Technical SEO, search intelligence, and the code behind it — notes from 20+ years of making websites work harder.
If you have ever used a Windows or Dos based system, one thing that you may have appreciated is the possibility to use wildcards while searching for files and directories. Unfortunately, this opportun…
Most Mac apps refuse to run twice at the same time. When you genuinely need two copies — Java apps are often the culprit — one terminal flag solves it, and a tiny AppleScript makes it permanent.
Shared ColdFusion hosting often locks down robust debug info, which is exactly what you need to find the bug. An old trick to get it back — via email.
Import some data from a CSV, try to sort it, and Excel starts protesting about the blank rows. A very simple trick in five steps to wipe them out — same on Mac and Windows.
Same product key used on two Macs, Office 2008 starts complaining. No need to reinstall anything — two plist files to delete and you're back on track.
Mail.app is a decent app, but contact management would be a pain without Smart Groups — the brilliant Address Book feature most people never notice. Here's how to set one up.
Safari doesn't let you pick which Google to search from — choice, apparently, being a forgotten word in Apple's labs. Inquisitor is the small free extension that fixes it.
Authentication fine, file listing fine, writes failing silently — half a day chasing a Mac FTP client against a Windows server, until the passive mode gave it away.
Wiping all appointments and contacts from a Windows Mobile PDA is not as simple as it should be. The workaround — sync against a fake, empty Outlook profile.