SimpleHomeNet has already manufactured a few products that aimed to achieve the same functionality as the NetLinc. They are all quite a bit more expensive though:
EZSrve Insteon/X10 Home Automation Gateway ($209.99)

EZBridge PLM Combo ($199.99)

I’ll be ordering my NetLinc soon and can envision my Insteon USB PowerLinc on EBay shortly after!

Secure Password Storage
When you sign up for your new account and enter your password for the first time, your password is hashed (one way encryption) and stored into the database. This hash is a one way avenue. It can’t (in most cases) be decrypted, thus no way for anyone to retrieve the original password. So, if you can’t see the original password then how are you able to log back in? When you revisit the site and enter your password, it is hashed, using the original algorithm, and then it’s compared to the stored (hashed password). If the two match, you are granted access.

Original Password -> SHA-1/MD5/Other Hash -> Database Storage
Login Password -> SHA-1/MD5/Other Hash -> Result is Compared to Database (Hashed)

Unsecure Password Storage
When you sign up for your new account and enter your password for the first time, your password is sent directly to the database. In some cases it might be encrypted using a weak algorithm that can be unencrypted or decrypted. When you revisit the site to log back in, the password that you enter is compared directly to the one (or decrypted one) stored in the database.

Original Password -> Database Storage
Login Password -> Result is Compared to Database (Plain Text)

Using Mootools:

function stopLoad()
{
   $try(
      function(){window.stop()},
      function(){document.execCommand('Stop')}
   )
}

Using Prototype:

function stopLoad()
{
   Try.these(
      function(){window.stop()},
      function(){document.execCommand('Stop')}
   )
}

So you want to add content to the bottom of your web page without reloading the whole page or DIV that the majority of your content is located in? You could add a separate DIV to the bottom of your page and use the document.getElementByID(’myDIV’).innerHTML = xmlHttp response; method to append the new content…

But, what if you want to append multiple times?

• add rows to your favorite database’s front end
• add stories to the front page, as the user scrolls down, like on DZone’s home page
• use it on the top end to dynamically stack new content without user intervention

Why not include new DIV tags within your response code?

Existing DIV at the bottom of your page:

<div id=”newdiv001″>

</div>

xmlHttp Response from the server:

latest news flash here</div>
<div id=”newdiv002″>

After it’s inserted into your existing DIV, it’ll look like this:

<div id=”newdiv001″>
latest news flash here</div>
<div id=”newdiv002″>

</div>

… and now “newdiv002″ is ready to take the next response.
The important thing to remember here, is to keep track of your DIV ids. By using a number at the end of your id’s name, you can keep track of it with a simple counter.

“whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available”

- software for linux. LinuxMCE has recently announced beta support for the PLM 2412s module. This Power Linc Modem (PLM) is a simpler version of the, more common, Power Linc Controller (PLC). It has the ability to send both Insteon and X-10 commands, but not as a stand alone unit.

LinuxMCE provides drivers, written in Ruby, for both the PLM and the EZBridge. The EZBridge “bridges” your Insteon controller to your ethernet network. The EZBridge isn’t cheap though ($154.99 at the time of this writing). Being that it’s an ethernet device, it could potentially allow you to control your devices while you’re away from home.

While this doesn’t seem like a huge leap for LinuxMCE, it definitely shows that Insteon won’t get left in the dark.

The other way to request a date range is to pass a date parameter in the URL:

Example:
https: //google.com….dashboard?…&pdr=20080109-20080109

parameter: pdr

value: 20080109-20080109 (YearMonthDay-YearMonthDay)

Greasemonkey is a Firefox Add-on that allows customized JavaScript to be added to any web page that you visit.

I’ve written a user script called Analytics Today that sets your Analytics date range to the current day instead of 1 month. You can still obviously change the range just as you do now. Please feel free to try it out. I’ve included it, along with source code, below!

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Download it here -> AnalyticsToday.user.js

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Source Code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name Analytics Today
// @namespace blog.dansnetwork.com
// @description Sets Google Analytic’s default date range to today.

