Computers and Technology
News
News about technology or whatever else
Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Jan 23rd
Alright, it’s finally out. The famed 3.6 that will have a tremendous CSS3 support and all that other crap 
If you have it, check out my CSS3 tutorials to see how it works on backgrounds, border and opacity, and other border properties.
I’m running Mozilla 3.6 right now, so let me tell you what I think about it:
The Good Stuff
New Year, new stuff
Jan 4th
Yay! Happy New Year to everyone. We’ve changed some things around here on Dave PC Guy. As you’ll notice, the theme looks a bit different and it’s much cleaner. I don’t know, I like it better this way.
We’ve also added a contact form to our contact page so that you won’t have to e-mail us directly. It’s much better
We will also be launching a new part of Dave PC Guy that will finally offer out PSD to XHTML/CSS conversion services, as well as other designing services. It’s going to be pretty bad-ass.
Only A Quote
Dec 23rd
We here at DavePCGuy have finally launched our first independent website, done completely without an outside sponsor!
It’s called Only A Quote. Basically, what it is, is a database of quotes from different kinds of places (added one at a time to ensure quality) where the users only see a single quote with a random button and other information. You click the “Random” button and you get another quote. It’s a lot nicer than all the other quote websites because it’s not just some stupid quotes in a table with a lame design.
More >
Google Voice Giveaway!
Nov 6th
Hey everyone, Dave and I are hosting a giveaway. We’ve recently stumbled upon a large number of Google Voice invites and we’re prepared to give them away. Because honestly, we’ve already used a large number of those on ourselves, and neither Dave nor I can keep up with twelve different numbers.
More >
Google Dashboard?
Nov 5th
Ah, so google came out with yet another feature. Some time ago, I talked about the Google Social Search that was in its developmental stage. Well, Google just came out with its new Google Privacy Dashboard. It’s another step for Google to become more transparent and less, mischievous. Read about their Google Privacy effort, it looks like they’re really trying. More >
Google Social Search
Oct 26th
Google Social Search is a new Google feature that seems to be another addition to Google’s long list of diverse services that include AdSense, Blogspot, etc
It’s finally here, or it will be pretty soon. The “Social Search” is basically an extension to google that searches through your friend’s list on variety of social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. Okay, now don’t start laughing. Why do I say that? Oh COME ON! FLICKR?! Flickr is owned by Yahoo inc. who is THE competitor to Google Inc. in every way possible. Yahoo teamed up with Microsoft to create bing. Yahoo has its own Ad system, and so does Google with Google Ads. More >
Windows 7 is OLD NEWS!
Oct 25th
Windows 7 is here! Dave already installed his and will probably write an article about it, but before THAT happens. Let’s look at all the other stuff we’re looking forward to.
More >
OS Battle (IBM pairs up with Ubuntu)
Oct 21st
IBM and Ubuntu article
I was roaming around slashdot and found an interesting article on the Linux distro Ubuntu. It turns out IBM and Ubuntu are walking hand in hand together, trying to counter Windows 7 dominion (it’s coming out pretty soon, isn’t it?). I personally love Ubuntu but I can never migrate to it because Ubuntu does not have any of the Adobe products that I love to use (ie. Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver…) which means I use Ubuntu only when I’m at school and need a quiet, reliable OS that loads OpenOffice within a couple seconds.
Ubuntu is highly reliable when it comes to speed. My computer loads within half a minute with Ubuntu while it takes up to five minutes until my Windows XP SP3 connects to internet and Open Office loads up. Nevertheless, I still can’t use Ubuntu for every day tasks I’m involved in (by every day, I mean PHP, HTML, and CSS development that requires me to use DreamWeaver). Hopefully soon, I’ll migrate to Linux and use something other than that blasted Dreamweaver but until that day comes, I’m stuck with Windows.
What’s amazing now is that Ubuntu, a single Linux distro, has all the might of IBM behind it through the Microsoft-free PC project. With that comes the Open Collaboration Client Solution software which right now encompasses Lotus Symphony and Notes (do a little research on those, okay?). What it means for users like me is that there will be an increase of Ubuntu apps to replace its Windows counterparts. Now, don’t get all Ubuntu-HxC-User on me because I know there is a database of Linux applications to replace Windows software, but we all know it’s just not the same. Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 is not the same as using Gimp. So don’t even try that on me.
To do:
Oct 20th
I thought I’d start updating on what our plans here at davepcguy.com are.
Article:
I’m currently writing two different articles, one is one Good PHP Practices which deals with good habits while writing code. I’m basically aggregating different articles that deal with this and highlighting the most important ones.
Next, I’ll be comparing the different URL shortlinks, and I’m well on the way with that. It’s an interesting article comparing bit.ly, tinyurl.com, and other such services. More >
Where to learn PHP
Oct 11th
So you want to learn PHP, huh? I implore you to learn the HTML basics and some CSS first. CSS is not mandatory but it’ll come handy. HTML’s mandatory because of forms. Forms are essential for user data input and other actions in PHP.
Use these websites as guidelines, you’ll have to learn PHP on your own basically. Flip through them and whenever you can’t understand one part, get on another website and research it there. It’s how I’ve learned PHP. Get a book or two on PHP as well, they are structured very differently than online websites and some even feature a CD with example scripts. Most websites do not. Use this article wisely and most important of all, have fun.
More >