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The Great Home Networking Makeover Pt.1

efalk — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:53:56 +0000

The time has come to convert my motley crew of networking hardware into a group of top-notch, high performing, highly secure, forward looking, lean, mean, networking machines! Here’s a quick rundown on the current end devices:

Verizon FIOS Modem (Actiontec MI-424WR)
Windows…

Attn Bloggers: Top-Posting is Bad

efalk — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:32:38 +0000

Hey live bloggers, stop top-posting! It’s only reasonable for people who spam their F5 key and sit at the top of their window. If you didn’t notice, scroll down to the latest post, hit F5… and it’ll both refresh the…

Mac OS X Alternatives: The Text Editor

docere — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:18:03 +0000

I’m very particular about the text editor I use on all my projects. Quite a few years ago, a friend introduced me to Crimson Editor. If you’ve used this particular editor before, I’m going to assume that you love it…

Xbox 360: Delete 0-point games from your game history

docere — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:35:55 +0000

I was recently looking at my Xbox Live account online, and noticed that I had a lot of potential points to achieve. I have borrowed a few games from friends to try out, as well as trying out some free…

iPhone Finally Recieves Copy and Paste? Updated!

efalk — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:51:12 +0000

Called Pastebud, there seems to be a interesting mashup of Javascript, Safari bookmarks, and online services which allow you to copy and paste from Safari into another Safari window or into your iPhone email client. While it still doesn’t look…

Ladies and Gentlemen: GotTint.net

efalk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:15:41 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen -

I present to you, the latest website to launch from etchPoint: Got Tint!

http://www.gottint.net/

This design is centered around our hallmark light-weight (tableless) HTML + CSS combo. The code has been compiled as PHP to allow for some snazzy…

The Beatles come to Rock Band… NOT!

docere — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:30:49 +0000

If there’s one thing besides computers that people think about when they think of me, I hope it’s music. I’m a huge fan of the classic rock genre: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Santana… I could…

Secure Password Hashing

docere — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:55:12 +0000

One of the first things any web developer will come across when coding for a business client is a back-end, or admin section that will allow employees to add, edit, and delete certain information used in their site. For instance,…

iPhone Flash Workaround (Static Replacement)

efalk — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:56:46 +0000

Recently, I was putting the finishing touches on a website design for a good client who wanted something flashy, something eye-catching, so I put together a very typical piece of Flash with photos, smooth transitions, quick phrases, and so forth.…

5 Mac Questions from a Life-Long Windows User

docere — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:35 +0000

So after 6 painstaking years with my current desktop, I’ve finally decided it’s time for ‘out with the old, and in with the new.’ Not that it wasn’t able to get me through 4 years of college and the not-so-intensive…