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The website of Garry Conn is about computers, coding, CSS, HTML, Linux, MySQL, PHP, SEO, web design, web hosting and web servers. I enjoy working with computers, writing a few lines of code here and there, developing websites and learning as much as I can about Linux. These are the topics that I mainly write about on my website.

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Articles about Computers

How to Take Control Over Your Gmail Using Filters - Do you get a lot of junk emails? You might not know this, but using Gmail filters can help you better manage your email. Here's how to do it!
Published on Thu, Oct 25 2012
How to Remove the Fake FBI Virus From a HP G60-519WM - Details and log events on the repair of a HP G60 that was infected with the fake FBI computer virus
Published on Tue, Oct 23 2012
How to Keep Your Windows-Based Computer Safe From Spyware - The best way to keep your computer safe is to get rid of Microsoft. But if you just can't push yourself to leave Windows, getting SUPERAntiSpyware will help keep your computer safe
Published on Tue, Oct 23 2012
How to Repair Bad Sectors on a Hard Drive Using Linux - You could easily spend hundreds of dollars purchasing commercial software that is claimed to repair bad sectors on hard drives. Here is a way to do it for free using a basic Linux command.
Wednesday August 8, 2012 5:26 am

Articles about Linux

There is no excuse for not getting Netflix to work on Linux - I think it's very possible to watch Netflix on Linux and that no one is up to the challenge of figuring out how to do it.
Published on Tue, Mar 12 2013
Gnome makes it's way back into Ubuntu - Do you feel like Ubuntu has sucked lately? Perhps that's becuase of Unity. Good news, Gnome is coming back.
Published on Mon, Mar 11 2013
Has Linus Torvalds Always Used Profanity Online? - Does it seem like Linus Torvalds has increased his use of profanity online within that last year?
Published on Mon, Feb 25 2013
Reasons Why People Are Leaving Ubuntu For Debian - Here are some common reasons why people are starting switch from Ubuntu to Debian Linux.
Published on Sun, Jan 27 2013
What Are the Best Articles About Linux Written in 2012 - The buzz about Linux continues to increase, here is a great way to learn more if you are curious about Linux.
Published on Fri, Dec 14 2012
Is Debian Repackaging Versions of the Ubuntu Software Centre - It is suspected that Debian may be taking portions of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and rebranding it for their own use.
Published on Fri, Dec 14 2012
Lowes Uses Linux Point of Sale Computer Systems - Lowes seems to be doing things right with decision to use Linux to power their store computers and point of sale systems.
Published on Fri, Dec 14 2012
Debian vs Slackware - Which Operating System is Better and Why? - I have been using Debian full time for about two years. It's an amazing operating system. If I were to start using another Linux distro it would have to be Slackware. Which is better?
Published on Sun, Oct 07 2012
How to Get Linux Certified in Order to Find an Amazing Career in the IT Business - Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will soon have a Linux certificate program available that is geared to help you land a great paying job.
Published on Thu, Oct 04 2012
What Do You Think About Canonical Embedding Affiliate Links into Ubuntu - Ubuntu Embedding Amazon Affiliate Links Into Their Operating System In Order To Profit From Lesser Experienced Users Who Don't Know About Affiliate Marketing
Published on Thu, Oct 04 2012
How to Make a Symbolic Link in Linux - Learn how to quickly and easily make a symbolic link in linux.
Thursday August 9, 2012 12:44 pm
How to Format and Automatically Mount a Second Hard Drive in Linux - Adding, formatting and then configuring your Linux system to automatically mount a second hard drive isn't too difficult of a task. I will show you how to do this in a few quick and easy steps.
Tuesday July 31, 2012 7:59 pm

Articles about SEO

How to put a stop to other websites stealing your content - There are many websites that scrape RSS feeds and repost the content. In some cases the reposted content ranks better than your own in Google. Here's how to put a stop to other websites that steal your content.
Published on Sat, Mar 16 2013
How to manually add web pages into Google - Here is a quick and easy way to manually add a web page into Google for inclusion into their index.
Published on Mon, Mar 11 2013
How to Use 404: Page Not Found Errors to Increase High Quality Backlinks - How to increase backlinks to your website by redeeming credit for old backlinks that point to dead pages that no longer exist.
Published on Thu, Jan 24 2013
Google is No Longer Accepting New Sign-Ups For the Free Version of Google Apps - What do you think about Google's decision to no longer accept new sign-ups for the free version of Google Apps?
Published on Fri, Dec 07 2012
How to Fix Your Google Rankings if Your Got Busted For Low Quality Back Links - Google Now Offers a Way To Redeem Your Website If You Participated in Low Quality Back Link Schemes
Published on Tue, Oct 23 2012
How to Recover From the Latest Google Panda Update - The Latest Google Panda Update: #20 is said to impact 2.4% of English search queries. Are you one of those 2.4% affected? I believe it affected me!
Published on Thu, Oct 04 2012
How to Design Search Engine Friendly Drop Down Menus - To me, creating a perfect drop down menu is one of the most important parts of web design. Unfortunately, and I have no problem admitting this, my drop down menu design skills are not the best they could be. Partly this is due to limiting myself to designing drop down menus with HTML and CSS. However, here is finally an excellent tutorial on creating a search engine friendly drop down menu with HTML and CSS that looks just as good as others designed with Java or Flash.
Monday August 13, 2012 12:30 pm
How to Manually Create a Sitemap.xml File and Add it to Google - I want to show you how to quickly and easily create a sitemap.xml file from scratch and how to submit it into Google, as well as other search engines that use them.
Tuesday July 31, 2012 8:01 pm

