the shell as not. I’ve scoured the globe looking for ways to avoid this frustration, and today, for the first time, I have cooked

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Best Google Chrome Extensions

I've been using Google Chrome as my main browser pretty much since it came out. I love the minimal interface, bookmark sync, searching from the Omnibox, and the start page. Somewhat recently Chrome decided to jump on the extensions bandwagon, and I think it's great. Here

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How to install Windows 7 from a Flash Drive

I've got a netbook and a DVD image of Windows 7. I don't have a disc drive for the netbook, so I have to figure out a way to get Windows 7 onto a USB drive to install from. Thanks to this site, I was able

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How to do tech support for family

As everyone who does computer-y things knows, you will be called upon to do tech support for people around you. The most difficult of these calls is when you are doing tech support for a relative who lives far away. The best way I have found to do this technical

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How to waste time on the Internet

This is easy. I sometimes find myself just clicking around, bored, looking, reading, and generally wasting my time on the Internet. Here is a list of some of my favorite places to go to do it: * slashdot - News for nerds. It's really easy * lifehacker.com - Tips

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BYU's library spoofs the Old Spice Guy

So, in case you've been living in a cave for the past several weeks, the Old Spice guy (Isaiah Mustafa) has become incredibly popular for his fast-paced commercials. BYU's Lee Library recently put together a spoof of the commercials advertising for the library. Here it is

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How to use PuTTY & SSH to proxy

Worried that network monitoring at school or work is going to reveal passwords? How much do you trust the wireless Internet at the airport? If the network is unencrypted (and possibly even if it is), anyone could be watching your Internet browsing and maybe pick up a password or two.

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Messed up Water Bottle

This is apparently what happens to a perfectly normal water bottle when you leave it in the back window of your car at 90 degrees:

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How to set up OpenID on your domain

I admit, I mostly stole this post from here, but I feel it is valuable enough that I need to repost it. Adding OpenID to your domain is seriously a piece of cake. For example, I own www.schuetzler.net (this site). By adding the following lines to the <

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How to use SSH to proxy on a Mac

Worried that network monitoring at school or work is going to reveal passwords? How much to you trust the wireless Internet at the airport. If the network is unencrypted (and possibly even if it is), anyone could be watching your Internet browsing and maybe pick up a password or two.

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Still here

Things have been pretty crazy the past few weeks. I've graduated, moved, gone on vacation, returned from vacation, interviewed for jobs, found a job, and started a job. Things are calming down now, and I may be able to write something useful here soon. I plan on spending

qa

QA Tool Review: WAPT 5.0

Okay, I decided to get the last of the QA tool reviews out on the site so I don’t have to think about them any more. Here it is: Description WAPT is a performance/load testing tool developed by SoftLogica. It is a Windows-only tool designed to be very

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QA Tool Review: The Grinder

Description The Grinder is a JavaTM load testing framework that makes it easy to run a distributed test using many load injector machines. It is freely available under a BSD-style open-source license. Below is a list of some if its key features. * Generic      Approach Load test anything that has a

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New Skills

So, I’ve decided to rededicate myself to learning new tech skills. Because I’ll be starting a Ph.D. in the fall, I figure one of the best places to start is with statistics. I’ve heard really good things about the R statistical package, so that’s what

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Passing the CCNA

I’m sure pretty much nobody reads this, but oh well. I’m going to try to start posting more often to keep the world who doesn’t care updated on what I’m doing and thinking technology-wise. I want to be more intense about this, but I don’t

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QA Tool Review: JMeter

Description Apache JMeter is open source software, a 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions. Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static and

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QA tool review: Watij

Description Watij (pronounced wattage) stands for Web Application Testing in Java. Watij is a pure Java API created to allow for the automation of web applications. Based on the simplicity of Watir and enhanced by the power of Java, Watij automates functional testing of web applications through a real browser.

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Set up Postfix to send from Gmail

Alternate title: How to send 9,000 emails from a Gmail address To preface this, I want to say that I am currently in charge of online activity for an honor society at school. As part of those responsibilities, I needed to send emails to over 9,000 prospective members

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On Fatherhood, Windows 7, and the Motorola Droid

Okay, it’s been a busy semester, so it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here. I’d just like to give some updates: 1) I had a baby. He is awesome, and very well-behaved. He’s not even a month old (well, he will be

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QA Tool Review: Selenium

This will be the first in a series of reviews of various software testing tools. These were done over the past few weeks and cover the tool’s usage from a new QA tester’s perspective. Selenium 1.0.1 Evaluation DescriptionSelenium is a functional testing tool designed to automate

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Twitter: Getting started tips

I think I have procrastinated long enough in trying out the whole Twitter phenomenon, so I’m giving it a try. It’s been all over the news lately, apparently receiving $48 million worth of free publicity in the last month. So far, here are my impressions * It's