Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 30, 2006 in
Web Tools
If you run a website for very long, either you or your client will want to do a survey. Magazines, for example, often want to do readership surveys to see how well their content is meeting readers’ needs. Organizations like to ask questions about their services. Many of them sign up with a service like [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 28, 2006 in
Web Development
I was recently asked to quote on a project that involved determining a person’s: ZIP+4 code from a street address and five-digit ZIP code and the Congressional district from the ZIP+4 code. My first thought was to contact the U.S. Postal Service to see what they offered. They offer something called the ZIP+4 Product, which [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 24, 2006 in
Web Development
Despite my earlier bad experience with Firefox, on the PC, on the Mac it runs great. So much so that I might start using it as my default browser. One reason for this are the cool extensions that are available for it. Here are two of them, written by Kevin Freitas, that are very simple [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 14, 2006 in
Web Tools
I’ve been blogging for quite a while now. My amateur radio blog, for example, has been online for nearly four years now. In addition to my ham radio blog, I also blog on automotive testing at AutoTestNews.Com. But even though I’ve been at it so long, there are always new things to learn. For example, [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 11, 2006 in
Web Development
The August 2006 issue of Internet Retailer includes the article, “When web hosting turns into a disaster.” This article documents problems that can occur when an Internet retailer chooses a Web hosting company with less than stellar customer service. They then go on to describe how to choose a Web host and how to get [...]