Wednesday, July 10, 2013
HTML5 and video
Just used HTML5 to embed video into a webpage without the need for any plugin. All you have to do is just use the <video> tag. How cool is that! No need for flash or any other plugin! HTML5 supports three video formats: mp4, ogg, and webm; however, HTML5 compliant web browsers don't all support all three extensions...except for Google Chrome. That's another reason to use Chrome!
Thursday, July 4, 2013
What is Microsoft running on?
Did You Know?
Problem: Ever wondered what Web Server or operating systems companies are running? Is Microsoft running Apache? Ok ok that is truly a LOL moment. What about Unix? How about OpenText?
Solution: Go to news.netcraft.com.
Here you can see statistics on web hosting sites, such as:
Their movement to Microsoft.
The number of websites.
The most reliable web hosting sites
And much more.
In the top left-hand corner of the page you will see ‘What’s that site running?”
Type www.microsoft.com and press ENTER.
The page that is displayed shows the site background, network, hosting history, and much more.
In the Hosting History section you can see the Web Server that Microsoft uses (Microsoft-IIS/8.0).
Go to the top of the page and type in www.unix.org.
The page displayed shows that the unix.org site runs Apache on Linux.
Feel free to type in your other favorite sites such as www.opentext.com and view the site information.
Enjoy.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Cool Links
safaribooks.com it is $39.00 a month, much cheaper than a lot of textbooks, but it provides over 40 thousand textbooks a lot of which are written directly by the people who write the tests in order to get certifications, anything you can think of from programming, chemistry, science, math, video game programming is all there adn they also have thousands of videos as well on these subjects. They are also conducted by the same people who are major contributors to the movement.
http://www.tutorialscollection.com/
http://www.freecodecamp.com
Lynda.com
www.cybrary.it, this website provides hours and hours of awesome information on hardware, networking, servers, and even has free courses on ethical hacking.
http://www.infiniteskills.com/ aslo a paid service but extremely good a lot like safari books, but they primarily work with O'rielly books, which is a household name in tech and anyone will tell you they write some of the best text books on programming, networking, security etc.
codeacademy.com (Does not teach JAVA or C# or .NET) but is great for Ruby, PHP, Python, HTML, CSS and is really the best place to actually start since it gives you an idea of where to actually start especially if you ahve no prior experience. Coming into the IT world can be quite overwhelming initally but this gives oyu an awesome idea.
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/elithecomputerguy
http://www.benefits.gov/benefits/browse-by-federal-agency/federal-agency/11
http://www.techworld.com/news/
http://www.chasms.com/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.
http://www.speedguide.net
http://www.resplendence.com/
JAVA:
http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/
OFFICE:
https://www.outlook-apps.com/outlook-add-ins-and-apps/
HTML5:
JavaScript:
http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/
Encryption:
https://www.encrypteverything.ca/index.php?title=Encypting_your_Entire_Hard_Drive_with_Truecrypt
SQL:
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/
Following are some excellent online sources for researching new software:
• Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com) — a blog about Windows, OS X and Linux
software that includes time-saving productivity tips and tricks (known as life hacks).
• The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) — a technology news and opinion Web site
from the United Kingdom that employs heavy doses of sarcasm and satire in its
articles.
• PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com) — an online computer publication that reviews and
provides previews of hardware and software advances in the IT industry.
• Free Code (http://freecode.com/) — a Web site that reviews and provides previews
and articles on the latest software updates and releases. The majority of the reviews
and articles deal with open-source software.
• Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/) — a hosting repository for software developers
to store programming code in an effort to manage and control the development of
open-source software applications.
• Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/) — a technology news Web site that provides articles
about current affairs. User-submitted articles are subject to an editorial process
before being posted to the site.
The following list suggests a few Web sites you can visit to learn about current technology
and Internet trends.
http://caniuse.com/
• http://news.netcraft.com
• www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
• http://whatis.techtarget.com
• www.howstuffworks.com
• www.learnthenet.com
• http://technet.microsoft.com
If you have an Intel processor http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?
to download the Intel Processor Identification utility.
http://www.eightforums.com/
A great website for free images:
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604
http://www.tutorialscollection.com/
http://www.freecodecamp.com
Lynda.com
www.cybrary.it, this website provides hours and hours of awesome information on hardware, networking, servers, and even has free courses on ethical hacking.
http://www.infiniteskills.com/ aslo a paid service but extremely good a lot like safari books, but they primarily work with O'rielly books, which is a household name in tech and anyone will tell you they write some of the best text books on programming, networking, security etc.
codeacademy.com (Does not teach JAVA or C# or .NET) but is great for Ruby, PHP, Python, HTML, CSS and is really the best place to actually start since it gives you an idea of where to actually start especially if you ahve no prior experience. Coming into the IT world can be quite overwhelming initally but this gives oyu an awesome idea.
