If you wish to change your Gmail account (Google Account) and use services like FeedBurner which is linked to your Google Account, you are given the option to transfer ownership of your FeedBurner feeds to another Google/Gmail account. This is extremely helpful because it keeps you from having to publish another feed under the new [...]

I logged on to Wave the other day and I realized that I still had 5 invitations left. The reason there are invitations is because Google Wave is still in limited preview, which means that you need to register and then Google has to invite you in order to be able to use Google Wave. [...]

In an effort to educate computer users about the potential dangers of fake virus scanner pop-ups and how to close the pop-ups without infecting their computers I put together a one page PDF that summarizes the threat and lists some steps to help mitigate its impact. The idea came from a similar campaign that was [...]

As more of us rely on memory keys, thumb drives, and other portable storage devices to save our sensitive information, it is imperative that we ensure the stored information is secured and remains private. The list below is a compilation of various applications that are designed to encrypt the information on portable [...]

If you have ever sent an email using Gmail with one of your other email accounts (bellsouth.net, yourdomain.com, etc) you’ll notice that the message sent to the recipient lists, gilbert@gilsmethod.com (your real email – @yourdomain) on behalf of gilbert@gmail.com (your Gmail account @gmail) as the From: address.
Gmail announced today that they will allow users [...]

Sick of the PriceGrabbers of the world? Don’t fret, there is an abundance of shop comparison web sites online. The list below is the result of several hours worth of Google searches and putting together a good list of shop comparison websites. I’ve included price comparison, product comparison, and Woot! like websites on this [...]

As more computer users flock to the cloud to store their information, the amount of personal information online is increasing at an exponential rate. Along with that growth is the increased risk associated with the exposure of private and sensitive information over the internet. When we upload personal data to services like Google Docs or [...]

If you’re using WordPress as your blog’s publishing platform and you have yet to enable Turbo, you’re missing out."The speed increase is most noticeable when Internet is slow or on high latency and makes everybody’s blogging experience more enjoyable." When enabled, Turbo essentially uses a local copy of the admin area of your Wordpress [...]

PLEASE NOTE: Article has been updated to reflect changes to Feedburner ID once a user switches to Feedburner by Google – 2/25/09
One of the things that I’ve been working on as part of the transfer of Gil’s Method is the design (one of my biggest challenges). While modifying the WordPress theme that I’m using, I [...]

Every time you type www.GilsMethod.com Windows sends a request to your internet provider’s nameserver, these servers then respond with an address like 109.239.146.34 (which is the true address format for all servers). Using this information your browser can now download the information stored on the server (the website you’re visiting) so that it can be [...]