Imbieworx

Recently, a few of my friends and family members asked me about putting together a blog. I recommended for them to use tumblr, and most of them wanted to use a custom domain. The purpose of this article is to explain how to setup a custom domain on tumblr using Namecheap as the domain registrar.

First, sign up for Namecheap and purchase a domain (it is pretty easy and they have help guides and videos for doing so). After completing the registration, the process should redirect you to the dashboard (below). If not, access the dashboard by clicking the “My Account” in the top navigation.

Click the “view” as shown in the screenshot. A list of your domain is displayed. In the right pane, select a specific domain to manage its settings.

After clicking it, the “Contact Information” is displayed. On the left navigation, locate and click the “URL Forwarding” under the Host Management section.

Now you are ready to set the DNS records for the domain. The following screenshot is an example for settings you should use.

The “72.32.231.8” is the address to tumblr’s servers, which we are pointing the root of the domain to (http://imbieworx.com in my case). We add the alias for the www to the base domain imbieworx.com. (You will need to have period after the domain). The www alias allows your address to be referenced as http://www.imbieworx.com (obviously your domain instead of imbieworx).

Click the “Save Changes”, and wait a couple of hours for it to propagate through the top level DNS servers (this can take up to 24 hours).

Finally, you are ready change tumblr over to your domain. Login to tumblr and select your blog.

In the right menu, Click the settings button, and select to use a custom domain as shown in the screenshot below.

Insert your custom domain, and click “Save” at the bottom. Your blog is now active on your custom domain!

Serialise is a web based possession management system.

Our friends ask, “What does that mean?” The idea behind Serialise is to store information about your possessions in a system on the internet. By storing them on the internet, the information is readily available allowing you to access it when you need it. Most importantly, Serialise is designed around protecting you in the case of a disaster (theft, natural disaster, etc.).

In addition, a mobile version of the site is available so that you can access your possessions while you are on the go. We came up with multiple instance where having the model number of item would have helped while we were out shopping. For instance, I needed a water filter for my refrigerator and couldn’t remember the model. I ended up buying the wrong filter, which I could have prevented if I had the information of my refrigerator.