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Installing WP o’Matic

17. June 2009

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My installation notes: 1.  Download and unzip WP o’Matic.  Download and unzip SimplePie Core. 2.  FTP to host account and upload both to wp-content/plugins. 3.  Open WP o’Matic folder.  Create new folder titled “cache”.  Set CHMOD permissions for cache folder to 777 4.  USE FIREFOX:  At WordPress admin panel, in plugins activate both WP o’Matic and SimplePie Core 5.  Run [...]

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GoDaddy Update to PHP5

14. June 2009

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Log in to your Account Manager. In the My Products section, select Hosting. Next to the hosting account you want to modify, click Manage Account. Click “Content” , then click the “Addon Languages” icon.   Select  PHP5   This post is for me.  I needed to get PHP5 running on one of my older blogs, and I’d forgotten where to change the setting.  [...]

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Some Stuff I Learned While Taking Videos At Lummis Day

14. June 2009

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This is some useful stuff I learned while taking videos at Lummis Day last Sunday. 1.  1 gig of SD card memory holds about 10 minutes of video.  Your mileage may vary depending on your equipment, but I figured this was a useful rule of thumb. 2.  If you want to take video of four different musical groups, [...]

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Unknown File type? Switch to Firefox!

14. June 2009

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Have you ever tried to download a file …. and your browser tells you that either it’s an auto_file file type, or an unknown file type?   Before you panic, take a moment and think:  What browser am I using?  If the answer is Mircosoft Internet Explorer, just take a deep breath, and copy the URL from [...]

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A More Useful Facebook

14. June 2009

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I really needed this article.  http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/on-facebook-no-unfriending-goes-unnoticed/ I love all my Facebook friends, but I really don’t what to read everyone’s news feed everyday.  Sorry, guys.  But I didn’t want to unfriend all those peeps either. The NY Times article shows how to customize who and what shows up in your Facebook Newsfeed   http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/on-facebook-no-unfriending-goes-unnoticed/

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Lummis Day flickr Group

14. June 2009

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Congratulations to Lummis Day organizers Eliot and Jain Sekuler, Ann Walnum, Carmela Gomes, Eddie Rivera, Maggie Barto, Michele Clark, Rosamaria Marquez, Britta Couris, Francisco Gomez, Randy Carrillo, Pam Hannah, Suzanne Lummis and many, many other dedicated volunteers for a fantasic, incredible Lummis Day 2009. I created a flickr group here:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/lummisday2009/ Anyone with Lummis Day photos, please feel free to join and [...]

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