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There are no such things as gremlins

Written by Paul Whipp
Monday, 08 March 2010 00:00
My best development PC has been plagued by rare data corruption problems that occur most often when updating or handling large files. They were so rare (half a dozen times a year) that I lived with them - until some substantial overnight file processing started hitting issues almost every time I tried it. Examination of the files showed very infrequent but catastrophic 1 bit errors (for example an 'L' turning to an 'M' in an ascii file). Read More Add Comment (1) Hits: 218
Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 May 2010 22:50

Seeing Joomla template module positions

Written by Paul Whipp
Monday, 15 February 2010 06:02
I often print out a sheet with the module positions on it when I am working on a site but if the printout is not handy I type in the url with index.php?tp=2 at the end to display the module positions. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 252

Fancy signatures and formatting in gmail

Written by Paul Whipp
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 02:00
gmail is an excellent mail client allowing online/offline access to up to five of your email accounts from any machine. One recurring pain with it is the fact that its hard to format your signature or email effectively. Luckily there is a labs feature called "Canned responses" that you can use to make this very easy. Read More Add Comment (1) Hits: 464

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