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View all →September 24, 2007
Blog: TechDadBlog updated to WordPress 2.3 with some issues
I took the plunge and installed WordPress 2.3. For the most part, it was pretty straight forward. Do follow the standard upgrade instructions (including deactivating your plugins). I didn't do that and left the Ultimate Tag Warrior enabled. After running the upgrade.php, I had issues still, referencing UTW. So I went to the plugin directory and deleted the plugin manually.…
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iPhone Question: “Unlocking” and “Jailbreaking” the same thing?
Apple today released a statement that said the following: CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to…
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Blog: WordPress version 2.3 scheduled to be released Sept 24, 2007
A fairly significant update to WordPress is slotted to be released today (09.24.07) with some interesting new features, including: Plugin Update Notification Tags! Improved Post and Draft Management Pending Review Advanced Visual Editor Buttons Pretty URLs Updated Default Blogroll Other "advanced user" stuff More details on the features/changes are below: Plugin Update Notification Not only are you now notified about…
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Blog: New tweaks to my WordPress Theme now live!
Well it has been a long night but a few beers later, I think that I have some things that I like. CSS has never been my strong point, nor some of the newer HTML tags (I'm a bit too used to seeing "div" and "class" and "id" for now!) So, before I go to bed, here are a couple…
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Fix-it: SBS 2003, 16 gig Exchange Limit, Event IDs 9175 and 445
Ran into a complicated emergency today. An office that I support suddenly could not connect any of their Outlook clients to their Exchange Server. It was very weird and I got sidetracked by the fact that my own ISP was having email issues with my domain (turned out they were completely unrelated). Before I get into the process, here are…
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Tech: I need a DOOVDE Player!
More humor based on an actual phone call:
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iPhone: New “Pirate” app for TLAPD
Just in time for "Talk Like a Pirate Day," a new application was released for the iPhone that lets you snap a picture of a person/thing and let you "piratize" it. It's at version 0.2 as of this writing...pretty fun! Just press the START button and your phone snaps a picture. Then drag the 3 other images around and voila!…
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September 18, 2007
iPhone: TechDadBlog now optimized for iPhone with automatic theme!
For all of you new iPhone and iTouch users out there, this blog has been updated with a new theme (yes ANOTHER theme) that is specifically optimized for viewing on an iPhone or iTouch. Those people who are viewing through a computer browser will continue to see my black/red theme but readers who have one of those great new Apple…
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WordPress: People can view your Plugin Folder unless you fix!
As I was working on the update to my blog theme, I found a security hole that I think has existed for a long time in WordPress. While not incredibly devastating, nor directly tied to "code" within WordPress, it is a hole that is very easy to fix. The concern is more with KNOWING the types of plugins that a…
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iPhone: Rumor – iUnlock and AppInstaller incompatible
I received a report from a reader (Nick) that he is having issues with his AppInstaller after installing iUnlock. Essentially, he could not install and uninstall applications on his iPhone after using iUnlock. So, thinking this through, it made sense that this would not work. AppInstaller pushes a customized version of the Firmware to your iPhone. iUnlock modifies some of…
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Fix-it: Outlook 2007 Emails not showing in Preview Pane, constant crashes, and Windows Desktop Search not returning results
I recently helped a friend work through and some issues he was having with Outlook 2007. They were some strange, yet common problems, namely: Not being able to view emails within the Preview Pane Constant crashing of Outlook A slower than normal refresh of things My understanding is that this is actually a fairly common issue just from viewing a…
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September 12, 2007
iPhone: Brief Reviews of ApolloIM, MobileChat, Summerboard, MobileTwitterific, Mines, iBlackjack, and MobileToDoList
It's nice that, for now, Apple seems to be "okay" with allowing third-party applications to be installed on the iPhone (although now there seems to be some backtracking by Apple with a new statement that "software updates will most likely break" native apps). Despite this, the movement is growing, especially with the combined forces of Nullriver Software and PXL Package…
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