http://www.top10tech.com/web We run down the top 10 of every Web Tip conceivable! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:58:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just ran into a funny little bug on Utterz today. I just happened to joke around and send a message to @VerizonWireless only to discover that the user actually exists. (no idea if its the company or just a person) If its truly the company, then ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/27/video/can-i-get-a-block-here-forced-to-follow-verizon/ It would appear that just like the Native Americans in that picture, Bessie the fabulous yapping cow, may have gone the way of political correctness with this latest Utterz upgrade. I didn't notice it myself (just saw the bugs in the upgrade http://www.utterz.com/…Nzk5Mjg3NA ) but @MariAdkins astutely noticed that ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/26/video/politicaly-incorrect-mascot-as-art-hits-utterz/ Utterz is not likely to be anything like what you may have heard or been led to expect. No one has really nailed its capability in a description yet, but I will give it a try here with a new acronym. Utterz is possibly one of the first functional ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/20/video/utterz-is-the-first-ass-maaaps/ I don't change my profile head shots on different sites very often. I guess you could say I stick with my profile when I find one that I can live with. I don't dump my head shot at the earliest indication of bad weather, or inept lighting, a ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/08/blogging-tips/fair-weather-profiles-and-headshots/ You have to hand it to Google, they never miss an opportunity to smack their logo on an event, holiday, or goofy idea.  Since the Olympics are here, this is as good of a time as any to do just that once again, regardless of the problems and pitfalls that ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/08/search-engines/google-gos-gaga-for-080808-olympics/ For a couple weeks, I have been receiving lots and lots of spam that looks like a new and improved CNN mobile alert via email.  In the past, spam had a history of often times having spelling issues or looking less than professional. With the CNN alerts, the ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/08/security/spammers-blasting-away-with-cnn-alerts/ So I clicked the button to try the new facebook this morning. My first impression, was that it looks just like my old 'My Yahoo' page did except for this is social crap instead of news crap. :) My second impression was that this was a better ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/08/07/video/utterz-is-off-the-wall-facebook-stepped-on-it/ If you are hanging out at Utterz and haven't had a chance to see the new front page that greets people before they login and logout, Then check it out.  Unless you change connections with your wireless often, you might stay logged in most the time and never ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/07/29/blogging-tips/utterz/love-the-new-front-page/ I routinely run into questions about setting up 301 Redirects in situations that I have not encountered yet.  When I run into these new challenges, I do a quick Google search and never find the same answer twice about 301 Redirects. That said, today I had a quick refresher question ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/07/28/resources/best-301-redirect-resource-bookmark-this-link/   Notice the little item above after the word 'Replies' that reads 'mp3'.  If you click on that link it will play the mp3 file or you can right click and save link as or save target as to save the mp3 file ... http://www.top10tech.com/web/2008/07/27/video/2-ways-to-download-mp3-files-from-utterz/