Archive for "ToolBox"

PDF Undo – Convert PDF’s to Word

ToolBox Nov 22, 2008 7 Comments

I ran across this sweet new tool online for converting PDF files to Word documents. It’s called PDF UNdo. To be honest, I was skeptical at first, so I threw a couple of (what I would consider) complex PDF files its way. Just to see what it could handle. I was pleasantly surprised. It actually [...]

1337 – A Geek’s Language

General, ToolBox, Web Development Oct 23, 2008 16 Comments

I was talking with a buddy of mine the other day about passwords and Leet (1337). He didn’t know what I was talking about and it inspired me to write a post giving the basics. Leet (1337) is an alphabet of ASCII characters used by ‘elite’ internet users. Purposes for using Leet can vary, but [...]

Wufoo, Creating Forms the Easy Way

Design, ToolBox, Web Development Jul 25, 2008 5 Comments

Creating online forms can be intimidating. It took me a while before I got comfortable making a simple contact form; including form validation, submission to an email, etc. It’s not impossible, but not exactly something you can whip out in a few minutes (Well, not me anyway). Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just [...]

A simple CMS solution

Design, ToolBox, Web Development Jul 03, 2008 5 Comments

Let’s say you just got done designing a totally sweet web site for a customer. You show the design to them and they absolutely fall in love with it, but explain that they would really like to update the content themselves without having to call you all the time. You choke, cough a little and [...]

Domize: An Increddibly Fast Domain Name Search

ToolBox May 08, 2008 4 Comments

Just ran across this new and improved domain name search tool called Domize. There are lots of cool things about domize I could mention, but the one thing that really stuck out to me was how it encrypts all of your domain name searches (Notice the “https” in the URL). Good domain names are increasingly [...]