Archive for the 'What the heck...' Category

Free IQ

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

What the heck is Free IQ?? It’s Brad Fallons latest baby. For those of you who don’t know who Brad Fallon is, he started a little ecommerce store about 3 1/2 years ago and turned it into a million dollar business in his first year. Only 3 years later he’s expanded and […]

Microsoft Phishing Filter is full of crap

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Today, I randomly checked the ‘order page’ from one of my websites and up came a box saying that this is a ’suspicious website’ and that Microsoft does not recommend trusting this website. Huh?? My beloved site that is several years old, has tons of customers and is ranked #1 in the search […]

What the heck is MySQL?

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

MySQL is an open source database that you can install and use for FREE on your computer OR more than likely it’s already installed on your web hosting company’s server. And you can access it through your web hosting company.
If you’re not familiar with what a database is, it’s just a way to save […]

What the heck is Open Source?

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Open source is software that has been contributed to the online community. Open source usually means that the source code is available and can be used, changed and edited.
So what does this all mean to you?
The open source community has some great programs available for you to use for FREE.
For example, Nvu […]

What the heck is web hosting?

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

Just last night, I was talking to a friend who wanted a web site, but didn’t know what web hosting was and thought it was too complicated to do her self. And she isn’t the only one.
Actually creating your own web site is ridiculously easy to do. And we help by giving you […]

What the heck is a podcast?

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

A podcast is just an audio recording stored on someone’s website that you can listen to online. You can also download it to your computer or iPod (or mp3 player) and listen to the podcast later. It’s called a podcast, because people can listen to the recorded audio on their iPods. But […]

What the heck is RSS?

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s a way of syndicating (sharing of content among different web sites) information of all sorts. This information can be news feeds (like CNN or CBS News) or can be from a personal blog (like this one). The language used to create RSS Feeds is called […]

What the heck is a blog anyway…

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

A blog is really slang for web log. But now it’s closer to a household term than slang. Amazingly, even our 9 year old knew what a blog was. She said it was a diary. Not bad for 9. And she’s right, but there’s really more to it (as always). […]