Category Archives: Computing

Nokia Lumia 920 conclusions

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Andrew

Amazingly a month has gone by since I did my test drive of a Nokia Lumia 920 thanks to Nokia_Connects. I didn’t get a chance to post my final conclusions until now. How did it go? tl;dr: It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Firefox OS and geeksphone: take 2

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Andrew

In my first writeup on Firefox OS and geeksphone I wrote: It depends very much on Mozilla’s and Telefonica’s ability to execute I should have added something about their partners’ ability to execute. I tried to buy a geeksphone this … Continue reading →

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Firefox OS and geeksphone

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Andrew

The new Firefox OS phones from geeksphone are nearly here, with the announcement that next week they will be available from the currently-dormant online shop. ~ It was back in 2009 that I got a Palm Pre, perhaps the first … Continue reading →

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Alfred

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Andrew

Alfred, one of my favourite Mac apps, has been updated to version 2. If you have been waiting for it to be updated in the app store, be warned it’s only available through the Alfred website (see also Alfred and … Continue reading →

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Nokia Lumia 920 Week One

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Andrew

You’ll recall that Nokia Connects invited me to Trial a Nokia. I previously wrote about my initial thoughts on the Lumia after one day with the phone. Here’s some thoughts after just over a week with the phone, a timeframe … Continue reading →

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500 errors, part four

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Andrew

I was seeing 500 errors when posting to my blog. Trial and error seems to show the problem was the Social plugin or possibly Twitter tools. I’ve turned on debug, let’s see what happens …

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500 server errors, part three

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Andrew

Of course, the one thing you don’t want to cause a problem is your integration with social networks, because you end up spamming everyone as you try to fix things. Guess what plugin seems to be causing the problem?

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500 resolved?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Andrew

I was previously trying to fix server errors with the blog. Having disabled and re-enabled all the plugins, things seem to be working, but it could be a problem that only affects new posts, so this is another test. Keep … Continue reading →

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Testing 500 errors

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Andrew

I’m getting server 500 errors whenever I post to WordPress. Common wisdom says the solution to debugging is disable all your plugins and then re-enable one by one until you find the cause. That means a bunch of test posts, … Continue reading →

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PhoneGap and Android on Windows

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Andrew

It seems there’s quite a lot of confusion on how to get up and running using PhoneGap for Android development on Windows. There’s a Getting Started with Android guide which is comprehensive, but doesn’t seem to resolve all problems. I’ll … Continue reading →

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