I do a lot of WordPress websites and one thing that comes up quite a bit is the need to show an image or add or other element only on a specific page like the front page. In order to do this I usually edit the theme files using PHP code with an “if” statement […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to password protect a folder or file with Godaddy
Today I was helping a friend update his website and one of the things he needed was a new password for a directory that was protected. At first I couldn’t remember if the login password system was something custom so I called Godaddy to find out. Turns out it’s a built in feature that’s easy […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to cure Lyme disease
Recently I watched the movie Under our Skin which is all about Lyme disease. It reminded me a lot of Inside Job, a movie about corruption on Wall Street. Both movies confront problems made worse by institutions that have become corrupt and misguided. So let’s get to some solutions shall we? According to the movie […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to play Frozen by Madonna on guitar
Listed below are the four chords I use to play the song Frozen by Madonna. The tuning is standard EADGBE and I use a capo on the first fret. You could choose to bar this but for me that’s always a challenge and sort of hurts after a while. These guitar tabs will help you […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to see all of your friends’ news feeds on Facebook
Recently Facebook updated the way information is shared between friends. Some of us have hundreds, even thousands of friends and rather than letting people get overwhelmed with updates from friends on the feed page, Facebook has opted to begin showing only relevant news items. Relevance is determined on on the friends’ pages you visit regularly […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to tell if your Mac is running 32 bit or 64 bit kernel
Today I was setting up my Android developer phone and installing a few tools including Eclipse. I needed to install the classic version so I could then install the ADT (android development tool) but before I could do either of these things I needed to find out whether my MacBook Pro is running on 32 […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to prepare for a food shortage
Is it just me or does the world seem a little unstable right now? Given the tsunami in Japan and subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster, inflation in the United States and unemployment rates globally, stocking up on essentials doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. I personally have purchased a Katadyn water filter along with several […]
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