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About Richard

Richard is a professional web developer and business consultant. He opened his first web hosting company at the age of 13 out of his bedroom on an ISDN connection and hasn't looked back since. Richard currently resides in sunny Florida.

Defunct Websites & Dot-Com Disasters

March 14th, 2009

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In the world of mega websites with stupid names like Twitter, Flickr and Facebook, it’s easy to forget that there was once a time when these ultra popular staples of an Internet generation didn’t exist. Before torrents, before MySpace, and long before an iPhone, you could still get your free music, catch some free flicks […]

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Track This Blog With Dashboard!

March 13th, 2009

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I know, I know. Windows users have been left out — for now. I’m working on an iGoogle gadget, but for now you can stick our RSS Feed somewhere. Let’s get on with the show. For Mac users, I’ve created a Dashboard Widget that lets you keep track of the absolute latest posts here at […]

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Grand Theft Auto 4 PC: Resource Hog Edition

March 13th, 2009

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Sitting next to me is 4 PC, I got it for Christmas by a keen-eyed family member who snatched it up at Walmart before it went out of stock. Now I’ve been a big fan of the GTA series for a long time. I even upgraded my desktop computer to run GTA SA when it […]

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Dell HackBook Media Keys Working

March 13th, 2009

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After reading up on some information from Google and InsanelyMac, I decided to take a dive into getting the media keys working myself and now I’m writing about my success and how you too can get s to play nice with your touch sensitive media keys on the Dell Inspiron 1525. For this tutorial, we’re […]

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A Fresh Coat of Paint

March 12th, 2009

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The Espresso Report has a brand new look, and a brand new name. And it’s all because of you. Over 30,000 to 60,000 hits per month, and a reported 15,000 “fans” according to Google. I’d like to now offer up the opportunity for some of our top commentators here to get into the action and […]

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