All Entries in the "General" Category
How to minimize website downtime while domain is being transferred
First off, most of us hate downtime, especially on our own websites (duh!). From time to time we might need to transfer the domain names from one registrar to another, however, we might experience some difficulties to keep the website online. The tricky part is that most domain registrar will either keep your original nameserver [...]
Register .HU domain name on EuroDNS
Sometimes if you want to show some more personal characteristics, you might want to do something more special, something ordinaries don’t usually do. Getting a domain name with a not-so-commonly-used domain name extension might be one of them. Rockia just register a .HU domain name for personal use and I really love this domain. However, [...]
Make free calls to anyone with Gmail + Google Voice + VPN
A couple days ago, Google pushed out “Phone Calls” function for Gmail. This service is currently free for calls made to US and Canada users. So Rockia came up with a thought that we can make use of Google’s awesome service and make phone calls to anyone with internet on earth. Google Voice is now [...]
New me.com interface
Alone with the release of WordPress 3.0, even though there is absolutely no relations in between, Apple also pushed out the new MobileMe web interface. I would like to share more about the update of this online service with you all, however, for the past 20 minutes, I am not able to login to my [...]
Is Domain Extension .CO Bad for SEO?
The date for general registration open to public, July 20th 2010, is approaching closer and closer. Even though lots and lots of the .CO domains have already been pre-registered through domain registrars like GoDaddy, there are still tons of gems out there that are available for us to pick up. At this moment, I start [...]
How to Extend Macbook Battery Life
Quite a lot of customers, who are going to switch to Mac, complains to me that the batteries for their PC laptops don’t hold the power that well; the fully-charged battery was consumed totally within an hour or so. Well, I can’t say much about it in my part-time work place, but to be honest, [...]
How To Back Up Your WordPress with WP Time Machine
I have introduced how to make use of Dropbox service to serve as a remote Time Machine with Apple Backup HERE. As I write more and more on WordPress platform, I realized the backup of my uploaded files and database of WordPress is actually quite boring. I am sure someone has the same feeling as [...]