Author Archives: El Guru

Gallery Fixed

Posted on November 30, 2011 by El Guru

It appears the Gallery had gone down on November 10th due to some issues with the gallery software. Users we’re seeing an HTTP 500: Internal Server error. We made some updates to the gallery platform (ZenPhoto) and were able to … Continue reading →

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How to Fix: Stuck in Maintenance Mode

Posted on October 20, 2011 by El Guru

While rare, there are occasions while updating a plugin or theme things  may not go smoothly. I was trying to update a theme on one of my (many) WordPress sites. The update was successful, however the server hiccuped  before maintenance … Continue reading →

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The PC Turns 30

Posted on August 12, 2011 by El Guru

At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on August 12, 1981 IBM presented the  5150. At a price tag of  $1,565 ($3,704.77 today with inflation) this system included: 5.25-inch floppy drives or a tape drive 4.77 MHz Intel … Continue reading →

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Too Late For Microsoft?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by El Guru

In the phone market that is. Microsoft and Nokia have unveiled plans on how their partnership is going to keep both of them alive in the US mobile market. It will be interesting to watch, but I doubt Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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$500 For A Phone!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by El Guru

Famous words of Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer in a 2007 Interview with CNBC in response to Steve Jobs unveiling of the iPhone at Mac World in January that year. By the end of 2007 with the iPhone only being on … Continue reading →

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How to Remove avast! WebRep

Posted on July 5, 2011 by El Guru

While I was in Chrome over the weekend, I noticed avast! also install the WebRep add-on in this browser as well. Further, in Firefox I could only disabled the add-on, not remove. A quick Google search turned up this post … Continue reading →

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avast! Package is Broken Error

Posted on June 30, 2011 by El Guru

Once in a while I end up getting Package is Broken error when trying to do an update on either the definitions or the avast! application.  This latest incident was getting a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after taking my … Continue reading →

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Oh Joy! Yet Another WordPress Update

Posted on June 29, 2011 by El Guru

While I really like working with WordPress, especially with the Weaver Theme engine, it gets to be a major PITA when there are updates to not only plugins, but the core WordPress as well. May not be so bad for … Continue reading →

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Gallery Restored

Posted on June 27, 2011 by El Guru

I really not sure what I did to get this to work. I had done a fresh install  in another folder and had it working there, but a lot of the customizations were missing. I started poking around in the … Continue reading →

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Gallery Temporarily Unavailable

Posted on June 26, 2011 by El Guru

El Guru’s Gallery is currently offline. I am attempting to fix an issue that was caused by updating the core gallery software. The gallery should be working again sometime on Monday, June 27th. I will post an update once I … Continue reading →

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