Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
How to Calculate Dog Years
Here’s how you convert your age from “human years” to “dog years”:
- The first two years of a dog’s life count as 10.5 dog years each.
- Each year following equates to 4 dog years.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Stop the Facebook Madness!
This is my first post since taking a break from Facebook starting on June 2. The first two weeks I simply removed FB from my phone and removed desktop notifications from my laptops. Then, I deactivated my account for some time. Here is what I learned -
1. I was addicted to Facebook. I pride myself on being a safe driver and NOT checking my phone for text messages or notifications; however, I found myself subconsciously grabbing my phone while driving, checking for a notification that wasn't present. The first week was the hardest. I kept grabbing my phone regardless of where or what I was doing. No notifications so you check for personal email that doesn't matter. After the first week, the habit was breaking and it became easier to just drive and enjoy the drive. I still don't have Facebook on my phone and won't put it back. I'll just log in from time to time from my laptop (without desktop notifications) if I want to pass the time for 30 min to an hour every few days.
2. My anxiety levels decreased. Checking Facebook all the time invites a lot of negativity into your life. We get enough of that in today's biased news channels. I found myself (before taking the FB break) taking 30 day breaks from "friends", unfriending folks, or blocking them. It was still too much to digest on a daily basis. I'm not a political person and feel like the book has become a political platform when I believe the initial intent of it was to bring people together. Instead it seems to do the opposite. Limiting this intake has allowed me to judge people by their character when sitting in front of them instead of nonsense that is posted because they did not think things out before posting.
3. I am able to do more constructive tasks with my time. Whether it is my continuing education to learn Spanish, tackle web development projects through CodeAcademy, or update and install work products on my ESXi server or Microsoft Azure site. I'm not constantly taking breaks to respond to posts or check updates, etc.
In summary, removing Facebook from my mobile device and removing desktop notifications has helped me in more ways than one. I am able to enjoy life a little more. I am able to see people by the way we interact together in person. I am able to LIVE AND LET LIVE.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Steps to Calculate Reserve Retire Pay
To easily calculate your pay at retirement (using today's dollars), follow these 5 simple steps.
1 - The first thing you need to do is figure out how many retirement points you have by going to https://www.hrc.army.mil. (Under Services select Self Service>My Record Portal>Use CAC Login>Reserve/Retiree/Veteran Record>Retirement>CHR Statement of Retirement Points)
2 - Estimate how many more you will get before you file for retirement.
a. The most retirement points you can receive in a year is 365 (except for leap year: 366). These points can be acquired by -
- Active Duty Points: Transferring to the Reserves from Active Duty, Deployment, Annual Training, and Active Duty for Training (ADT).
- 130 Non-Active Duty Points
- 48 MUTAs (Battle Assemblies), 15 membership points, 24 RMA points, 12 ATA points. This equals 99 points. To get to 130, you can serve for retirement points (requires DA Form 138
Note: If you are not on Active Duty then the most you can get in a year is 130 retirement points.
3 - Divide this number by 360.
This gives you the total number of years equivalent to Active Duty years.
4 - Figure out the base pay for the grade you anticipate retiring at by going to https://militarybenefits.info/2021-military-pay-charts/
Note: Replace 2021 with year you run these calculations
5 - Multiply the base pay by the equivalent Active Duty years from step 3 and multiply the result times 2.5%
- Note: For the Blended Retirement System you multiply the result by 2.0%
That is it. You now know your monthly retirement pay.
An example is below.
Step 1 + Step 2
Let's say that my retirement points at retirement are anticipated to be 3600. This is based on my actual retirement points as reported by HRC and my estimated anticipated retirement points. For example, let's say that I have 3 years until retirement but I am sitting at 3300 points. I anticipate getting 300 points over the next 3 years by actively drilling and attending extra training (SHARP, EO, etc). So, this brings me up to 3600.
Step 3
3600/360 = 10
This means I have 10 eligible years for retirement pay calculations
Step 4
Let's say that I am currently an E7 pay grade. I am promotable and plan on achieving E-8 pay grade before retirement. Navigating my browser to https://militarybenefits.info/2021-military-pay-charts/, I find E-8 base pay for 26 years service (these years of service are based on your LES years, not equivalent active duty years).
