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October 3, 2013 / by Marco /

Gyro Bowl

I saw this innovative product in a store several years ago and thought it was quite clever. It’s called a Gyro bowl. I never purchased it because my son was already 4 years old but recently with my second child (daughter 2 years old) I thought I’d look for one so she can use it. […]

September 27, 2013 / by Marco / brute force attack, hacker, logs, patches, unique visitors

Leave my website alone

Yesterday one of my websites was attacked. It was a brute force attack but fortunately they gave up and moved on. How did I know I was getting attacked? Here’s some stats and logs that seemed very unusual. If you look at the figures, yesterday there were 1212 unique visitors with 21672 page views. Those […]

September 26, 2013 / by Marco / images

Convert images to base64

I didn’t realise this was possible but there is a way to convert your images into base64 (text) and embedding the images as text in your HTML code. Here’s the link: http://webcodertools.com/imagetobase64converter/ DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU’VE READ?Join our subscription list and receive our content right in your mailbox. If you like to receive some Great […]

September 25, 2013 / by Marco / favicon, png format, png image

Convert your logo to ICO

Here’s a quick and easy way to convert your logo in PNG format to ICO (Icon format). You can also use the website to convert to a favicon. The website is called convertICO.com and it’s very easy to use. Just upload the PNG image and then the system will automatically convert it to ICO. Once it’s […]

September 5, 2013 / by Marco / error message

Is my.msn.com down?

Looks like the my msn website is down. I get the following error message: Invalid URL The requested URL “/”, is invalid. Reference #9.44b107ca.1378304733.fc4c21a Is anyone else having the same problem? DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU’VE READ?Join our subscription list and receive our content right in your mailbox. If you like to receive some Great […]

September 3, 2013 / by Marco / host files, hosts files, interface, production server

Tool to quickly switch between multiple host files

Here’s a great tool for web developers who needs to quickly and easily switch hosting names from a test server to a production server. This can be done by changing entries in the hosts file in Windows. The basic purpose of the host file is to associate the host name (e.g www.businesslegions.com) to the IP […]

July 27, 2013 / by Marco / apologies, car, car person, honda, left hand side, screw driver

How to fix a loose rear latch on a Honda CRV Boot Door

I discovered the boot door of my Honda CRV (2009 model) wouldn’t close properly. Upon close inspection, the rear latch was loose and hence the reason why it didn’t close. This is the latch I’m talking about. So I thought I’d remove the plastic mold cover so I could see why it was loose. That’s […]

July 18, 2013 / by Marco / cursor, google, hand brushes, palm of your hand

Touchfreeze – disable the touchpad while typing

Here’s a little great utility for Windows to disable the touchpad automatically while you are typing text. Why you may ask? Because sometimes, we may accidentally touch the touchpad with the palm of our hands which causes the mouse to move around the screen. So if you get annoyed when you are typing a document […]

July 10, 2013 / by Marco / google, gtalk, line basis, sessions, xxxx

What happened to Google Chat archived chat sessions in Gmail?

I recently noticed the chat sessions in Google Chat are archived in Gmail on a line by line basis. So each line is a new email. In the past, a chat session was just 1 long email containing the full conversation…what happened? Upon further investigation it appears that the change on my account is due […]

July 4, 2013 / by Marco / domain host, domain name, google, headaches, search result

Never let your domain name expire!

What I’ve learnt in the past few years about managing websites, page ranking and SEO is that your website is your biggest digital asset. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learnt is NEVER, EVER let your domain name EXPIRE. I recently forgot to renew the domain name businesslegions.com and when I received the last and […]

June 27, 2013 / by Marco / ebook, file formats, free licenses, pdf to word, portable document format

PDFZilla Free Time-limited Giveaway licenses

So I came across a site that mentioned giving away free licenses… so I thought I’d mention it here. Now if you look closely at this post’s title, it does say “Time-limited”, meaning that its free for all users and visitors who use the software for a period of time. The program is called PDFZilla […]

June 25, 2013 / by Marco / blue background, photos, white background

Blue or white background – which looks better

I was taking a macro photo of a Security lock on two different background and need your help. Which looks better? DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU’VE READ?Join our subscription list and receive our content right in your mailbox. If you like to receive some Great deals our Freebies then subscribe now! Name Email