Author Archives: Dennis

The declining value of TurboTax and Quicken

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Dennis

I’ve been a TurboTax user for about as many years as I’ve had a computer at home. I’ve traditionally loved the great deal I got at the start of each year by purchasing a copy of TurboTax with a copy … Continue reading →

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Keeping a process running

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Dennis

Have you ever had a process that dies on occasion? For me, I hate that situation and prefer to fix the software as opposed to have a monitor that restarts the process when it dies. I’ve run into a case … Continue reading →

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An Example Rich Text Editor Image Upload with PHP

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Dennis

After my previous image uploader and turbogears image uploader posts, the overwhelmingly most requested information has been a PHP implementation of the upload script. I’m not much of a PHP guru. Luckily, a few users have posted possible solutions for … Continue reading →

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Key Website Statistics: New Visitors and Conversion Rate

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Dennis

There are a few key statistics that every website operator selling a product or service should track. Of course, these are useful for other types of sites too, but when you’re attempting to sell something, you need to know where … Continue reading →

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9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Dennis

I came across this article on Digg.com. It contains pretty concise tips that I can follow and make sure I’m doing. Since I’m not a designer and don’t necessarily have the best ability to choose matching colors and appropriate fonts … Continue reading →

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How to Manage Gmail labels with Apple Mail and Imap

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Dennis

After I set up Apple Mail to use my Gmail account, I had a couple things I was still having to go to the Gmail web interface for. One of those was managing multiple labels for a particular message. Since … Continue reading →

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