Tag Archives: Internet

IIS and redirecting a page with a Query String

Microsoft has added to the redirect function in IIS to allow for Query Strings. Example: In the Redirect to box, enter the domain you wish to move to (no trailing slash), plus $S$Q – for example, http://www.tek-works.com$S$Q What does this $S$Q do? These are tags that IIS will automatically replace – $S will be replaced [...]

A Day of Array

I knew today’s online app would be a pain, because I more/less learned .net from playing around there are many things that I’ve skipped because I haven’t needed them. Array’s is one of those things, I know their a huge part of working with data but so far I’ve only had to read them, loop [...]

ASP.NET MultiLine TextBox, Wrap Doesn’t Work

So a short post on something I came across today at work. The title of this post is ASP.NET MultiLine TextBox, Wrap Doesn’t Work because that’s what I searched for and it took me forever to find the answer. Everyone wants to tell me to add the property of multiline, well I had that.. What [...]

Why is Your Site Slow?

Image via CrunchBase My wife and I have had a blog site for awhile but just recently we’ve started actually blogging on it. So quickly one night I added a new theme, updated the old version of wordpress that was on the site and added a few plugins for lightbox images and flickr images. Tested [...]

Bringing Traffic to Your Site

I have friends that ask me how I end up with hundreds of hits even when my site hasn’t been updated in months (Which I’m changing lately!) They think that someone needs to buy traffic through Google or have some secret, the truth is, you can find traffic, it takes your time but doesn’t cost [...]

You can Almost get rid of Cable

Image via CrunchBase For a couple months now I’ve been testing new software called Boxee. Boxee allows me to watch many of the online video sites on my television. As of now there are different versions for different OS’s, some allow Netflix while orhers have ABC, still lacking behind is the Apple TV setup, but [...]

Sharing Your Bookmarks / Favorites

Image via CrunchBase First off, if you’re not using firefox for internet browsing, get your butt over to firefox.com and download it. Firefox allows you to have addons or plugins that help you with daily task, One of my favorite is Diigo. Diigo allows me to share bookmarks with others or just myself. While I [...]

Fixing TurboTax BootStrapper Setup Failed

Image via Wikipedia Update: See user comments below for the Turbo Tax 2010 fix Update #2: If you still need the .Net Clean up tool, the Link has moved to here. Last night some friends called and told me they were having problems installing Intuit’s TurboTax, every time they tried to install it Turbo Tax [...]

Thank you Google Maps

The above photo of my driveway was brought to you by Google Maps, who I guess likes to take street view images of your house on garbage pickup day.. But I guess this is also a good image to say it’s time to take all the trash out and restart blogging again on Tek-Works. As [...]

Be an expert Google Searcher

Over at MakeUseOf.com They’ve published a list of tips to optimize and streamline your Google searches. Everyone know about using quotes, + and – but some of the best and less known are: * This is the so called wildcard. The asterisk represents a missing word, use it to let Google fill in any potential [...]