How to install WordPress Multisite on Virtual Box
I do all my development on a Windows 7 computer but the natural environment for WordPress execution is Linux. I …
Category Archives: Infrastructure
Tomcat 7 on Windows is not UTF-8 by default
When building web applications one typically uses UTF-8 encoding thoughout to ensure that you can send and receive text in …
Skype stops Tomcat 7 working on port 80
I recently reinstalled my Rialo application server on a Windows 7 Home Premium PC. I changed the port in server.xml …
Netgear WNR1000v3 router port forwarding bug
My router was supplied by Plusnet (firmware V1.0.2.30_53.0.66B1). It has several bugs in the port forwarding function. First the good …
SQL Server Import Wizard cannot import fields containing more than 255 characters
I have been importing data from Excel to SQL Server using the SQL Server Import Wizard. Usually there is no …
Office 2013 upgrade – red pill or blue pill?
The red pill and its opposite, the blue pill, are pop culture symbols representing the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing …
Why you should put an SSD in your laptop
I have an elderly Dell Studio 1558 running Windows 7 and the boot time is 2 mins 28 s and …
How to survive Windows 8. The official guide
The Reg. has published “How to survive Windows 8. The official guide” It is funny and informative. I loved this …
Amazon Web Services provides a facility to sell unused capacity
One of the potential risks of buying reserved instances on the Amazon cloud is that you might buy more than …
Turn your PC into a WiFi hotspot
Connectify Hotspot is a great free utility that lets you turn your PC or laptop into a WiFi hotspot. Typical use cases …