//@include https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting*

// @exclude
// ==/UserScript==

var url = window.location.href;
var urlParam = “&pdr=”;

var today = new Date();
var day = today.getDate();
var month = today.getMonth() + 1;
var year = parseInt(today.getFullYear());
var todaysRange;

if(day < 10)
day = ‘0′ + parseInt(day);
if(month < 10)
month = ‘0′ + parseInt(month);

var todaysRange = year + month + day + ‘-’ + year + month + day;

if(url.indexOf(urlParam) < 0)
window.location.href += ‘&pdr=’ + todaysRange;

I’ve been an ING DIRECT customer for some time now. It’s a great way to bank. I pay all of our bills from their bill pay system and they even give you the ability to send paper checks to just about anyone at no cost.

Over the holidays our 8 month old son acquired some cash for his first Christmas. This is what pushed us to open an “Orange” savings account for him. Minors aren’t allowed to have their own, stand alone, savings account, so the account had to be a joint account.

ING DIRECT has a referral program that gives you money for every person that you can get to sign up and make an initial deposit of $250. After the deposit, you get $10 and the new customer gets $25. You can have up to 25 referrals, which means you could potentially make $250 for getting people to join. I wanted to use this method for enrolling my son in his first savings account. There isn’t a guide on ING’s website to walk you through the process, so I’ve put one together here.

Here’s how it works:

1. Send a referral email, to yourself, for your child.
2. Use the link, in the provided email, to sign up. You’re going to need your child’s social security number and birth date (in case you forgot).
3. Make sure you select “joint” account from the drop down (when you get to it). Fill in the appropriate fields with your child’s information. Most people put their child as the primary person on the account. They do this for tax purposes.
4. For the secondary person on the account, you’ll need to enter your ING DIRECT customer number.
5. The part where you are asked to enter bank account information is where I got lost. I ended up calling them on the phone to get some clarity. In order for the referral program to work, the initial $250 must come from a bank outside of ING DIRECT’s realm. This is the reason they are asking for bank account information. I gave them the same account numbers that are on the account that I already have verified with ING DIRECT (it’s a credit union). After entering your routing and account numbers, you must specify who’s name(s) are on the account. Just select your name. You do not have the option to select your child’s name. (This doesn’t mean that your child’s name has to be on the (non-ingdirect) account with yours.) Minors aren’t allowed to have accounts in their name. This is why you don’t have the option to select them.
6. Now that the account is set up, there should be $25 available in your child’s account and $10 added to your account. The initial $250 is unavailable for 10 days. You should be able to view your child’s account in your control panel, under the name you assigned it during enrollment.

Opening one of these accounts for your child provides an easy way for you to save money for their future. When they’re old enough, they can log into ING DIRECT themselves and monitor their saving’s progress.

Photoshop has a handy feature that allows you to save images for web use. It allows you to save images as JPGs, GIFs, and PNGs. It also allows you to resize your image before saving it. Some time ago I noticed that some of my images had a thin white border around them. I believe this to be a result of image resizing. After some trial and error, I found a couple of ways to fix this problem.

Before you “Save For Web”

1. Try to resize your image first: Image -> Image Size…

2. Try to “Flatten” your layers first: Layer -> Flatten Image

If all else fails open your file, after you’ve Saved For Web, and paint around the edges with the same color as your background. Once you’re done painting just: File -> Save

I downloaded the upgrade package from phpBB’s (3.0.0) download page. After uploading the /install directory and it’s contents to the server, I pointed my web browser to http://myserver/phpBB3/install/ to begin the process. The current version of phpBB is checked and then the database is updated. This portion of the upgrade took only a few seconds.

The next step is what I was waiting for:

The upgrade scripts check for file differences.

After the differences are collected, the option to merge, existing and new files, is given.

It gives you the option to:
Merge, Use The New File, or Keep The Old
Merge is selected by default.

The script can use the File Transfer Protocol to upgrade/merge your files. This was very easy. Just enter your username, password and path.

All of my files were successfully merged, which preserved ALL of my previous modifications. I am now fully upgraded to phpBB version 3.0.0/Olympus.