http://www.askdavetaylor.com/ Industry guru Dave Taylor answers questions about a wide variety of technical and business topics, including online advertising, Sony PSP, Web design, management, Linux, SEO, MySpace help, Mac OS X, shell script programming, Microsoft Windows and all the latest gadgets and mp3 devices. en-us 2008-08-19T08:54:28-07:00 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/369112307/what_is_ebay_auction_fever.html <p>More than once I've seen people talk about getting into "bidding fever" or "auction fever" regarding eBay and other online auction services and I'm wondering what that's all about?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_is_ebay_auction_fever.html">What is eBay auction fever?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=gxnF2G"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=gxnF2G" border="0"></img></a></p> Auctions and Online Shopping Dave Taylor 2008-08-19T08:54:28-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_is_ebay_auction_fever.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/368120466/what_html_tag_to_use_b_or_strong.html <p>Just a quick question: as I'm figuring out HTML, I've learned that "&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;" will make the inner text bold, but why are we seeing "&lt;strong&gt;" being used these days? Is there a difference?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_html_tag_to_use_b_or_strong.html">What HTML tag should I use, &lt;b&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=ADu1v3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=ADu1v3" border="0"></img></a></p> HTML and CSS Dave Taylor 2008-08-18T07:35:12-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_html_tag_to_use_b_or_strong.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/367324328/review_blackberry_curve_8310.html <p>I am old enough to remember when all you could do with a phone is make a call…heck I remember rotary dial telephones. I think my parents' were the last in the state to get with touchtone. I kept teasing them that the Smithsonian is going to come and confiscate their rotary phone.</p> <p>In the 80's, I had one of those "mobile phones" there were the size of a loaf of bread, and weighed about the same as a third grader. But I was cool, listening to Depeche Mode and driving my 1971 Plymouth Fury. Risking hernia or concussion every time I used my "mobile phone".</p> <p>Fast-forward to 2008....</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_blackberry_curve_8310.html">Review: BlackBerry Curve 8310</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=3rTsUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=3rTsUU" border="0"></img></a></p> Cell Phones and Mobile Phones Dave Taylor 2008-08-17T09:10:06-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_blackberry_curve_8310.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/366770936/how_to_convert_itunes_movie_for_apple_iphone.html <p>I have a couple of movies in iTunes that look great when I view them on my computer, but when I copy them to my new iPhone, I can't watch them: the phone complains "format not supported". How can I fix that?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_convert_itunes_movie_for_apple_iphone.html">How do I convert an iTunes movie to work on my iPhone?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=r1eY47"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=r1eY47" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-16T14:33:48-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_convert_itunes_movie_for_apple_iphone.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/365754350/review_apple_ipod_nano_8gb.html <p>I recently purchased a new iPod; the Apple Nano 8GB, in silver. I don’t use my iPod very often. But when I do…I do!! It is billed as the most popular music player in the world. I can understand why...</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_apple_ipod_nano_8gb.html">Review: Apple iPod Nano 8GB</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=m8aiMC"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=m8aiMC" border="0"></img></a></p> Articles and Reviews Dave Taylor 2008-08-15T09:06:48-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_apple_ipod_nano_8gb.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/364834784/how_to_restore_imac_macbook_from_time_capsule_machine_backup.html <p>I sent my iMac into Apple for service and was rather distressed to get it back with the OS reinstalled and everything else wiped clean! I said "restore from Time Machine", but it never saw my Apple Time Capsule. What's the trick, Dave?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_restore_imac_macbook_from_time_capsule_machine_backup.html">How do I restore my MacBook from a Time Machine backup?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=ze9kfP"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=ze9kfP" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-14T08:09:03-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_restore_imac_macbook_from_time_capsule_machine_backup.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/363944571/review_lacie_big_disk_extreme_1tb_external_hard_disk_drive.html <p>Wondering what to do with that Time Machine application that comes with the new Mac OS X Leopard? Have you thought about plunking $300 on Apple's Time Capsule?<br /> Don't do it: wait until you read this review...</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.lacie.com/" target="_blank">LaCie Corporation</a> have made hard disks for Macs since the beginning of time. They have a new external disk offering called the Big Disk Extreme 1TB. Let me first say yes, that's 1000 gigabytes of storage! Doubling the offering of Apple's Time Capsule device. At the time of writing this the disk was being sold for $224. That's more than $80 in savings over the Time Capsule and twice the storage too. But is it worth it?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_lacie_big_disk_extreme_1tb_external_hard_disk_drive.html">Review: LaCie Big Disk Extreme 1TB external hard drive</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=GwNnAV"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=GwNnAV" border="0"></img></a></p> Articles and Reviews Dave Taylor 2008-08-13T08:21:36-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_lacie_big_disk_extreme_1tb_external_hard_disk_drive.