Articles about Software

Should Google Chrome be Automatically Bundled with Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader? - With all the security issues that have been surfacing up with Adobe Flash, I have had to update this software multiple times within the last few months. Doing so has drawn my attention to how Google Chrome, by default, comes bundled with the Adobe Flash Player installer. It makes me wonder how much Google is paying Adobe to bundle Google Chrome into Adobe's installer? Do you think it's right for Google Chrome to automatically download and install on a users computer? Not only that, but do you think it's right for Google Chrome to also be automatically setup as the system default web browser?
Published on Sun, Mar 24 2013

Articles about Web Design

Download Antivirus Software WordPress Plugin - Here are some useful tips on keeping your WordPress blog virus free and safe from attacks
Published on Mon, Jan 28 2013
How to Run a Website Speed Test - Do you want to know how fast your website loads up? Check out Pingdom Tools website speed test and dns health test.
Published on Wed, Jan 16 2013
How to Choose Website Fonts that Work on Windows, Mac and Linux Computers - Choosing fonts for your website that work on all types of computers can be challenging. My goal is to make this process much easier. Here is how.
Published on Sat, Dec 08 2012
How to Add Rounded Corners Without Having To Know CSS - Learn how to add rounded corners to sections of your website or blog without having to know how CSS
Published on Fri, Dec 07 2012
Who Needs a Sidebar? - Are sidebars in web pages really needed? I guess that all depends on the website.
Published on Mon, Oct 22 2012
How to Display Google AdSense To Search Traffic Only - Here is an easy, practical and simple way to display Google AdSense only to visitors referred from search engines and display nothing for everyone else (ie regular visitors).
Tuesday October 2, 2012 12:21 pm
What Are the Most Popular Blogs About Web Design - Here is a list of the most recent posts from some of the top best blogs about web design. On this page you can read the most recent posts from these blogs and get some of the best tips and tricks about website design quickly and easily all from one page.
Monday August 13, 2012 1:21 pm

Articles about Web Hosting

What Are Some Favorite Less Popular Web Hosting Companies - It's not hard to find the popular web hosting companies. However, here is a list of some favorite and affordable less popular web hosting companies.
Published on Mon, Jan 28 2013
What Are Your Opinions About Cloud-Based Web Hosting - VIDEO: Simon Anderson, CEO of Dreamhost, talks about Linux and Cloud Web Hosting plans
Published on Tue, Oct 30 2012
How to Find Low-Cost VPS Web Hosting Services - Compared to shared web hosting, VPS hosting services are expensive! However, with VPS you get so much more. And now it doesn't have to come with a high price! Take a look and see how you too can enjoy VPS web hosting for the same price as shared web hosting.
Wednesday October 3, 2012 1:24 pm

Articles about Web Servers

There's a lot of useful information in your Apache web server error.log file - I have known about the error.log file for a long time and time to time check it when I have a problem but if you look in more detail, there is a lot of useful information in the file
Published on Mon, Mar 11 2013
How to Run a LAMP Web Sever Using a Raspberry Pi - Is it possible to run a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP) Web Server Using a Raspberry Pi?
Published on Mon, Oct 15 2012
What is the Oldest Running Web Server Online? - I run this website along with many others on a very old web server, a Compaq Proliant ML-350. So, I wondered what was the oldest active and running web server online today. Here's what I found out.
Published on Thu, Oct 04 2012
How to Optimize Apache on a Pentium III Web Serverr - Simple advice, tips and tricks on how to optimize Apache web server running on an older Pentium III computer.
Monday October 1, 2012 8:14 am
How to fix the bash: rsync: command not found error - In the process of setting up an automatic web server backup I discovered that there was an issue with rsync. I noticed after getting everything setup, backups were not being made to my remote server.
Monday August 13, 2012 6:20 pm

Articles about General Topics

Testing image upload width - Testing image upload width
Published on Mon, May 13 2013
Testing Image Uploading - Just a test to see if image uploading works
Published on Mon, May 13 2013
Testing - Just a test
Published on Tue, Apr 30 2013
how many pennies would fit in a 4 ft deep 20 ft by 40 ft swimming pool? - Can you guess the answer? I would like to know how many pennies would fit into a swimming pool that is 4 feet deep and is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long.
Published on Thu, Jan 17 2013
What Do You Think About My Custom Blog Publishing System - It has taken me a long time to do it, but I finally finished the development of my own custom blog publishing system.
Published on Wed, Oct 03 2012