The base pay is $6,452
Step 5
Monthly pay = ($6,452*10)*2.5%
Monthly pay = $1,613
Note that Monthly pay is shown in today's dollars. Army Reservists draw retirement pay at age 60 (with an exception of deployment time subtracting from 60 after the year 2008). As a result, retired pay will be more based on cost of living annual increases.
Note that to get the E-8 pay grade, I would need serve at that level for at least 3 years (High 3).
I hope this helps clear up any confusion with retirement pay for Reserves.
Sources:
Thursday, January 12, 2017
No individual should be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
As we prepare to take off for a long weekend, it might be appropriate to take just a moment to think about why we aren’t coming to work Monday … Martin Luther King Day – for his commitment to equal rights, non-violence, and social change. The inspiration of Dr. King and the civil rights movement led our nation and the Federal government to a new standard of equality and inclusion, which was Dr. King’s purpose. He wanted to challenge our country to be a better place, where every person is valued and respected.
Dr. King challenged us to overcome oppression and violence. He urged us to reject revenge, aggression, and retaliation. His vision that “no individual should be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” set in motion changes that led to the passage of civil rights and voting laws. In honor and respect for his contribution to the improvement of our national attitudes, policies, and laws, the Federal government celebrates Dr. King.
Over the years, there has been some speculation on what Dr. King could have accomplished if his life had not been so tragically cut short. He was only 28 years old when he was elected the first President of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. He had already graduated from college at 19 and graduated from Divinity school at 22. By the time Dr. King was 29, he had published his first book, “Stride Toward Freedom.” In 1964, he gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech to 250,000 people who marched on Washington in support of pending civil rights legislation. In the same year, he was successful in getting the legislation passed and he won the Nobel Peace Prize. A lot of accomplishments for a man who was only 35 years old.
Dr. Martin Luther King believed in our country and its potential for greatness. He also believed that each one of us is essential to achieving its full potential. Although Dr. King’s primary efforts focused on equality for African-Americans, his ultimate goal was the equality and inclusion of every individual. As Dr. King said“There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society protect that society. But when they don’t have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.”
-Curtis L. Coy
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Professor Messer
Professor Messer is a great learning resource for all kinds of certfications including A+ and Network+.
His online videos are free. You only have to pay if you want to download the material.
I used the free online versions to supplement my learning.
And, a cool little fact...Mr Messer live in Killearn Lakes, in Tallahassee. ;)
Here is the link:
http://www.professormesser.com/
His online videos are free. You only have to pay if you want to download the material.
I used the free online versions to supplement my learning.
And, a cool little fact...Mr Messer live in Killearn Lakes, in Tallahassee. ;)
Here is the link:
http://www.professormesser.com/
Friday, January 2, 2015
Extreme Programming
Tired of your nerd friends wearing those cool 'Extreme Programming' shirts and not knowing what it's all about? Look below, so now you know!
Extreme Programming broken down into its tasks:
• Realistic planning: Customers are to make business decisions, programmers are to make technical decisions. Update the plan when it conflicts with reality.
• Realistic planning: Customers are to make business decisions, programmers are to make technical decisions. Update the plan when it conflicts with reality.
• Small releases: Release a useful system quickly, then release updates on a very short cycle.
• Metaphor: All programmers should have a simple shared story that explains the system under development.
• Simplicity: Design everything to be as simple as possible instead of preparing for future complexity.
• Testing: Both programmers and customers are to write test cases. The system is continuously tested.
• Refactoring: Programmers are to restructure the system continuously to improve the code and eliminate duplication.
• Pair programming: Put programmers together in pairs, and require each pair to write code on a single computer.
• Collective ownership: All programmers have permission to change all code as it becomes necessary.
• Continuous integration: Whenever a task is completed, build the entire system and test it.
• 40-hour week: Don't cover up unrealistic schedules with bursts of heroic effort.
• On-site customer: An actual customer of the system is to be accessible to team members at all times.
• Coding standards: Programmers are to follow standards that emphasize self-documenting code.
