Good lord, why are all my services going down? I have been trying to create a sandbox account with a fake buyer and seller account for a particular project I am working on so as to test the PayPal Payments Pro API integration. I have been trying to create this sandbox account for several days now and it's basically not working. Here's what happens: 1) From within the PayPal Sandbox ...

Being that this is something that I just had to figure out today, I thought I'd post up my notes which I found helpful on this topic. Let me know if you think anything else should be added. .htaccess files are/have/etc: created in notepad have no file name or different extension - just .htaccess (not file.htaccess) chmod to 644 (makes it usable by the server but prevents browser use) .htaccess is for Apache ...

I wrote something this morning about Wordpress having problems with "unexpected maintenance" all night on and off. It eventually seemed like it went away but I just tried to check my blog stats again and I got this: "As mentioned earlier we are currently doing some maintenance. Your dashboard is going to be unavailable for 5 hours." Good lord. I need my blog stats. Anyone have any clue what's going on ...

Here's some professional grade features that the top Social Networking sites use to stay on top: 1.) Ajax based tag suggestions - Fluther.com This is where when you start typing something into an input box, a little drop down window immediately appears which basically shows some suggested tags which it pulls from it's database of existing tags as you type each letter. The more you type, the more accurate the ...

SES (Search Engine Strategies) is the industry leading conference for the field of Search Engine Optimization. They do a world tour every year - I've gone to SES Toronto for the last two years and it's awesome though sometimes difficult to choose which of the three sessions you want to go to. You basically can only experience a third of what the conference has to offer though they ...

Maybe I just don't get out of the house much, maybe I spend too much time reading and not socializing (in the real world at least) but it has become apparent to me that there are still a LOT of people who believe anyone can "make a website". Someone recently said to my girlfriend, "...your boyfriend makes websites?? Pfff... I could make a website, big deal." Thanks man. First of all, ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Coolest_Features_of_Social_Networking_Sites'; "What do you think is the coolest thing about social networking sites?" I recently asked this question to some social networking site users, and these are their responses... -- you go to a singles dance or a networking event and everyone is different but the sponsor 's pull makes it not totally random. Similarly, each social networking site has its own population drawn to its uniqueness. -- Some are good, but ...

As of August 14th apparently traditional slide shows will be a thing of the past. Animoto combines your photos and music and creates a pretty nasty trailer-like video. Their competitive edge comes from their super secret AI technology which somehow determines how to display your photos according to the music.