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Marketing

Publishing Press Releases

December 15, 2016February 6, 2023Lance Cleveland

The launch of MySLP, a new SaaS version of Store Locator Plus, requires marketing and promotion to ensure we get enough traffic to recoup my investment in that project. Just…Continue readingPublishing Press Releases

Apple Technology

iOS (and now Android) Has A Better Keyboard

December 13, 2016Lance Cleveland

Did you know your iOS device can extend the keyboard you use to type just about everything? Installing Google from the Apple play store allows you to activate Maps, Drive,…Continue readingiOS (and now Android) Has A Better Keyboard

Mobile Technology

AsteroidOS Open Source Alternative To Androidwear

December 11, 2016Lance Cleveland

Androidwear has long been a second class citizen , especially when living on an iPhone. Hopefully this open source attempt at a watch OS can help Android watches regain lost…Continue readingAsteroidOS Open Source Alternative To Androidwear

Music Technology

Configuring VirtualBox As A nginx RTMP Server

November 27, 2016Lance Cleveland

Intro This is how I went about building a version of nginx that supports RTMP media streaming on an Ubuntu 16.04 VirtualBox. It is not a simple plug-and-play exercise but…Continue readingConfiguring VirtualBox As A nginx RTMP Server

Programming Languages Technology

PHP Can (Still) Be The Worst At Object And Memory Management

November 10, 2016Lance Cleveland

More than 5 years after I first started delving into the PHP world thanks to client demands and our first foray into WordPress programming, one universal truth remains the same. …Continue readingPHP Can (Still) Be The Worst At Object And Memory Management

Databases Technology

Performance Benefits Of COUNT(*) In SQL

November 5, 2016Lance Cleveland

This is something I often come across in code. Just came across it in our MySLP project today , in fact. SELECT count(id) FROM my_table While the performance impact of…Continue readingPerformance Benefits Of COUNT(*) In SQL

Apple Technology

OS/X Sierra – External Display Issues

October 18, 2016Lance Cleveland

If you’ve not yet updated to OS/X Sierra you may want to wait for the 0.1 release. Many users experience no issues when upgrading but more than a few are…Continue readingOS/X Sierra – External Display Issues

Technology

Lessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

October 15, 2016Lance Cleveland

Stupid computers. That is exactly how I feel after beating my head against the wall for the past week while migrating several sites to a new nginx server. These are…Continue readingLessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

Licensing Music

Amazon Music Recapturing Music Fans – Repeat Play

October 13, 2016Lance Cleveland

It’s the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend – Same Old Song And Dance by Aerosmith There has been a lot of media hype about…Continue readingAmazon Music Recapturing Music Fans – Repeat Play

Technology

CrashPlan Pro Headless Server Configuration on OS/X

October 11, 2016Lance Cleveland

The CrashPlan Pro documentation is incomplete and difficult-to-follow at best when it comes to configuring a new headless server using the OS/X CrashPlan Pro client. Here is the info you…Continue readingCrashPlan Pro Headless Server Configuration on OS/X

Technology

Amazon Search Tricks

August 25, 2016Lance Cleveland

Here are some tricks I use at Amazon when searching for products. I just realized today that many people don’t know these “hacker” options. Search For NOT That To search…Continue readingAmazon Search Tricks

Technology

Intro To Amazon Compute Instances (EC2)

August 17, 2016Lance Cleveland

Here are some “crib notes” on setting on an Amazon compute instance based on my most recent research (Aug 2016). You may find some of these notes useful or interesting…Continue readingIntro To Amazon Compute Instances (EC2)