Do you wish you had a way to sync a secure database of your passwords across multiple computers/browsers without entrusting your data to the browser itself? Wish no more!

You can easily accomplish this level of nirvana by combining the synchronized folder technology of Dropbox and the power of the free, open source, light-weight, and easy-to-use password manager KeePass.

Step 1: Open a Dropbox account, and install it on each computer you want to synchronize passwords.

Step 2: Download and install KeePass. You can even use the portable version and save it to your Dropbox too.

Step 3: Create and save your KeePass Password Database File anywhere you want in your Dropbox.

From now on, you simply use KeePass with the Password Database File saved on your DropBox and you’re good to go no matter what computer you are using.

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A pernicious cold has been making its way though my family. First, my 11 yo son developed a cold and cough about 4 weeks ago. Then about 2 weeks ago my wife developed a severe cold with sinus infection and a hacking cough. So when I woke up last Thursday with that feeling in my throat, I knew what was about to happen.

I’ve never been able to catch a cold in the earliest stages before because I always just think it’s temporary stuffiness, but I knew I was about to be slammed with a nasty virus. I went to the corner drug store and picked up a bottle of Zicam RapidMelt tablets. My father once reported a good experience with a Zicam product a few years ago, so I thought I’d give it a try.

After taking the first tablet and waiting the required 30 minutes before eating or drinking, I immediately noticed a change in my sense of taste. Virtually all of my sense of taste was gone. I had a cup of coffee, and it tasted nothing like coffee. I googled Zicam and loss of taste and found some horror stories of people who had permanently lost their senses of taste or smell after using the nasal swab versions of Zicam (which have since been taken off shelves), so that made me feel a little better that I might not have permanently neutered my tongue.

The writing on the package claims Zicam “reduces the duration of cold symptoms when taken at the first sign of a cold”. This is what I was hoping for, and I can happily report that it is what I experienced. My first symptoms appeared on Thursday, Friday the virus ramped up pretty well but subsided on Saturday, and I took my last RapidMelt on Monday. Some extremely minor symptoms linger, but nothing I can complain about. I’m also extremely happy that my full sense of taste returned within 36 hours of taking my last tablet!

Do you want to store, sync, or share up to 2 GB of files on-line for free? I use dropbox to keep a set of files sync’d across multiple computers, and it’s a nifty little tool.

Sign up for an account here.

Disclaimer: I get 250 MB extra bonus space (up to 3 GB) with each new referral.

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I spent the better part of today implementing anti-leeching technology on evanescencereference.info. I reviewed the stats on all the domains I host, and evanescencereference.info is by far the biggest by bandwidth use. A significant portion of that bandwidth looked to be hotlinked files. Well no more of that.

All of the content is still there and available for its intended purpose, but no more free hosting for the leeches. MUAR!

Just read this really good article slated to be printed in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. Click through to read The Trolls Among Us – an interesting examination of an internet subculture not wholly unfamiliar to me.

My current web host sent me five promo codes to distribute that will give you (the recipient):

• Four (4) times the normal disk and bandwidth!
• If you choose the five-year plan, you’ll get $150 off!
• If you choose the ten-year plan, you’ll get $200 off!

View the normal disk and bandwidth allocation at https://dreamhost.com/hosting.html and then do the math. If this is something that interests you, just leave me a comment or contact me and I’ll be happy to share.

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I’ve been hosting all of my web sites on DreamHost since Q3 2005. After repeated (about once every 3 months) hardware failures with my previous shared hosting provider (YRHost), I decided it was time for me to find a more reliable boat. On the recommendation of a friend, I looked at DreamHost. They recently changed their shared hosting to just one plan. You start off with 500 GB of disk space (automatically increases weekly by 2 GB), 2 TB of monthly bandwidth (automatically increases weekly by 40 GB), one free domain registration (for the life of your account), and a 97-day money back guarantee. I could go on and on about the features available from DreamHost, but you could just as easily visit their site to see the full list yourself!

I have some new promo (coupon) codes for DreamHost that you can use to either save money off your initial hosting bill or get some additional features FOR FREE.

DS50 = “Fifty dollars off!”

DSDOMAIN = “One extra free domain registration!”

DSIP = “Free lifetime unique IP!”

DSDOMAINIP = “Free extra domain and unique IP!”