I have a network share I am hosting on a linux NAS in my house. There are a couple of annoyances with Apple lusers leaving .DS_Store files all over the network share, and messed up permissions on the files people upload to the share. Solution? Learnt about cron and set up a couple of jobs…
Just how does a team of 2+ people go about collaborating on WordPress site development? That’s something I’ve been fooling around with over the last while now. Having used Git and SVN for programming work, it seemed like a no brainer that this was probably the way to go. SVN has fallen out of favour…
I don’t like pirated software, but my hand was forced. My motherboard fried and had to be replaced, pain. Reinstalled everything hardware and software, pain pain. Windows activation? Ah yeah go ahead …Error: multiple installations limit detected. Click to activate by phone, leads to blank page. Let’s try this a different way, blank page blank…
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So apparently UPC have given me a free speed upgrade, imagine my surprise when I noticed that a linux DVD (3GB) was downloading at 14.4MB/s. Did a quick speed test on my 50Mb connection and lo and behold this was the result: Meh. I may as well explain a common confusion here about MB versus…
I recently did a UPC package upgrade. They insisted on giving me a new modem. hopefully these Technicolor modems aren’t a pile o shite n start crapping out on me like the dodgy Cisco they tried to peddle to me until i got it replaced with an older model…
So apparently Microsoft no longer supports windows gadgets AKA windows sidebar AKA desktop gadgets. But why? The reasons stated are that they present the possibility of posing a security threat. (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ie/windows/gadgets) Upon further reading of the security threat posed (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-GB/security/advisory/2719662) they basically describe the same threat that installing ANY PIECE OF SOFTWARE WHATSOEVER poses. Microsoft…
