Poker, a game of "constant pricing and repricing of risk", is fast becoming a younger and more lucrative game. It is getting younger, cleverer, duller and much, much richer. A 19-yo Norwegian woman won the most recent World Series of Poker and $2 … [Continue reading]
WordPress 2.3.2 Released
It has been probably the longest time (64 days) since wordpress issued a new version of their blogging platform. The previous version Wordpress 2.3.1 was released back in October. … [Continue reading]
Tips for Robots.txt
How to check your robots.txt file Open your web browser and enter www.yourdomain.com/robots.txt to view the contents of your robots txt file. Do You Know 1. There are only two official commands for the robots.txt file: User-agent and … [Continue reading]
Google Testing New robots.txt Command
Webmasters have found out that Google seems to be experimenting with a Noindex commands for the robots.txt file. It basically seems to do the same as the Disallow command so it's not clear why Google is using this command. Other commands that might … [Continue reading]
Are You Afraid to Start?
Yes, I know how it feels sometimes. You think you found a goldpit. You dream of shoving the whole mountain and it keeps you awake until 4.00am in bed. You think you can make it. And finally you realized and asked: How am I going to start? … [Continue reading]
Managing Massive Data
I was really curious of how massive data are managed, especially by search engines such as Google or utilities company (electricity, water and gas) since they often involve storing data of the entire state or country. Google does release some … [Continue reading]
How To Enable IMAP on Google Mail and Receive Emails
Since everything has been nicely documented by Gmail, we could just refer to them directly. 1. Getting started with IMAP for Gmail Read this if you don't know what IMAP is and why you should use Gmail's IMAP 2. Enabling IMAP How to enable … [Continue reading]
New Year Resolution for 2008
It's 28 December 2007. A date worth remembering. If there was a day to set a new year resolution for 2008, it's today. What are my goals for 2008 1. Learn affiliate marketing, take action, work hard, test, fail and try again. 2. Energize my … [Continue reading]
Differences Between POP3 and IMAP
POP3 When using your free POP3 email account, mail is first delivered to the email provider's servers. Your email program (e.g. Outlook, Firebird, Eudora etc) then downloads these messages to your computer, and you can have the option to choose … [Continue reading]
The Subprime Meltdown
Looks like 2008 will be a tough year for everyone. If you have the money and the right plan, this sure sounds like a good time to buy up assets especialy when they are CHEAP! I bet there will be lots of people saying that "cash is king" and while … [Continue reading]