dd With Progress Bar 2.0

many of you might remember my first article about this. It was written in 2009 and by the looks of it is somewhat outdated.

What is dd?

dd is an application to make bit for bit copies of a hard drive, or anything else you need a bit for bit copy of. One of dd’s downfalls is that it doesn’t have a progress bar. Instead you are just staring at a blank screen, waiting for dd to finish copying your drive.

New Google’s Plus One Button +1 Recommendations

Google is finally released it’s Plus One button(see link on the bottom of this post) for use on websites. Google’s plus one button can be used to recommend websites and search result publicly. Google says ” ‘+1 is shorthand for “this is pretty cool’ or ‘you should check this out.’ “.

Google yields a lot of results for different subjects and keywords, when you are looking for a result that can really be daunting. This is where +1 comes in. You friends and family can click the 1+ button on websites they like and this way recommend sites to you. In return you can do the same.

Time For a Revamp Again

It is time for another site revamp. I am not happy anymore with the way the site looks. I need to rethink the ad placements, and there are other things that need my attention as well. I am using way to much plugins I need to trim my use of plugins.

When I have done all of that, then I can concentrate on creating new content.

Google Apps An Alternative For Running Your Own Mail Server?

I have several domains, all of those domains have associated e-mail addresses.  Some of these e-mails have the same prefix.  Currently most of them are forwarded, some have mailboxes.

I knew about Google Apps, I had even played around with it before.  Although it seemed like a good product, I wasn’t really interested in using it.  Recently I decided when I bought another domain to use Google Apps for it instead of my own mail server.  I must say I like it, I like it so much I am now transfering e-mail for several domains to Google Apps.

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