by Jim Stitzel | Jan 12, 2010 | Geekery
Note: this article was last updated on December 30, 2019, for users of Windows 10 only. Your mileage may vary with other versions of Windows. I’ve had a number of requests to update my tutorial for installing a portable version of for current versions of both...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 4, 2009 | Geekery
Once upon a time, AVG was one of the best free anti-virus programs available. It was fast, thorough, and had a small footprint. Somewhere around version 7 or 8, however, AVG took a turn for the worst — that is to say, it started to turn into what is...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 18, 2009 | Geekery
About a week ago, I set WordPress to automatically close comments on posts over 90 days old on my Reclaimer website. Spam comments over there have become completely unreasonable lately, with Akismet catching and filtering out upwards of 300 spam a day. The vast...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 17, 2009 | Geekery
A while back I switched my web hosting from Bluehost to MediaTemple. Basically, I needed the additional bandwidth and the ability to have full control over my server setup. MediaTemple came highly recommended, and I’ve never been sorry I switched. The downside...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 13, 2009 | Geekery
This is a repost of my original writeup over on Shamus Writes. I thought I’d go ahead and describe the process for installing Ghostscript on a MediaTemple (dv) server, especially since I’ve already got one reader who would like to see it. Use your favorite...