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/elithecomputerguy
http://www.benefits.gov/benefits/browse-by-federal-agency/federal-agency/11
http://www.techworld.com/news/
http://www.chasms.com/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.
http://www.speedguide.net
http://www.resplendence.com/
JAVA:
http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/
OFFICE:
https://www.outlook-apps.com/outlook-add-ins-and-apps/
HTML5:
http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/
Encryption:
https://www.encrypteverything.ca/index.php?title=Encypting_your_Entire_Hard_Drive_with_Truecrypt
SQL:
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/
Following are some excellent online sources for researching new software:
• Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com) — a blog about Windows, OS X and Linux
software that includes time-saving productivity tips and tricks (known as life hacks).
• The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) — a technology news and opinion Web site
from the United Kingdom that employs heavy doses of sarcasm and satire in its
articles.
• PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com) — an online computer publication that reviews and
provides previews of hardware and software advances in the IT industry.
• Free Code (http://freecode.com/) — a Web site that reviews and provides previews
and articles on the latest software updates and releases. The majority of the reviews
and articles deal with open-source software.
• Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/) — a hosting repository for software developers
to store programming code in an effort to manage and control the development of
open-source software applications.
• Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/) — a technology news Web site that provides articles
about current affairs. User-submitted articles are subject to an editorial process
before being posted to the site.
The following list suggests a few Web sites you can visit to learn about current technology
and Internet trends.
http://caniuse.com/
• http://news.netcraft.com
• www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
• http://whatis.techtarget.com
• www.howstuffworks.com
• www.learnthenet.com
• http://technet.microsoft.com
If you have an Intel processor http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?
to download the Intel Processor Identification utility.
http://www.eightforums.com/
A great website for free images:
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604
Register your website with Google!
Did You Know?
You can better your website’s ranking list with search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo just by registering your website with them? Did you also know that website promotion companies charge for this simple task?
Let’s say that you created a website on GoDaddy or Rackspace or any other website hosting service.
The Problem: After a week or so of having a web presence, your site never comes up in searches.
The Solution: Any time that you create a website, it is imperative that you register your site with the major search engines. Search engines have forms that you can fill out and paste in your URL and any keywords. Once you have submitted these forms, you must wait a given amount of time (days or weeks) for the information to be added to the search engine’s database and for the web spider to crawl through your site. Once that is complete, you are moved up in the rankings and there is more of a chance for internet users to find your site when entering search terms that your website contains.
Additional Tips: Ensure that all hyperlinks on your website function properly. If the spider finds a broken link it will move your website down in the rankings. Periodically check for broken links since website pages sometimes get moved or removed. If you code your website; adding keywords to your images that reflect your services help as well as adding keywords to the META tag.
The link below contains a ton more information on promoting your site. It also contains links to Google and Yahoo on registering your website. Enjoy.
http://www.computerhope.com/promote.htms
You can better your website’s ranking list with search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo just by registering your website with them? Did you also know that website promotion companies charge for this simple task?
Let’s say that you created a website on GoDaddy or Rackspace or any other website hosting service.
The Problem: After a week or so of having a web presence, your site never comes up in searches.
The Solution: Any time that you create a website, it is imperative that you register your site with the major search engines. Search engines have forms that you can fill out and paste in your URL and any keywords. Once you have submitted these forms, you must wait a given amount of time (days or weeks) for the information to be added to the search engine’s database and for the web spider to crawl through your site. Once that is complete, you are moved up in the rankings and there is more of a chance for internet users to find your site when entering search terms that your website contains.
Additional Tips: Ensure that all hyperlinks on your website function properly. If the spider finds a broken link it will move your website down in the rankings. Periodically check for broken links since website pages sometimes get moved or removed. If you code your website; adding keywords to your images that reflect your services help as well as adding keywords to the META tag.
The link below contains a ton more information on promoting your site. It also contains links to Google and Yahoo on registering your website. Enjoy.
http://www.computerhope.com/promote.htms
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