- Horstmann, C. (2010). Big JAVA: Compatible with JAVA 7 and 8 (4th ed.). Wiley ISBN: 978-0-470-50948-7
Friday, September 12, 2014
The pain of password complexity
Did you know that there is a method to the madness of password complexity required by most organizations?
Here is why you are required to create a password consisting of lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters, and usually a minimum password length
of eight characters (although 10 is preferable):
There are 26 lowercase letters, 26 uppercase letters, 10 numbers, and 32 special characters. These combined make up a key space. This key space can be calculated
based on the following formula: C^N where C is the number of possible characters used and N is the password length. So, let's say that you use a password
that only consists of 6 characters and they are all lowercase. This means that there are 26^6 possibilities. This equates to 308 million possibilities. Changing
your password to 10 characters raises this value dramatically to 26^10, which is also 141 trillion possibilities. An important note here is that although a
10 character password (all in lowercase) may look pretty darn secure, there are password cracking software tools available that can iterate through 2.8 billion
password combinations in just one second. This means that it would take a tool like this only about 13 hours to crack a 10 character lowercase password.
Now, let's say that you use a combination of the four variants (lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters). This means that you are using 94 possible
values (26+26+10+32). A password such as this is also known as a complex password. We will also use the six and 10 character length as examples. A complex
password consisting of just six characters (94^6) equals 689 billion possibilities. In contrast, a complex password that consists of 10 characters (94^10) equals
53 quintillion. To recap on what this means, the order is million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, and then quintillion. What this boils down to is that a
complex password consisting of 10 characters will take years to crack!
References
Darril Gibson, (2011). CompTIA Security+
Complex passwords can be a pain; however, perhaps this will allow you to understand the reasons behind the madness. It really is to ensure that you are and stay
secure in a digital world.
Here is why you are required to create a password consisting of lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters, and usually a minimum password length
of eight characters (although 10 is preferable):
There are 26 lowercase letters, 26 uppercase letters, 10 numbers, and 32 special characters. These combined make up a key space. This key space can be calculated
based on the following formula: C^N where C is the number of possible characters used and N is the password length. So, let's say that you use a password
that only consists of 6 characters and they are all lowercase. This means that there are 26^6 possibilities. This equates to 308 million possibilities. Changing
your password to 10 characters raises this value dramatically to 26^10, which is also 141 trillion possibilities. An important note here is that although a
10 character password (all in lowercase) may look pretty darn secure, there are password cracking software tools available that can iterate through 2.8 billion
password combinations in just one second. This means that it would take a tool like this only about 13 hours to crack a 10 character lowercase password.
Now, let's say that you use a combination of the four variants (lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters). This means that you are using 94 possible
values (26+26+10+32). A password such as this is also known as a complex password. We will also use the six and 10 character length as examples. A complex
password consisting of just six characters (94^6) equals 689 billion possibilities. In contrast, a complex password that consists of 10 characters (94^10) equals
53 quintillion. To recap on what this means, the order is million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, and then quintillion. What this boils down to is that a
complex password consisting of 10 characters will take years to crack!
References
Darril Gibson, (2011). CompTIA Security+
Complex passwords can be a pain; however, perhaps this will allow you to understand the reasons behind the madness. It really is to ensure that you are and stay
secure in a digital world.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Soft Inclinations: eDOCS DM Server Log Parser - Part 1: Understanding...
Soft Inclinations: eDOCS DM Server Log Parser - Part 1: Understanding...: A good thing about eDOCS DM is that DM Server can create log files, which give you idea of what is going on behind the scene.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
HTML/XHTML/HTML5/XML
Some years ago (about 13 or 14) I coded a website (and have of course coded others since then) and stored it on Geocities (no longer around). I did this in XHTML because that was the new HTML standard. The idea (or so I thought) behind XHTML was to transition web documents from HTML which supports sloppy markup to XML documents (which must be written as a well-formed document). Making the transition to XML would essentially be a move to creating intelligent documents as documents are self-describing. This in turn would empower Internet searching to be more exact in search results and also reduce Internet traffic. The ultimate idea was to create what is now coined as the "Semantic Web".
