In my last article we looked at some of the common Google search queries including, site:, inurl:, “brackets”, include (+), exclude (-), and the wildcard (*). You can also read my article on using Google operators for SEO. There are roughly 50 or 60 other operators I know of that can use on various Google [...]

Microsoft Windows 7 can only show a maximum of 15 icon sets (overlays) per application, and 4 of these spots are automatically taking by the Windows system its self. If you run Tortise SVN or Tortise Git you may have noticed the icons never appear to be displaying correctly. This could be because other programs [...]

Google has just announced it’s very own URL shortener: goo.gl. Url shorteners are used to make long url names short and snappy. For example, with goo.gl we can turn this URL: http://www.kintek.com.au/mobile-application-development, into this: goo.gl/3byP A great feature of goo.gl is it’s ability to instantly start receiving Google Analytics esk reporting. In the screenshot below [...]

Like any CSS Sushi Chef worth his Shio, you should be using a Reset CSS style sheet to bring all your browsers into line before you carve out your tasty styles. However sometimes when debugging someone elses work which might not have a Reset CSS stylesheet, you might find yourself taking a few stabs in [...]

The problem? Navicat MySQL 8.0.29 can’t connect to ntunnel_mysql.php Connection.
The culprit? c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
The solution? People have been talking about replacing the dll with one from XP. I was hesitant to replace my Vista dlls with ones from half a decade ago. Instead I opted for the working Win7 Beta dll