How to Whitelist or add Email to Safe Sender in Hotmail

This is a quick howto on adding an email address to the whitelist or Safe Senders list in Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com/. 1)     On the right side of the hotmail screen, there’s an “Options” link you can click on and then select “More options”       2)     On this page, click on “Safe and blocked senders” under the “Preventing junk email” category.         3)     In the “Safe and blocked senders” page, click on “Safe senders” link       4)     Continue reading →

Free Publisher to PDF Online Conversion Tool

I was recently made aware that there is a free online Pub to PDF conversion tool available.  This tool will convert your Microsoft Publisher file to a PDF format suitable to send to recipients who do not have a viewer installed for Microsoft Publisher files. Website:  http://www.publishertopdf.com/ Continue reading →

Geeklog 2.0.0 BETA2 Release and Screenshots

Geeklog 2.0.0 BETA 2 was released a few weeks ago.  I got around to setting it up on a test server because I was interested in the visual changes.  Geeklog doesn't have a demo server up so here are a few screenshots of the UI. I'm impressed with the Denim theme - it's responsive! The other, default, theme is Modern Curve.   Continue reading →

Tech Tip: Online Screenshots of Various Software and Operating Systems

Wow, found a gem today.  ChasM's offers a great collection of clickable screenshots of software from webbrowsers, to security software, to Windows settings as well as device screenshots for things like iPad, iPhone, Kindle, android and even Linux screenshots. NICE! http://www.chasms.com/ Continue reading →

Create a Redirect to your Google+ Profile

It is pretty simple to setup your domain to redirect to your Google+ profile.  For example, I have https://techish.net/+ which redirects to my Google+ profile.  This is handy instead of having to link to your Google+ profile manually or using a third-party service.  Keeps everything in your control.  =)
Apache
If you are using Apache, modify your .htaccess file and include the following lines.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
Redirect /+ https://plus.google.com/your_google_plus_profile_id/
</IfModule>
Nginx
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