I had the pleasure of installing Ubuntu onto two old computers this weekend. One laptop and one desktop. Both resistant to Doctor Lee's orders. The Ubuntu graphical installer is poor at detecting and setting up old graphics cards and monitors. It is a strange and frustrating problem because once Ubuntu is installed it detects and configures them effortlessly. The installation issue shows itself through symptoms which include any of the following: A perpetually blank screen that prevents any set-up questions from being answered A continuously moving animated gif that suggests "something … [Read more...]
Heads Up About the Latest Atahualpa Theme
July 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
For those of us who like to use highly customizable free WordPress themes like Suffusion and Thematic, there is some good news today: Atahualpa 3.5.2 is available for download. Unfortunately (did you guess that was coming?), Atahualpa 3.5.2 has a serious bug that causes server CPU and memory usage to skyrocket. I've tried Atahualpa 3.5.2 on multiple servers and in all cases the CPU usage spirals above 37% and the memory usage goes beyond 5%. Such a shame because its straight-edged look is a great alternative to Suffusion's curvy look. I advise anyone wishing to upgrade to Atahualpa 3.5.2 … [Read more...]
Amazing Disappearing Multi Site Phenomenon!!!
July 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I had a bit of a surprise yesterday, I logged into one of my sponsor filled autoblogs only to find it wasn't there! My server and WordPress had conspired to perform an amazing disappearing multi site act! Those guys, they make me laugh...with hysterical cries of despair! The vanished site was one of my solo WordPress subdomain installations that I had recently integrated into a WordPress Multi Site installation using the methods outlined here. I tested the site after its integration and it worked fine. Seemingly, according to the domain's server error log, it went off-line a few days later. … [Read more...]
Virus Email Alert
May 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Just a quick post to do two things: one, let you know I'm still about and, two, to alert you all to a new email scam that is doing the rounds. As the first item is self-evident, I'll jump into the email virus warning. If any of you receive an email entitled "Please look my CV. Thank you" and the message inside reads: Hello! I have figured out that you have an available job. I am quiet intrested in it. So I send you my resume, Looking forward to your reply. Thank you. Then please be aware that the attached zip file might contain a virus. I have just received such an email … [Read more...]
Fixing the Dreaded “Errors were encountered while processing” Errors
March 14, 2010 by 24 Comments
For the past week or two, every time I installed new software into Ubuntu, I was greeted with the "Errors were encountered while processing:" blah, blah, blah speech. Up until yesterday, that error was just a battle scar my computer had earned attempting to install a few software packages. I didn't need them, my computer wasn't bothered by them not being fully installed so after trying to fix them many times I thought f#ck it! No real problem. But yesterday, when a few more packages failed to install, and this time they stopped my computer from updating itself and prevented me from using … [Read more...]
Bugs in the System!!!
January 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I apologise if you were affected by the recent bug encountered by some visitors when they accessed this site. The bug caused some desktop PC user's to see the mobile and PDA version of JournalXtra. It was caused by a plugin update and the issue has now been resolved. For those who want a little more information, the plugin is called WPtouch iPhone Theme and is designed to switch visitors with mobile phones and PDAs to a site theme specifically designed for them. It hasn't affected any of my other Wordpress blogs so it will be related to a configuration setting. I knew about the update but … [Read more...]
