I wanted to know how to force my WordPress installs to display a message that the site was in maintenance mode (as WordPress does when you are upgrading plugins and so on). Googling around for the answer only yielded various plugins to achieve this, and I really did not want to go and install yet another plugin for something this simple and which is obviously built into WordPress. [Continue reading]
Outlook 2003 Unable to Connect to Exchange 2010
August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft have been making no secret of the fact that they do not want to continue having public folders in their flagship messaging server. With Exchange 2010, public folders are actively discouraged, with much of the Microsoft documentation … [Continue reading]
Advertising Traffic During Superbowl 44
February 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
According to the news, Superbowl 44 (2010) has surpassed the final episode of "M*A*S*H" which set the record 27 years ago by attracting a mere 105.97 million viewers, to become the most watched television show in history, with an estimated 106.5 … [Continue reading]
Mr Apple and the iPad
January 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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. … [Continue reading]
Using Post Thumnails with WordPress 2.9
January 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Continue reading]
The Cygnet – Aston Martin’s Concept Ultra-Compact
December 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Continue reading]
Westjet Waive Excess Baggage Fees to the USA
December 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This afternoon I happened to be checking for flight pricing on some flights for a possible January trip to the USA on both Air Canada and Westjet's websites. I noticed the following travel advisory on both sites, stating that carry on luggage would … [Continue reading]
Call to undefined function ctype_digit() in /wordpress/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 238
December 23, 2009 by 1 Comment
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 238When trying to use either the Flash uploader or the … [Continue reading]
Compile Problem with Chan_SCCP_B on Asterisk 1.6
December 3, 2009 by 3 Comments
When you try to compile chan_sccp_b on a machine with Asterisk 1.6.0+ installed you receive the following error:sccp_pbx.c:588: error: ‘AST_CONTROL_T38’ undeclared (first use in this function) … [Continue reading]