Mr Apple and the iPad

by clementsm on January 27, 2010

Mr Cat noticed this morning that Mr Apple was showing off their brand new iPad – which looks like it is really just an iPhone with a bigger screen – although you sure as hell will look ridiculous with that thing stuck to your ear making a call.

There were millions of opinions out there today, however I stumbled on this hilarious little video on YouTube today on the new device:

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Using Post Thumnails with Wordpress 2.9

by clementsm on January 1, 2010

Probably like many others who dabble with Wordpress, I was excited to read about the new post thumbnail support in Wordpress 2.9. Of course, after upgrading, I could not figure out how to use them – only to discover that the feature is disabled by default. I finally discovered how to turn the feature on, and here is how you can do it to.

Edit the functions.php file that came with your favourite theme, and add the following:

if (function_exists('add_theme_support'))
      add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');

The if statement checks to see if we actually can use the add_them_support() function, so we do not break our themes compatibility with versions of Wordpress prior to 2.9. Save the file, and you can simply set the post thumbnail in the back end.

Update: Mark Jaquith, a lead developer on the Wordpress Personal Publishing System, has written a very comprehensive post on his blog on the recommended way to use this feature in a theme. It is clear and explains the official Wordpress Way to do this. Definitly a must read.

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The Cygnet – Aston Martin’s Concept Ultra-Compact

December 27, 2009

Interesting when I read that Aston Martin have announced an ultra-compact concept car, based on the Toyota IQ, that will be known as the Cygnet. Quite a little stablemate for the insane V12 engined Vantage. By contrast this machine will be powered by a small 1 liter mill with only 3 cylinders and [...]

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Blackberry Bold 9700 get 5.0.0.423 official

December 27, 2009

Yes, an official OS5.0.0.423 for the 9700. Want it? Then read on.

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Westjet Waive Excess Baggage Fees to the USA

December 26, 2009

Air Canada and Westjet have both placed travel advisories on their websites stating that travelers to the USA will be subject to new carry on baggage restrictions. Westjet also offer the addition of waiver of their customary excess baggage charge. One cannot help but ponder the effectiveness of these measures.

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Call to undefined function ctype_digit() in /wordpress/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 238

December 23, 2009

After upgrading to Wordpress 2.9, self-hosted Wordpress installations may receive this error:
Call to undefined function ctype_digit() in /wordpress/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 238
When trying to use either the Flash uploader or the browser uploader to upload new media to Wordpress, or when trying to save a new post as a draft, post it and so on. [...]

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Why we need VAT rather than HST in BC

December 17, 2009

VAT seems to be an obvious consumption based tax choice over the proposed, hastily introduced HST that is leaving so many BC residents smarting at their government. Read on as to why I think the VAT would be a logical choice, based on cost savings that it makes to the government, while providing many advantages to the consumer, including retention of the existing GST/PST discrimination on many items.

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OS 5.0.0.411 for Bold 9000 & Curve 8900

December 16, 2009

The latest BlackBerry firmware leaks for the Bold 9000 and the Curve 8900 has been spotted over at bbleaks.com. There is also one for the 8520 and all three versions of 5.0.0.411 is available on BlackBerry Cool..
I installed 5.0.0.411 on my Bold 9000, and the single thing that impressed me most, was the [...]

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Blackberry Bold 9000 OS 5.0.0.348 does not work with AT&T

December 3, 2009

Recently 5.0.0.348 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 was leaked. I installed this on my BlackBerry and all was well, until I traveled to the US and put my AT&T SIM card into the device. It then gets into a reboot cycle the minute a network connection is established. I am speculating that [...]

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Compile Problem with Chan_SCCP_B on Asterisk 1.6

December 3, 2009

When compiling Chan_SCCP_b on asterisk 1.6.0 and up, one may receive and error that AST_CONTROL_T38 is undeclared. Digium changed this to AST_CONTROL_T38_PARAMETERS some time during the 1.6.0 tree. This article gives a quick fix into making it compile cleanly.

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