Houston Clubs web design and life

Time to build a new workstation using intel's new I7

Nov 12, 2008 by Paul White


Finally the time has come.  My workstation has served me well for the past 5 years, but with the increasing workload I put it through its time to upgrade.  Learn the full details of I feel now is great time to make the move to the intel i7.

2008 Election in Review

Nov 7, 2008 by Paul White

I am a bit of a political junky.  Its not so much what the politicians do ( as they all often do nothing ) but the phycology of what people think they will do and how it influences people's opinions.  Here are some of my own opinions of the 2008 Election, and how things could have been very different.

Taking NightClub photos with a Sony a100 DSLR

Nov 3, 2008 by Paul White

Before any of you get too excited, I don't have any photos posted yet.  Tonight I got thinking about how unhappy I have been with the photos taken recently at a few nightclubs in Houston.  All I am going to say is its all in the Flash ( SONY HVL-F56AM ) and how you don't use it.  Read more for details

New Website coming soon

Nov 3, 2008 by Paul White

Tonight I started work on a much needed face lift for whitesites.com. 

Simple ways to grow your website's traffic

Oct 22, 2008 by Paul White

If there is one common trend with new websites is they all want to hit critical mass tomorrow.  They seem to think that they can buy traffic, or use Link Farms to go from rags to richs.  Allow me to defunk these myths, and show you the right way its done.

How Advertising can hurt your image.

Oct 21, 2008 by Paul White

Most people believe that all advertising is good advertising.  But this is not true.  The only advertising that truely matters is word of mouth.  Read more on my thoughts.

Chevy Volt Charging Math doesn't add up

Oct 2, 2008 by Paul White

When something sounds too good to be true it usually is.  The Chevy Volt has been getting lots of hype.  GM's press department has been careful about what figures to release.  Knowing that any numerical figures would be scrutinized by engineers and techies.  Well I worked some numbers and have come to the conclusion that the Chevy Volt is not what it seems.

What I learned from Hurricane IKE

Sep 16, 2008 by Paul White

Its one thing to hear about a hurricane from CNN or FOX news.  Its an entirely different thing to experience it first hand.  Here are my reflections of the experience, what I would do different, and what I did right.

Keeping your computer fast with Defraggler, and CCleaner

Sep 3, 2008 by Paul White

Many people wonder why is my computer so slow?  When they bought it everything was running fast, but now I spend more time waiting for programs to open, then I do actually using my programs.  These two programs by Piriform are awesome.  Best of all they are also free!.

Reverse DNS, SPF, Grey listing, and RBL Guides

Aug 31, 2008 by Paul White

If you run a mail server having a complete understanding of these technologies and how they work very important.  I go over the details of each why they are used.