Archive for the 'Tech Tips' Category

Paradise or Inferno?

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I live in a world where anything other than Mac is likely from the Devil. So, around here, Christmas comes at different times of the year … when the UPS guys shows up with a lovely box from Apple. This week, Christmas came on Tuesday.

Podcasting with iChat and GarageBand

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

If you’re like me, you subscribe to half-a-dozen podcasts. I love it – like my own personal NPR station, with just the content I want. But have you wanted to make your own podcasts?

Comcast Email Forwarding

Monday, December 10th, 2007

We have found a problem with relaying mail to Comcast’s mail system.If you have an address @comcast.net that we are forwarding your hosted email accounts to… say for example adam@dogbark.com forwards off to adam@comcast.net, you may not be able to receive your emails.Early last week Comcast had a mail server issue and started swallowing all [...]

Leopard: Screen Sharing

Monday, November 12th, 2007

One new tool in the Leopard Utility Belt is Screen Sharing. It’s built into iChat, but it’s also accessible through the Finder and directly through an app. Here’s how it’s important to our customers. If you’re running Leopard, and having trouble configuring something, call us with your current IP address and we’ll be able to take a [...]

Leopard: A few quick favorites

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Let’s see, here are a few of my use-’em-all-the-time features: Spaces. Without a doubt, the most used new feature for me. I have six spaces set up: one for generic browsing; one for communication – email, iChat, Twitterific; one for coding – Textmate, Terminal, Transmit; one for iCal; and two spares that I can launch [...]

Shopify

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A friend just pointed out the relatively new online shop administration system, Shopify, to me. Looking around, it seems pretty slick and easy to use. The interface is beautiful, very flexible, and will tie into pretty much any merchant system you prefer. You do pay a little bit for the service, but prices seem reasonable. [...]

Favicon For Your Site

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Ever wonder how folks get those tiny little pictures to appear in the URL line of your browser? Take a look at this article on Lifehacker’s website. It’s pretty nifty. We used the site they refer to in their article to create the little Doghouse icon that appears when you come to our main website. [...]

Spam Troubles

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

No doubt some of you have seen an increase in the amount of spam arriving in your email inbox over the past few weeks. We’re very aware of this and have been working on some solutions to reduce the spam to a bare minimum.

Hide your Email from spam bots

Monday, August 13th, 2007

You want to provide your website visitors with a way to send you an e-mail. The easiest method is to simply post a clickable mailto link somewhere on your site. Click below for a great ‘how to’ article.Full Article

Controlling many PC’s on one keyboard – a tip from Harry F.

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

So Harry sent me this link on how to control multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse across your home or work network. Take a look at this link here and check it out.Thanks to this nifty little tool I am able to control my laptop as well as the token office PC by dragging [...]