Sep 8, 2008

I have talked about how to keep the comment bots from leaving a ton of spam comments on your WordPress blog before. That method works but it is a little clumsy

Sep 5, 2008

While I have been working on the Internet for quite a while, for some reason I have never really considered registering my name as a domain name. I am sure I checked at one time to see if leerobertson.com was available but it must have been taken at the time

Sep 2, 2008

Google Chrome web browser has been released to the world now and I just could not help but download it and install it to see how it looks and works. My first impressions are that it installed quickly and runs fast. The install was smooth. Chrome even imported all of my

Sep 2, 2008

Ever since Jott left beta I have noticed an increase in traffic here of people searching for a Jott promo code to save a few dollars on their Jott subscription. I like Jott, don't know if I will be signing up for Jott Pro quite yet. I just don't use

Sep 1, 2008

I first read about this project over at Google Blogoscoped. Apparently they sent a comic book in the mail talking about Google Chrome, Google's Web Browser project. Google's official blog now has a post on the project. Looks like they sent out a copy of the comic book early. TechCrunch

Aug 28, 2008

Many years ago in a web shop far far away I remember being shown how to create a background that tiled. It did not take me long to be able to create my own in Photoshop. Fast forward to today and you no longer need Photoshop to be able to

Aug 27, 2008

There have been a number of transitions in my life lately. Most notably we packed up our house in Rosthern, Saskatchewan and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan so my wife could take a new position in the city. It has meant a great deal

Aug 19, 2008

I have been using Google's GMail for all my email for roughly a year and a half now. It is great that I can access it from almost anywhere, including my mobile phone. I have always made sure I connected to GMail using SSL but reading Slashdot this morning I

Aug 7, 2008

It has been a very hectic week here getting ready for the move to Regina. Not a lot of extra time to post on the blog. Not only have I been busy packing but Sasktel my Internet provider apparently cut my Internet service off 11 days early. After trying to

Aug 5, 2008

When I was a kid I used to hate watching television in the summer. Looking back that was probably not a bad thing since it got me outside and playing, but the reason I hated watching television during the summer was because all of the shows were reruns. I