Then along comes HTML5. HTML5 contains self-describing tags such as <element>, <footer>, <article>, etc. The questions that present themselves are; with the introduction of HTML5, have we abandoned the move to XML? Will we continue to release new HTML standards? Why did we need HTML5 in the first place? What is the primary goal of HTML5? Is it to push the Semantic Web? If so, doesn't XML do that already, and do it better? Is it the push to remove the need for plugins such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight? If this is the primary goal then I can understand.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the need for HTML. If you need non-persistent information then HTML is the way to go; however, for persistent data that can be shared easily with others, isn't XML the proper choice? Will the web ever make the move to XML (with the caveat that HTML can be easily created using XSLT)?
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Web Design
By its nature, the Internet is transactional
Aside from customer or design requirements, you should only consider using
multimedia on a site when it has either no effect or a positive effect on the usability of the site.
The Web strategy is not to build the best looking or most useful Web site. The basic strategy of a business Web site is to attract and retain customers.
Web site specifications can be divided into four types:
• Functionality specifications • Content specifications • Architecture specifications • Design specifications
http://www.adobe.com/resources/techniques/
Web Site Usability:
The first element of Web site usability is high-quality content.
The second element of Web site usability is easy navigation.
The third element of Web site usability is information architecture.
The fourth element of Web site usability is search capability.
The fifth element of Web site usability is relevant services.
When designing your Web sites, remember the following practices:
• Determine users' goals and needs.
• Learn from navigation that works
• Go deeper than the home page.
• Provide quick links.
• Design for various user preferences.
Stock Photos:
• Jupiter Images (www.jupiterimages.com)
• Getty Images (http://gettyimages.com)
• Shutterstock Images (www.shutterstock.com)
Microstock Photos:
www.istockphoto.com
Free Photos:
• FreeStockPhotos.com (www.freestockphotos.com)
• FreeImages.co.uk (www.freeimages.co.uk/)
• Freepixels (www.freepixels.com)
Popular photosharing sites include the following:
• dotPhoto (www.dotphoto.com/)
• Webshots (www.webshots.com/)
• Fotki (www.fotki.com/us/en/)
• Flickr (www.flickr.com)
• SmugMug (www.smugmug.com)
• Picasa (http://picasa.google.com)
• Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com)
Many digital cameras record metadata in exchangeable
image file format (EXIF)
The term "pixel" is short for "picture element."
The most common graphic format is raster, also known as bitmap. Raster graphics use
small dots to create images and colors. Raster graphics include the JPEG, GIF and PNG
formats.
Vector graphics store the information about the image in mathematical instructions that are
then interpreted and displayed.
Vector graphics are
best suited for line art, shapes and illustrations.
If you want to develop your own graphics, vector-based drawing applications commonly
used in the industry include the following:
• Adobe Illustrator CS5
• Adobe FreeHand MX
• CorelDRAW X5
• Inkscape
• Adobe Fireworks CS5
If you want to develop your own graphics, paint-type applications commonly used in the
industry include the following:
• Adobe PhotoShop CS5
• Microsoft Image Composer
• Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
• Adobe Fireworks CS5
Only GIF and JPEG are natively supported by all browsers; other file formats can be
viewed with the aid of a plug-in. Native support means that the browser does not require
any special software or plug-in to display the image. When creating Web graphics,
designers must choose between GIF and JPEG based on the type of images they want.
Scalable Vector Graphics:
For more information about SVG, you can visit the following URLs:
• www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG
• www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/
The following services provide online image optimization:
• GIFBot from NetMechanic — www.netmechanic.com/products/accelerate.shtml
• SiteScan from OptiView — www.optiview.com/
The following services provide desktop image optimization:
• DeBabelizer Pro from Equilibrium —
www.debabelizer.com/Internet/Equil/Products/DeBabelizer/index.html
• Ulead SmartSaver Pro from Corel — www.ulead.com/ssp/
• GIFCruncher from Spinwave.com — www.webreference.com/services/graphics/gc/
You can find a list of common and equivalent fonts for both Windows and Macs at www.ampsoft.net/webdesignl/
WindowsMacFonts.html.
