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Sending Google Alerts to a non-Gmail address

I’ve just done a bit of a search for this, but no one seems to have a real answer. So, I went with the most obvious option of using auto forwards. It would make sense for Google to allow you to just select a different confirmed address, but there’s a lot of things they do [...]

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WordPress On Windows IIS Permissions – The Magic Bullet

Sometimes people will be unfortunate enough to find themselves with no choice other than hosting WordPress on a Windows server. This is all kinds of horrible, as anyone who has every tried to do this will know that Windows permissions are an absolute pain in the ass. Things like auto-upgrading WordPress become a nightmare. Most [...]

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Windows on Mac: Don’t buy Parallels, VirtualBox Wins

We often get questions whether SpinChimp runs on Mac. Short answer is ‘no’, slightly longer answer is ‘yes, if you are computer literate enough to be able to install Windows on a Virtual Machine’. VM’s are unreal, and everyone who uses a Mac or PC on the regular really should be familiar with them. Taking [...]

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