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/362984058/how_do_i_video_conference_with_ichat.html <p>This may be obvious and I'm just not seeing it, but how do I initiate an audio or video chat with someone in Apple's iChat program as included in Mac OS X?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_video_conference_with_ichat.html">How do I video conference with iChat?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=ZxNoHV"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=ZxNoHV" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-12T08:18:58-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_video_conference_with_ichat.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/361974791/how_do_affiliate_programs_really_work_online.html <p>Like many people, I am fascinated by the idea of making money off my Web site, and have been reading up on all the different options out there. From information products to advertising, I'm pretty sure I understand most of them, except I'm still not quite clear how affiliate programs work. Can you explain?<br /> </p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_affiliate_programs_really_work_online.html">How do affiliate programs really work online?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=d7MxjQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=d7MxjQ" border="0"></img></a></p> Business and Management Dave Taylor 2008-08-11T08:00:48-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_affiliate_programs_really_work_online.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/361146226/review_flip_ultra_video_camera.html <p>So, what is the first thing you do when you get a dead simple video camera? You take a video of your recent dental implant to send to your cousins in the UK! Imagine how happy my Doctor cousin was upon receiving such a wonderful surprise in their email.</p> <p>What device am I talking about? The Flip Ultra video camera.</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_flip_ultra_video_camera.html">Review: Flip Ultra Video Camera</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=efY23N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=efY23N" border="0"></img></a></p> Articles and Reviews Dave Taylor 2008-08-10T09:21:43-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_flip_ultra_video_camera.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/361142020/how_to_move_video_movie_film_itunes_tv_shows_movies.html <p>I followed along on your article yesterday about how to add cover art to a video I have in my Apple iTunes library, but what I don't see how to do is to move a video from the "TV Shows" category to the "Movies" category: for some reason a few of my movies are misfiled and I can't drag and drop them.</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_move_video_movie_film_itunes_tv_shows_movies.html">How do I move a video in iTunes from "TV Shows" to "Movies"?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=C955Nv"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=C955Nv" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-10T08:50:19-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_move_video_movie_film_itunes_tv_shows_movies.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/360384502/how_to_add_artwork_video_movie_apple_itunes.html <p>I've been adding videos to my Apple iTunes library, but almost all of them end up with a black box as the visual image, which is less fun than box covers, like my albums have. How do I add artwork to my video files?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_add_artwork_video_movie_apple_itunes.html">How do I add artwork to videos in Apple iTunes?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=k63IVP"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=k63IVP" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-09T08:50:50-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_add_artwork_video_movie_apple_itunes.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/359735694/how_to_use_redeem_starbucks_itunes_free_pick_week_song_card.html <p>I was in a Starbucks the other day and noticed that they had cards offering free songs from the iTunes Store, cool, but what was really cool was that it was a track from the new Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis album <i>Rainy Day Blues</i>. I want. But how do I get?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_use_redeem_starbucks_itunes_free_pick_week_song_card.html">How do I use a Starbucks iTunes free Pick of the Week song card?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=kHajvP"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=kHajvP" border="0"></img></a></p> Mac OS X Help Dave Taylor 2008-08-08T13:58:21-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_use_redeem_starbucks_itunes_free_pick_week_song_card.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/356045934/how_to_upgrade_apple_iphone_3g_latest_firmware.html <p>I just heard that there's a software update for the Apple iPhone 3G. I want it! But I'm confused: how do I update the software on my phone?</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_upgrade_apple_iphone_3g_latest_firmware.html">How do I upgrade my iPhone 3G to the latest software?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=pflkxs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=pflkxs" border="0"></img></a></p> Cell Phones and Mobile Phones Dave Taylor 2008-08-05T00:04:46-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_upgrade_apple_iphone_3g_latest_firmware.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AskDaveTaylor/~3/354465508/how_to_sculpt_google_pagerank_web_site_seo.html <p>I've been learning about how to write Web pages with HTML and recently had a friend ask me if I was paying attention to sculpting pagerank once my site went online. I have no idea what that means. Help!</p><br /> <div style='font-size:75%'>Continue reading <b><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_sculpt_google_pagerank_web_site_seo.html">How do I "sculpt pagerank" on my site?</a></b> &nbsp; &nbsp; [article source: <a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">AskDaveTaylor.com </a><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/">Tech Support</a>]</div><br> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?a=tFWjb3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/AskDaveTaylor?i=tFWjb3" border="0"></img></a></p> Search Engine Optimization Dave Taylor 2008-08-03T08:59:35-07:00 http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_sculpt_google_pagerank_web_site_seo.html