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January 11, 2015 / by Marco / backup, data, download, google, photos, takeaway, takeout

How to download all your Google photos

Today my wife asked me how she could download all her Google photos into her computer for backup purposes and that’s where I was stumped. It was a very good question from the wife and I admitted to her that I didn’t have the answer. After a few minutes of research I discovered that Google […]

January 8, 2015 / by Marco / base64decode, cleanup, hacked, help, malware, scan, sucuri, website

How to cleanup Website Hacked with SEO Spam

I recently looked at an issue with a website being infected with a malware called SEO Spam. This was reported by Google Webmaster Tools (one of the benefits of adding your website to Webmaster Tools) as shown below: [blockquote align=”left” ]DON’T IGNORE THESE MESSAGES[/blockquote] I decided to confirm this and used a website called […]

January 5, 2015 / by Marco / benefits, crazydomains, discount, domain, level, Membership, Registration

Crazy Domains Executive Account

Today I received an email from CrazyDomains.com.au saying that my account was upgraded to Executive Member. I didn’t really know what this meant as I didn’t even know they had different account plans. After some research I found that the reason why my account was upgraded was because I had hit 10 domain name registrations. There are […]

December 24, 2014 / by Marco / cheap, galaxy, online, s5, Samsung

Cheapest Samsung Galaxy S5

I recently purchased the latest Samsung Galaxy S5 4G LTE 16GB for only $431.95 This was the cheapest I could find online at the time. Generally this would go for around $600 but I was lucky enough to buy it for less than $459.00 because of a Black Friday special. I purchased this from Yatango.com.au […]

December 17, 2014 / by Marco / cache, caching, fastest, plugin, Wordpress

WordPress Fastest Cache plugin

I’ve been using WordPress for years. I can’t even recall whether I’ve used v1 or not but I wanted to share with everyone one of the plugins that I’ve been using for the past year. It a caching plugin and it’s called Fastest Cache. This plugin is FREE and it was one of the easiest […]

December 15, 2014 / by Marco / dyi, fix, maintenance, mode, website, Wordpress

How to fix stuck Maintenance Mode in WordPress

Today I tried updating several plugins through the WordPress admin dashboard. There was about 7 on the list so as usual I decided to select all 7 and update. However, I wasn’t patient and didn’t wait until the WordPress update finished and caused the site to go into Maintenance Mode meaning the message was displayed: […]

December 10, 2014 / by Marco / Free, plugin, remove, removefreeprice, WooCommerce, Wordpress

WooCommerce Remove Free Price Plugin

If you’re running WooCommerce on your WordPress site, have you ever seen this on your website? Yes the word FREE! is displayed on your products if the price value is 0. This can happen if you forget to add a price or if you use an importing tool and the source data feed doesn’t have […]

December 9, 2014 / by Marco / $5, crazydomains, Free, gift, survey

Crazy Domain Free Gift – $5 for completing survey

If you’re a current Crazy Domains account holder, then login to your account and Click on Free Gift. Complete the survey and you will receive $5 credit in your account. I completed the survey in less than 2 minutes. [note color=”#80ff80″]ONLY FOR CRAZY DOMAINS MEMBERS[/note] If you’re not a member and your looking for cheap […]

December 1, 2014 / by Marco /

Easiest way to change your mySQL root password

By default once you install mySQL using WAMP, the default password is blank. If you need to change this default password to your own the easiest way to do this is to login to localhost/phpmyadmin – in WAMP simply click on the WAMP icon and select phpmyadmin from the list. [infobox type=”tip” clickable=”no” boldtext=”The default […]

December 1, 2014 / by Marco / how to, how to tie a tie, tie, windsor knot

How to tie a tie

I came across this video on how to tie a tie so thought I’d better blog about as I’m sure I will need to use it in the near future. Now, because I’m left handed I tend to tie a tie that somehow looks very different from someone who is right handed. At every wedding, […]

November 30, 2014 / by Marco /

NFC Tags under a microscope

NFC tags are now becoming more popular. NFC stands for Near field communication and it is a new technology which allows small data transfers between two NFC enabled devices. [infobox type=”info” clickable=”no” boldtext=”Definition”]NFC Stands for Near Field Communications […]

November 27, 2014 / by Marco / compassion, dogs, fish, humans, world peace

Show compassion – if animals can do it then we can as well

Here’s a video of a dog trying to save a fish by splashing water with it’s snout. This video has been going around but just wanted to blog about it in case I need it in the future. It’s a great way to show humans how animals can be so compassionate. We can all learn from […]