How to speed up page load times by compressing .php, .css and .js files on Apache web hosts that do not have mod_gzip or mod_deflate enabled.

How to disable the ‘Automatically check for Adobe updates’ feature by editing or replacing a settings file while avoiding the GUI.

A collection of useful links for managing Flash Player across a user-base. Direct downloads to the latest versions, a version test page, RSS feeds, and the Settings Manager.

A collection of useful AirPort Utility and AirPort Extreme Base Station links.

A guide to creating a bootable USB drive that can be used to install any version of Windows 7, and a neat trick for extending the 30-day trial to 120 days.

I thought it would be handy to have some direct downloads to the Citrix XenApp web client software for Windows, particularly as the Citrix people can’t settle on a name for their product and the web site changes every 15 minutes. Citrix Online Plug-in – Version 11.2 Release Date: 9/29/2009 Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2003, [...]

Fixing a USB flash drive that pops up “Please insert a disk into drive X:.” when the drive letter is clicked, reports 0 bytes capacity in the properties, and cannot be formatted in Windows.

How to build a free VMware cold clone boot CD using MOA, the 180-day trial version of Windows Server 2003, and the freely available VMware Converter.

A PHP script to protect a download by generating a unique link. Each time you visit a page, a unique link is created that can be shared. The link will expire after a certain amount of time or number of uses. With some work, this could be integrated with your Paypal “thank you” page.

A plugin replacement for wp_get_archives that displays each post’s date.