Category Archives: Blogs

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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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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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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Adventures with HDMI Continue

Posted on June 16, 2011 by El Guru

This morning after doling a ton of Windows Updates along with an update of the video software. After all the reboots were done, I was getting all my applications back on their correct monitors. I was working in Firefox and … Continue reading →

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A Small Sneak Peek at ‘Windows 8′

Posted on June 2, 2011 by El Guru

Well, this is certainly a major change for the next Windows operating system (code name Windows 8). Yahoo! says the new user interface is a lot like that of the Windows Phone UI.  Big design emphasis to run on touch-screen … Continue reading →

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Microsoft has Money burning holes in their pockets?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by El Guru

So last week was the big announcement of Microsoft’s $8.5 billion purchase of Skype. Some people may have forgotten back in 2008, Microsoft bought Danger (the makers of Sidekick) for $500 million. That did not work out as well as … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Skype

Posted on May 13, 2011 by El Guru

With the recent news that Microsoft is acquiring Skype, it did not take long for someone to come out with a packaging design for the new Microsoft Skype. The Super Annoying Edition (with Clippy) is one of 12 editions coming … Continue reading →

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