A new project of mine is CarFiles.net, which is an online media storage website where visitors can register for a free account and upload their favorite automotive related media files. They can create albums, and upload videos, images, and audio files to related categories. Once uploaded to the site they are provided with a “file link” (the url to the file) and an “embed code” to simply paste it into their favorite social networking site, or their own personal website. Read Full Story
If you run into this error:
cp: cannot stat `compile/svscan’: No such file or directory
Look in the src/ directory of the Daemontools folder. Open the file called error.h.
In that file, look for the line…
extern int errno;
Change it to say…
#include <errno.h>
Now go back to the Daemontools folder and run package/install to install.
If it’s successful you should see:
Creating /service…
Adding svscanboot to inittab…
init should start svscan now.
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Problem/Symptom:
No attachments in Simple Machines (SMF) 2.0 RC1 after upgrade. No captcha images in the registration area of SMF 2.0 RC1 after recently upgrading.
Solution:
Find and replace the code snippets below..
Find:
// Walk the right path. if (!empty($modSettings['currentAttachmentUploadDir']))
{
if (!is_array($modSettings['attachmentUploadDir']))
$modSettings['attachmentUploadDir'] = unserialize($modSettings['attachmentUploadDir']);
$path = $modSettings['attachmentUploadDir'][$... Read Full Story
FOX12 in Oregon decided to do a little investigative reporting on computer repair shops. Unfortunately for the Geeksquad, someone exposed their habit of “over-diagnosing” and over-charging their customers. Check out the video below for the full report. The Geeksquad missed the mark pretty badly.. Read Full Story
In today’s economy, marketing is on the top of everyone’s to-do lists. Fresh leads, repeat business, click-thru rates, and conversion rates, are more important than ever. However, marketing in a cost-effective and strategic manner goes above and beyond charts and analytics. Making your business personable has shown to be one of any company’s greatest allies in today’s struggling economy. Luckily, the growth and world-wide adoption of the internet and social networking over the past several ye... Read Full Story
The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.
In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation’s drug issues.
“Regardless of how... Read Full Story
I didn’t expect to see this browsing today’s news! But lo and behold, all these years I thought I was eating cereal.. I was actually eating drugs!!
Because of the claims they make on the Cheerios boxes such as “you can Lower Your Cholesterol 4% in 6 weeks” and “Did you know that in just 6 weeks Cheerios can reduce bad cholesterol by an average of 4 percent? Cheerios is … clinically proven to lower cholesterol. A clinical study showed that eating two 1 1/2 ... Read Full Story
As a web guy, I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox web browser for several years, pretty much since it was released. Back in the day when I used Windows 2000 and right when I started using Windows XP, I began removing Internet Explorer from my person systems to prevent possible malware attacks and browser vulnerabilities. I’ve used several methods over the years to uninstall internet explorer, but this is by far the easiest utility I’ve used. Read Full Story
