From the monthly archives:

September 2008

3 mobile broadband plug and not play

by neville on September 27, 2008 · 3 comments

in Hardware, Mobile, Troubleshooting

Things that are supposed to be plug and play, and just work when you plug them into your computer, sometimes aren’t.
That certainly was the case yesterday in my experience with a new 3 broadband modem that I ordered from 3 on Wednesday and which arrived the next day.
I spent a total of 90 minutes [...]

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The endless WordPress login loop

by neville on September 13, 2008 · 3 comments

in Troubleshooting, Web/Tech, WordPress

Yesterday, I upgraded my main blog to WordPress 2.6.2, the latest version released a few days ago.
As has been my previous experience in upgrading blogs using DreamHost’s excellent 1-Click procedure, it was a seamless experience, successfully done in less than 15 minutes.
Today, though, I had a completely different experience upgrading this blog to version 2.6.2, [...]

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Google Chrome quick video tours

by neville on September 2, 2008 · 2 comments

in Experimenting, Software, Web/Tech

If you have an interest in tech, you’ll no doubt have been following today’s launch of Google Chrome, the new browser from Google.
This has had as much if not more attention from the blogosphere and the mainstream media as did the launch of the first-generation iPhone last year.
I’ve installed Chrome and have had about an [...]

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