http://www.coteyr.net Moving from "the man" to flying solo. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:21:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The CAN-SPAM act is a horridly named law that was put into place in 2003. More and more ISPs and email providers are getting strict on the rules. So I thought I would let you guys know what it means for you and how you can avoid being caught by it. The Awful ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/can-spam/ if you have been following Internet trends then you have surly read about Google marking the entire internet as Malware. Well, they fixed that a long time ago. But newer borwsers including both Firefox and Google Chrome are using the Google database of malware sites to pop up warning messages ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/new-malware-trends/ I thought I would take a moment to comment on this as it effects my customers directly. Google announced that it would be dropping support in Google Apps for older browsers.  I have always advised my clients to make sure their sites are standards compliant and that doing so would ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/older-browsers/ SLA. is an acronym for service level agreement. Basically it is an agreement between a client and a provider that states that the provider will gaurentee a certian level of servce.  That being said the term can usually be very misleading.  It's that time of year again and compnies are ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/what-is-in-a-sla/ First a couple of quick notes. I tried to be objective when doing this review but I am a huge Linux fan, I prefer that OS and so there is a chance that some of this is biased.I compared Kubuntu 9.04 and OSX 10.5.7. Neither of them are cutting edge, ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/linux-vs-mac-os-x/ I Finally got my Google Voice invite this morning, and I must admit it's pretty cool. Google does a pretty good job of showing off their features at their site, so I won't go into all of them. The important info for my customers is this. My phone number is ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/google-voice/ No sipie (pronounced Sci Pie) is not a new weight loss plan, or a cybernetic pastery. It is however an excelent way to get Sirius XM on your computer. You can of course listen to Sirius XM on line using their web player, but what if you want something less ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/sipie/ So what makes a good piece of software? Where should you do your most UI tuning? How big of a server do you need? How much traffic can your application handle? Well the best answer to all of these lies with the 80/20 rule. OK so it's not a technical rule ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/80-20/ Today navigation is an important part of any website. Choosing a menu system can be one of the most challenging portions when your picking out your site layout. Here are a few guidelines to help you out. Lite use of javascript With all the different browser compatibility problems you will most likely ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/menu-accessability/ I am happy to announce that I am externalizing some of the host monitoring that I am currently doing internally on all my clients hosts. Host information about the service can be found here. The roll out I am currently in the process of rolling out the monitoring to all my clients. ... http://www.coteyr.net/index.php/host-monitoring/