I can't seem to remember this so I'm going to write it down. To remove an extension number (like if it used to be on a phone but now you want to use it in a translation rule or something like that) go to Route Plan -> Route Plan Report. Search for it and then …
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Aug 20
C'mon apple. Get it right!
When macs share files over SMB they put in all sorts of " > ? and : characters, even though it's against the rules. So, I'm cleaning it up using a nice utility called Files Connect for my iPhone. I'm connected to the share on my Windows computer via SMB. I use my special command …
Mar 15
OmniUpdate, XSL, and ©
We use OmniUpdate as a CMS at my (new) workplace. I found a problem in one of our xsl templates in that it was outputting a unicode copyright character instead of the escape encoding for a copyright character. After much Googling and a call to Omni I've come to the conclusion that it's a problem …
Jan 11
Adobe CS3 on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
So, I got Lion at work and was going through the process of installing all my work programs including Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3). The install finished without any problems. However, when I tried to update it the Adobe Updater returned immediately saying that there weren't any updates. Now, I know this isn't true because …
Jul 06
Increase WordPress maximum upload size
WordPress allows you to upload images, such as the one on the left, directly from the new post page. However, on a default Ubuntu install, the maximum upload size is 2MB. It turns out the limitation is in PHP, and specifically in two settings that you can change in php.ini (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini): upload_max_filesize and post_max_size. Set both …
Jul 05
Log file rotation in Ubuntu
Jun 30
Headless CrashPlan on Linux
It is possible to run CrashPlan (great backup software found here) on a Linux server that does not have a GUI. First, install it on your Linux box: tar xzf CrashPlanPRO_2010-03-08_Linux.tgz (or latest file) cd CrashPlanPRO-install sudo ./install.sh finish install with all defaults /usr/local/crashplan/conf/my.service.xml and change "servicehost 127.0.0.1" to "servicehost 0.0.0.0" and reboot. (you need …
Jun 30
Naturally, this camera is crap
Quick intro: A friend recently had a duck take over his planter and use it as a nest for its eggs. So, he bought an IP camera. The Foscam fi8905w outdoor wireless IP camera has some nice features, but it needs a lot of hand-holding to make it work. You can control it through a URL-based …
May 27
Hash tag location change causes reload in webkit
Webkit browsers (Chrome, Safari, etc.) all show an annoying bug: When you have a frameset page and one of those frames sets the hash location, the whole page reloads. This doesn't happen in IE or Firefox, and has been submitted (and not rejected) as a bug in Webkit. But, the bug was submitted years …
Feb 14
Random Posts in WordPress
Okay, there are plenty of places online with instructions on randomizing posts in WordPress; even WordPress tells how. But here's my version along with the code I used. Basically, I randomized the loop, and this required replacing the standard loop like this: Replace… with… That worked for me. (note: setup_postdata() prepares the $post array as …