Author Archives: J.D. H.

Google Analytics and site visitor IP addresses

A buddy sent me an email today saying that he had a bunch of simultaneous visitors to his work’s website today. All the visitors were from Seattle and he wanted to know if they were legit or not. How did he know they were from Seattle? Google Analytics told him so*. I suggested that we reverse DNS their IP addresses to see what their company (or at least their ISP). He told me he didn’t know how to find their

Exede satellite internet VPN performance review

NOTE: if you are looking for general (non-vpn) performance info about Exede, here is my Exede review. 🙂 Exede VPN Performance If you are like me and sometimes need to use a VPN for work or privacy you may be interested in how VPN over Exede works. So here are a few results from testing a VPN connection over Exede. Summary: It is not the ideal VPN solution, but it is reliable and can get the job done in a pinch. Details:

How to check your Amazon mp3 credit balance

If you are like me you periodically receive free Amazon.com downloads credits in small amounts like $1, $3, $5 etc. This is really cool but sometimes it is hard to remember how much credit I have accumulated at any particular time. If you have this same issue, and if you want to know exactly how much Amazon credit you have available, here is how you can check your balance: #1 Go to this Amazon page: (Amazon ‘How to Redeem Your

Error 109 when applying for an EIN online

Recently I was applying for an EIN online at the irs.gov website. I was on the very last step and received an error referencing error number 109: I was using the Google Chrome browser the first time I applied, so I switched to Internet Explorer and attempted the application again. This time the application completed successfully. If you are using Chrome and receive a similar error at the end of the application process, I recommend retrying with Internet Explorer. Hopefully that

Enable Fuji HS30EXR RAW + JPEG mode

The Fuji Finepix HS30EXR supports shooting in RAW+JPEG. This is a wonderful change from most ‘superzooms’ which are stuck with JPEG only. However, it took me a bit to find the settings location for turning on shooting in RAW. I hope the following photos will help you locate the setting more quickly than I did the first time 🙂 [end] Top Search Terms:hs30exr tips (4)fujifilm hs30exr raw (2)fuji hs30exr (2)fujifilm finepix hs30exr raw how to enable (1)fujifilm finepix hs30exr rar (1)fuji

NEW Huggies enjoy the ride reward code

Here is a free Huggies “Enjoy the ride” reward code I hope this helps you if you’re collecting the points, and if someone redeems it before you get to itplease know that I’ll be posting more in the future so stay posted! Top Search Terms:huggies reward codes (12)huggies enjoy the ride codes (11)huggies rewards codes (10)enjoy the ride rewards codes (5)new huggies rewards codes (5)free huggies reward codes (4)huggies reward code (4)offer code for huggies rewards (4)new free huggies reward

Google Nexus 7 USB file transfer speeds

When connecting Nexus 7 to Lenovo X220* laptop via USB: I get about 3-4MBs when writing to the Nexus 7.  The files being written were large video files, smaller file transfer (like music/mp3s files) copied at about 2-3MBs… I get closer to 7-8MBs when copying from the Nexus 7 to the laptop. NOTE: The X220 was running Windows 7 in these tests. Top Search Terms:nexus 7 usb transfer speed (16)nexus 7 usb speed (15)nexus 7 transfer speed (6)nexus 7 copy

GoDaddy 2013 Renewal Coupon Code: 20% off

UPDATE: this coupon code works for new domain names too and is still valid as of June 2013! I just renewed a number of domains on GoDaddy and this coupon code saved me 20% off of my order: GDBBA547 (actually the savings percentage in the cart was listed as 47%) If you are renewing domains (UPDATE: or purchasing new domains) I hope this coupon helps! 🙂 PS if you like this GoDaddy coupon code, please rate it from 1 to

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