Amazon Prime membership has a variety of benefits (Kindle Owners Lending Library, Instant Streaming) these days but the original and core benefit has been free two day shipping on its products. Now, Amazon is returning an offer they have made before. If you choose the 5-7 day shipping instead of the free two-day shipping, they'll give you $1 store credit to spend on Amazon's … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Zaarly is Craigslist 2.0
If you thought Craigslist was the future of garage sales, the times are already moving on. Check out Zaarly. It's a location-based community that allows you to announce what you're looking for or what you have to offer and the price you're willing to pay. Once you find somebody, Zaarly steps out of the way and lets you work out the details. It takes Craigslist and makes it … [Read more...]
Creating and editing views in phpMyAdmin
Using phpMyAdmin recently for a database project, creating a View wasn't readily apparent. I eventually found it and it's right where it needs to be if you know where to look. … [Read more...]
Microsoft certification program shaken up to align with “the cloud”, MCSE revived
Microsoft has announced a change to its certification program. It has evolved from MCSA & MCSE to MCITP and back to a new MCSE, Microsoft Certified Solution Expert. The change is meant to address the cloud and aligning IT skills to match where technology is heading. The change announced today is more than just a name change and both developers and IT professionals should … [Read more...]
VisiPics – Dedupe Your Photo Collection
While storage has gotten cheaper and larger, in some sense it only makes keeping the increased number of files organized more difficult. Without the need to decide what to throw away, it's easier to just buy higher capacity storage. I know that has certainly become the way for some of my files. They have been migrated from multiple computers, backed up during multiple OS … [Read more...]