Great careers you can do from home

I got this from TheCareersNews.com newsletter

LOS ANGELES, CA — With 70% of adults using the Internet, working-from-home can be a viable option. Here are 5 job ideas for which a work-at-home career would work:

1. Web Design: Every company or group has a website, putting web designers in high demand. A freelance graphic artist or web designer can make upwards of $60,000/year in their career with a degree and experience.
2. E-Commerce: There are many ways to get involved in e-commerce from selling things on eBay to setting up a website to offer your services or expertise.
3. Photography: After getting your education in photography, you may not be able to work as an independent photographer right away, but over time, you can build a consistent client base as well as doing weddings, special events, and working on your own creative projects.
4. Bookkeeping: Your best bet is an accounting degree and some training on bookkeeping software. Many part-time jobs in bookkeeping can be found allowing you to work-from-home, giving you even more flexibility with your schedule.
5. Interior Design: Many states now certify interior design as a profession. With a certificate in interior design and some good self-marketing, you can create your own business and work the hours you please.

Abridged: LearningandLife.com

160 Megapixel Digital Camera

I was looking for a decent digicam to buy before Christmas when I found this one. Here it is: Seitz 6×17 Digital Camera

This won’t be released until early 2007 and will cost a whopping USD 36,593.58 or PhP 1,833,383.34! It’s the most expensive camera i’ve ever seen!

So here are some of the technical details:

Size of image: 7,500 x 21,250 pixels (61mm x 170mm)
Total resolution: 160 million pixels

But here’s the really big problem

Dimensions: width: 495mm, height: 175mm, depth: 95mm
Weight: 2.8 kg

Here is how you will be using the camera Continue reading »

Change .php to .html using .htaccess or httpd.conf

It is common that when a site already has so many html pages, it is converted to php/asp to make it database driven so it’ll be easier to manage. But the problem is that some pages are already bookmarked, linked by other sites, and have a good Google Page Ranking.

If a site is converted to php, the html page is lost and you will be seeing a lot of 404 reposts on your stats. There are many ways to solve this problem, but for this article we will be manipulating the server settings to allow php database driven sites to appear as html, thus preventing any error 404 on your site.

http://alfredo.palconit.com/archives/php-to-html-using-htaccess-httpdconf.html
is different from
http://alfredo.palconit.com/archives/php-to-html-using-htaccess-httpdconf.php

Here are the basics. When you save a file as .php the server will see it as a php file. When you save a file as .html, the server will treat it as a regular html file. But when you write php codes on a file and save it as .html, the server will still treat it as an html file and the php code will appear in the html source code, and php functions wont work, unlike when you save it as .php, the php codes will not appear in the browser and the php code will function.

To make your .php file to appear as .html on a browser, you will need to change either the http.conf settings of your Apache Server or create/update your .htaccess file if you don’t have access to the Apache Server configuration file.

Here is how to update your httpd.conf:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html

Notice the ‘.html’ added in the line. This means the server will see .html files as .php.

If you don’t have access to httpd.conf, make the changes in .htaccess by adding this line of code:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html

Make use you save it as .htaccess (notice the ‘.’ before .htaccess) and must be located on the folder where your pages are.

Disclaimer: I haven’t actually tried this one but maybe this will work. I am not responsible if your PC will catch fire if you make these changes. Please post a comment if you’ve tried it to work.

Update:  Here is what I used on one of my client’s site wanting a php file to have an  .html extension.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*)\.html$ index.php?page=$1

the effect would be

http://www.palconit.com/index.php?page=test
can now be viewed as
http://www.palconit.com/test.html