One of our clients recently needed to implement a search based on a users location.  We were using Drupal 7, location module to implement this but currently this module only allows proximity search based on a zipcode.  We wanted the user to be able to use a select box to select the state, which would then populate the cities in another select box, which would then populate the zip code in order for the location module to do the search.

After getting indirectly attacked in December Gizmodo has declared Feb 1st as change your password day today, a day to scratch our heads and rattle out new, complicated passwords for all of our online accounts. Which is a great idea. So tomorrow while we’re trying to remember our shiny new passwords we’ll be wondering why we bothered to change them in the first place.

This is, you guessed it, a timeline. It snaps your Facebook posts to a timeline that extends to the bottom of the page, with quick access in the upper right-hand corner, just beneath the menu bar. While we can all foresee the mumbling and grumbling about the new changes, we should also think about the uses for this. It’s a great way to turn yourself into a brand, which is getting more and more popular now. It’s also a wonderful way for businesses to lose some of the anonymity and focus on putting themselves in the public’s field of vision as a more personable resource. For some companies, this means constant updates and actual conversations with customers in a forum that isn’t always completely public; private messages can now be sent between company and customer without the hassle of trying to find that elusive contact information on the company website. It also means that companies will be on Facebook a lot more, which can be a little creepy if used incorrectly.

Here at Hardwyre and Softwyre we LOVE a good deal.  Especially if it means our friends and customers get a great deal on something they REALLY need like backup software, or anti-virus software.  The internet is just full of these things and when we see one that we find hard to pass up, we try and let you know.  So with that said, Fry’s has a GREAT deal on NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2011/ GHOST 15/ UTILITIES 15.  After you jump through the hoops you can get a 3 pack of this software for HOME use for $5.  That’s a pretty good deal.  Yes you will have to wait for a mail in rebate, but I have ordered from Fry’s before and never had a problem with rebates.  Link is here:  http://www.frys.com/product/6504123

Dropbox has been one of the tools that I use to keep files stored in the cloud for easy access. Because I worry a lot about where my stuff is stored I have not stored anything sensitive there, but I have put files I have been working on, pictures, presentations, etc. up there so that I could easily share them out or retrieve them from somewhere else rather easily.