Public Domain images, ebooks, and music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
www.publicdomain4u.com
www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Aside from customer or design requirements, you should only consider using
multimedia on a site when it has either no effect or a positive effect on the usability of the site.
The Web strategy is not to build the best looking or most useful Web site. The basic strategy of a business Web site is to attract and retain customers.
Web site specifications can be divided into four types:
• Functionality specifications • Content specifications • Architecture specifications • Design specifications
http://www.adobe.com/resources/techniques/
Web Site Usability:
The first element of Web site usability is high-quality content.
The second element of Web site usability is easy navigation.
The third element of Web site usability is information architecture.
The fourth element of Web site usability is search capability.
The fifth element of Web site usability is relevant services.
When designing your Web sites, remember the following practices:
• Determine users' goals and needs.
• Learn from navigation that works
• Go deeper than the home page.
• Provide quick links.
• Design for various user preferences.
Stock Photos:
• Jupiter Images (www.jupiterimages.com)
• Getty Images (http://gettyimages.com)
• Shutterstock Images (www.shutterstock.com)
Microstock Photos:
www.istockphoto.com
Free Photos:
• FreeStockPhotos.com (www.freestockphotos.com)
• FreeImages.co.uk (www.freeimages.co.uk/)
• Freepixels (www.freepixels.com)
Popular photosharing sites include the following:
• dotPhoto (www.dotphoto.com/)
• Webshots (www.webshots.com/)
• Fotki (www.fotki.com/us/en/)
• Flickr (www.flickr.com)
• SmugMug (www.smugmug.com)
• Picasa (http://picasa.google.com)
• Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com)
Many digital cameras record metadata in exchangeable
image file format (EXIF)
The term "pixel" is short for "picture element."
The most common graphic format is raster, also known as bitmap. Raster graphics use
small dots to create images and colors. Raster graphics include the JPEG, GIF and PNG
formats.
Vector graphics store the information about the image in mathematical instructions that are
then interpreted and displayed.
Vector graphics are
best suited for line art, shapes and illustrations.
If you want to develop your own graphics, vector-based drawing applications commonly
used in the industry include the following:
• Adobe Illustrator CS5
• Adobe FreeHand MX
• CorelDRAW X5
• Inkscape
• Adobe Fireworks CS5
If you want to develop your own graphics, paint-type applications commonly used in the
industry include the following:
• Adobe PhotoShop CS5
• Microsoft Image Composer
• Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
• Adobe Fireworks CS5
Only GIF and JPEG are natively supported by all browsers; other file formats can be
viewed with the aid of a plug-in. Native support means that the browser does not require
any special software or plug-in to display the image. When creating Web graphics,
designers must choose between GIF and JPEG based on the type of images they want.
Scalable Vector Graphics:
For more information about SVG, you can visit the following URLs:
• www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG
• www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/
The following services provide online image optimization:
• GIFBot from NetMechanic — www.netmechanic.com/products/accelerate.shtml
• SiteScan from OptiView — www.optiview.com/
The following services provide desktop image optimization:
• DeBabelizer Pro from Equilibrium —
www.debabelizer.com/Internet/Equil/Products/DeBabelizer/index.html
• Ulead SmartSaver Pro from Corel — www.ulead.com/ssp/
• GIFCruncher from Spinwave.com — www.webreference.com/services/graphics/gc/
You can find a list of common and equivalent fonts for both Windows and Macs at www.ampsoft.net/webdesignl/
WindowsMacFonts.html.
Public Domain images, ebooks, and music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
www.publicdomain4u.com
www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Friday, November 22, 2013
Malicious Virus Threat - Cryptolocker
Malicious Virus Threat - Cryptolocker
What is Cryptolocker?
Cryptolocker (also known as Crilock) is a particularly nasty virus that holds data hostage, earning it’s classification as “ransomware.” It does this by silently encrypting all of the common file types such as documents, photos, music, and many others. Only once the program has finished encrypting will it notify the user by launching a pop-up window with a ransom demand (typically around $350, varying between infections) and a timer to pay before the decryption key is destroyed, causing complete loss of all encrypted data.
