I got a very sad email today from Google (actually several emails, one to each of my Google Apps accounts). Here is part of it: “Starting today, we’re no longer accepting new sign-ups for the free version of Google Apps (the version you’re currently using). Because you’re already a customer, this change has no impact […]
I send all my mail through my Google Apps account, using Google’s SMTP servers. I spent some time setting up Swift Mailer to do this, so I figured I’d show how I did it. Setting-up Swift Mailer to send mail through Google’s SMTP servers is quite easy once you put all the correct pieces together. […]
Have you ever wondered what one-million dollars looks like? I have. So I created a webpage specifically to show exactly what one-million one-dollar bills looks like… and it looks like a LOT! View it here: One-million one-dollar bills I created this page by using a scaled-down image of a one-dollar U.S. bill, at a size […]
Need a logo? But don’t want to spend $150 or more to get one? There’s a cheap solution! And it only costs $5. There’s a pretty cool website out there called Fiverr.com, where people can post all sorts of ‘gigs’ that they’re willing to do for $5. The possible gigs you can order range from […]
If you’ve not seen this ring yet, you’ve definitely got to check it out! Not only does it look cool, it’s also very addicting to play with. Both the outer races rotate, simultaneously rotating the little gears along the center. It’s quite impressive, which is why I have one of my own. Created by the […]
I had a free gift certificate to the website Inventables.com which was burning a hole in my digital wallet. I was on a lookout for something to buy that was actually useful to me. I came across a roll of tape that they called their “Screw-Strong Tape”, and described it as being a replacement for […]
The one thing I am not, is a graphics expert. However, I can usually get by on the skills I do have. A recent project called for a realistic wooden desktop (pretty much the same as wood flooring). Here’s how I did it…
(Note: As of 12/7/2012, Google Apps is no longer offering free accounts… dang it!!) While I lease server space and host my own sites, I’ve had a lot of issues over the years with the mail server. Sometimes I don’t get emails that I should or some emails get massively delayed. So the solution I […]
On one of my sites, I needed to generate thumbnail images from various uploaded files. There are several options out there for doing that, including the GD and ImageMagick libraries. Since GD only supports a limited number of file types, the clear choice was to go with IM. ImageMagick itself does not have native PHP […]