<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>SkeyMedia</title> <atom:link href="http://skeymedia.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://skeymedia.com</link> <description>Blogging about Web Development and Website Management &#38; Monetization</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:34:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4</generator> <item><title>xcache Revisited</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-revisited/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-revisited/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:41:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xcache]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/xcache-revisited/</guid> <description><![CDATA[In an earlier post, I complained about xcache 1.2.1 doing nothing but bad things to my server. I ended up moving to eAccelerator for a while instead. Recently, I moved to some better hardware to handle my ever-increasing traffic, and &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/xcache-revisited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-revisited/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SEO in a world where the &#8220;SE&#8221; doesn&#8217;t &#8220;O&#8221;</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/seo-in-a-world-where-the-se-doesnt-o/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/seo-in-a-world-where-the-se-doesnt-o/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:04:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[301]]></category> <category><![CDATA[duplicate content]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/why-bother-with-seo/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I spend a ton of time working on SEO aspects of sites I work on. I&#8217;m also a pre-release team member over at vBSEO, a 3rd party SEO software add-on for vBulletin forums. Today, I question why I do this. &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/seo-in-a-world-where-the-se-doesnt-o/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/seo-in-a-world-where-the-se-doesnt-o/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IE6 AJAX hang on readyState 3</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/ie6-ajax-hang-on-readystate-3/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/ie6-ajax-hang-on-readystate-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:10:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ajax]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ie6]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/ie6-ajax-hang-on-readystate-3/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently ran into a problem that took me a few days to find a work around for. Running a basic AJAX POST, IE6 would hang up on readyState 3 for 200 seconds, throw an &#8220;Unspecified Error&#8220;, and then finally &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/ie6-ajax-hang-on-readystate-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/ie6-ajax-hang-on-readystate-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Freelance Programming Feedback</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/freelance-programming-feedback/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/freelance-programming-feedback/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:11:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/freelance-programming-feedback/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This post contains comments from people whom I&#8217;ve done custom work for in the WordPress, vBulletin, and vBSEO worlds. I&#8217;ve asked those that I&#8217;ve worked with before to leave a few words here about my quality of work. If I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/freelance-programming-feedback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/freelance-programming-feedback/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WordPress Permalinks on IIS with ISAPI_Rewrite</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/permalinks-iis-isapi/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/permalinks-iis-isapi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:50:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ISAPI Rewrite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[permalinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/permalinks-iis-isapi/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve run WordPress here on my CentOS box for nearly 4 years and am quite familiar with the software. Recently, I had a client on a Windows system request a blog be added to their web store. Their webstore is &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/permalinks-iis-isapi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/permalinks-iis-isapi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dreading Tax Season</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/dreading-tax-season/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/dreading-tax-season/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:02:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Off-Topic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/dreading-tax-season/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Every year around this time, I start getting nervous. The fear of getting audited constantly crosses my mind. No accountants around me have a clue about internet marketing. It really is a special niche that most have zero experience with. &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/dreading-tax-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/dreading-tax-season/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rand() isn&#8217;t Random</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/rand-isn-t-random/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/rand-isn-t-random/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:00:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rand Function]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SQL2000]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/rand-isn-t-random/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you use Microsoft SQL 2000, you&#8217;ve probably at one point had to pull random results. The built in rand() function simply doesn&#8217;t work. It gives you a random value the first time, and every time after it is the &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/rand-isn-t-random/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/rand-isn-t-random/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Toy for the Office</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/new-toy-for-the-office/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/new-toy-for-the-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:33:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Off-Topic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/new-toy-for-the-office/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christmas is coming, and so is the end of the year. I need to spend some money on my business so i don&#8217;t get taxed to hell like I did last year. So, I upgraded my office computer. I&#8217;m currently &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/new-toy-for-the-office/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/new-toy-for-the-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Getting the Big &#8220;Oops&#8221; from a Server</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/getting-the-big-oops-from-a-server/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/getting-the-big-oops-from-a-server/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:15:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[putty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xcache]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/getting-the-big-oops-from-a-server/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had some minor problems with xCache recently that ended up causing segfaults in my apache install. I had left my SSH putty session open last night and didn&#8217;t check my laptop before I trecked into the office this morning &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/getting-the-big-oops-from-a-server/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/getting-the-big-oops-from-a-server/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>xCache is More Trouble than it&#8217;s Worth</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-is-more-trouble-than-it-s-worth/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-is-more-trouble-than-it-s-worth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:29:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apache]]></category> <category><![CDATA[segfault]]></category> <category><![CDATA[server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xcache]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/xcache-is-more-trouble-than-it-s-worth/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two servers and a just about every option variation later, I&#8217;ve officially given up on xCache. The first round of problems involved caching config files and forms that needed to be updated all the time. I made exclude rules for &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/xcache-is-more-trouble-than-it-s-worth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/xcache-is-more-trouble-than-it-s-worth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Restart Windows via Remote Desktop</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/restart-windows-via-remote-desktop/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/restart-windows-via-remote-desktop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remote desktop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/restart-windows-via-remote-desktop/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ever try to restart a machine via remote desktop? I just ran into it for the first time tonight. I generally deal with linux servers and don&#8217;t ever RDP into them. Tonight, I needed to reboot a windows server. No &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/restart-windows-via-remote-desktop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/restart-windows-via-remote-desktop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Intro to CURL with PHP</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/intro-to-curl-with-php/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/intro-to-curl-with-php/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:29:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CURL]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/intro-to-curl-with-php/</guid> <description><![CDATA[CURL is a command-line style function to send data via a URL. WikiPedia has a more detailed article on what it is and does. Preface &#8211; your php installation on your server must be CURL-enabled. You can download the CURL &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/intro-to-curl-with-php/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/intro-to-curl-with-php/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Invision Power vs. vBulletin re-visited</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/invision-power-vs-vbulletin-re-visited/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/invision-power-vs-vbulletin-re-visited/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:03:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forum Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[invisionboard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phpbb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vbulletin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/invision-power-vs-vbulletin-re-visited/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a year and a half since I first left my impressions on the two systems. My original post received a lot of negative responses from both communities. I was called an IPB fanboy at vBulletin.org, and I was &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/invision-power-vs-vbulletin-re-visited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/invision-power-vs-vbulletin-re-visited/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Google AdSense to Release new Feature &#8211; Manage Ads</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:03:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Monetization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manage ads]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Google is releasing a new program shortly that lets you manage your ad units all from within the AdSense portal. It will be rolled out in phases, most likely starting with their top producers and trickling down like most of &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/google-adsense-to-release-new-feature-manage-ads/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to View Apache error logs</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/how-to-view-apache-error-logs/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/how-to-view-apache-error-logs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:32:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apache]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error_log]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux system admin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://skeymedia.com/how-to-view-apache-error-logs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re new to running your own server, sometimes just finding things is the hardest thing to do. I spent a good 15 min trying to find mine, so here&#8217;s some info to help you. Your system may vary. All &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/how-to-view-apache-error-logs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/how-to-view-apache-error-logs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Avoid the Mail Blackhole</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/avoid-the-mail-blackhole/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/avoid-the-mail-blackhole/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:11:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Server Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blackhole]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catch-all]]></category> <category><![CDATA[email]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spam]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skeymedia.com/server-administration/avoid-the-mail-blackhole/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I started running out of space on my /home volume recently, so i started looking around for random files and old crap i could delete to buy myself some more time before hardware upgrades. The log files were an obvious &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/avoid-the-mail-blackhole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/avoid-the-mail-blackhole/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yahoo Releases YSlow</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/yahoo-releases-yslow/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/yahoo-releases-yslow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skeymedia.com/programming/yahoo-releases-yslow/</guid> <description><![CDATA[YSlow is an add-on for the popular FireBug add-on for the popular browser, FireFox. Confused? It has neat tools to help you to improve your site&#8217;s load times, and rates you accordingly. I scored an F on my blog. haha &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/yahoo-releases-yslow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/yahoo-releases-yslow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Getting a Global Array to work in a Function</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/getting-a-global-array-to-work-in-a-function/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/getting-a-global-array-to-work-in-a-function/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:43:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[array]]></category> <category><![CDATA[globals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skeymedia.com/programming/javascript/getting-a-global-array-to-work-in-a-function/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently spent a lot of time debugging this code i was working on for what I thought would be a simple onchange event. The Issue: I have sizes and colors, but not all sizes are available in all colors, &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/getting-a-global-array-to-work-in-a-function/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/getting-a-global-array-to-work-in-a-function/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>It&#8217;s My Birthday, and I&#8217;ll post if I want to :)</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/its-my-birthday-and-ill-post-if-i-want-to/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/its-my-birthday-and-ill-post-if-i-want-to/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 06:44:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Off-Topic]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skeymedia.com/off-topic/its-my-birthday-and-ill-post-if-i-want-to/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in my parents house on a Win3.1 box with 8 MB of ram that cost 5 grand, on AOL v1.0 playing Minesweeper. The reality of it, is that was merely 10 &#8230; <a href="http://skeymedia.com/its-my-birthday-and-ill-post-if-i-want-to/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/its-my-birthday-and-ill-post-if-i-want-to/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Fall of CPC Advertising, Part Deux:  Yahoo buys Right Media</title><link>http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/</link> <comments>http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:28:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Monetization]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skeymedia.com/advertising/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/</guid> <description><![CDATA[earlier this month, Google announced its purchase of DoubleClick. Today, the news is out that Yahoo has bought Right Media. The fall of CPC advertising is coming soon.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://skeymedia.com/the-fall-of-cpc-advertising-part-deux-yahoo-buys-right-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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