Without the decryption key, which is housed on the malware’s private server and can only be obtained by paying the ransom, data recovery is not possible.
You should not pay for this key.
Protecing Yourself
It appears that the virus often – though not always – comes in the disguise of an e-mail from a shipping company (UPS, FedEx, etc.) claiming to contain tracking information for packages. This is particularly alarming because of the upcoming holiday season. One very important thing to remember is that UPS or FedEx will NEVER ask you to download an attachment, especially for tracking information. That said, you should also keep in mind that this is merely the most common route of infection and these types of scams tend to evolve into other devious forms.
Here are some other tips to keep your computer safe from this, and other virus threats:
- Avoid downloading or opening any email attachments unless you are absolutely certain what it is and where it came from.
- Concerning Cryptolocker specifically, it is helpful to know that most online retailers offer package tracking from within their own sites. For example, you can see the status of your package from Amazon under the “My Orders” section.
- Download programs only from companies you trust, and do so from their website directly, rather from an email attachment.
- Don't click links on suspicious websites or in email messages. Instead, type the website address directly into your browser, or use bookmarks.
- If you're not sure whether to trust a program you are considering downloading, enter the name of the program into your favorite search engine to see if anyone else has reported that it contains spyware. Files that end in the extensions .exe or .scr commonly hide malware. However, even files with familiar extensions such as .docx, .xlsx, and .pdf can be dangerous.
- Don't automatically trust that links in instant messages, email messages, or messages on social networking websites are from the person they appear to be from. Even if they are from someone you know, contact the person before you click the link to ensure that they intended to send it.
Source: Western Governors University
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Random
IE won't connect to the Internet but Firefox or Chrome will...
Click Start, then Run and type CMD in the dialogue box that appears, and then click OK. Type netsh winsock reset into the DOS window that appears.
Found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/ietopten.mspx
Project Management formulas
Click Start, then Run and type CMD in the dialogue box that appears, and then click OK. Type netsh winsock reset into the DOS window that appears.
Found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/ietopten.mspx
Project Management formulas
FV = PV(1+I)^T
NPV = FV/(1+I)^T
(Pessimist + Optimist + (4 * Most Likely))/6
(Pessimist + Optimist + (4 * Most Likely))/6
Ask yourself these questions when making decisions on
technology:
§ How will this technology allow the
company to be more productive?
§ Will the technology promise an
acceptable ROI?
§ How is the technology the right
selection for the company?
§ How soon will this technology need to
be replaced?
§ What is the break-even point (also
called the payback period) for this investment?
§ When does it become profitable?
If you cannot answer these questions fully and accurately when selecting
new technology, then you have not completed your research.
VAR = Value Added Reseller
Billing
·
Time and Materials
o
Include NTE (Not to Exceed) Clause
·
Fixed Fees
o
Overruns go back to the vendor
·
Cost plus contracts
o
Wasted Materials drive price up
WBS = Work Breakdown Structure
Documents:
Requirements Document
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Project Scope
WBS – Work Breakdown Schedule
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
Friday, June 28, 2013
IPv4/IPv6
Did you know?
The internet communicates through a set of protocols called
TCP/IP. Each node (or device) has its own IP address so that information can be
sent to it when requested.
Specifically, devices and organizations have been assigned
IP addresses using IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). The problem with IPv4 is
that it supports up to 4 billion addresses (or devices). With the recent
explosion in the number of devices (think IPad, Samsung Galaxy, etc), this
creates a problem.
Unfortunately the address assigning authority, Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has run out of addresses (back in January of
2011). This is where the next version of IP comes to the rescue.
IPv6. IPv6 does not use the dotted decimal (172.194.37.52).
Instead, it uses hexadecimal numbers (2001:0:5ef5:79fd:18f4:23ea:3f57:fe94). This
allows for internet addresses (or devices) of up to 340 undecillion. That’s
enough addresses for “every piece of sand on the planet”!
And the good news is that newer operating systems such as
Windows XP and higher support both IPv4 and IPv6. So, no need to worry your
little head over running out of IP addresses. Your device will be able to “connect”,
as long as you have an ISP of course.
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