Voodish Articles

Slow Firefox 3, how to speed up Firefox 3

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:41:22 +0000

A very easy fix for 90% of speed and access related problems associated with a slow Firefox 3 install. We experienced a momentary lag before loading pages (hugely frustrating when you load A LOT of pages a day) - anyway, without further a do, here’s the fix.

Wordpress last edited time code script

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:42:23 +0000

Display the last edited date and time in Wordpress. To show your users when the last time you updated your Wordpress article was, simply enter the following code where you would like the time code to be displayed.

IMAP sent mail for Outlook 2002 XP 2003

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:56:39 +0000

How to configure Outlook 2002 XP to store sent mail on the server for retrieval from another device. As default, Microsoft Outlook 2002 XP is not configured to allow for proper IMAP sent mail server processing; you will need to carry out a few steps to make sure that you give Outlook the necessary instructions for all IMAP features.

Doing some coding, how does 10 million lines sound?

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:27:13 +0000

Linux has now surpassed 10 million lines of code according to sources, this does include blank lines, comments and text files but none the less is a staggering amount of data.

Google Timeout or Virus Warnings on Page Load

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:19:23 +0000

When visiting websites, specifically in Internet Explorer, or installing software, there may be changes to your computer, adware or spyware may have found its way on your machine that will cause your computer to behave abnormally. Often changes are made to the HOSTS file that directs traffic to search engines such as google.com and msn.com on your machine.

sakui web, web validator

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:05:48 +0000

sakui web, a new web validator, they seem to pop up every five minutes, normally from a new web design company who wants some more hits. We thoroughly enjoyed web-a-gogo, but they seemed to have gone-a-byebye of late.

How to change permissions of specific file extensions in Linux

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:38 +0000

Change specific file extensions in Linux, there are many ways to do this although some work better than others

PS3 price drop for Christmas 2008

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:52:23 +0000

Playstation 3 price drop or package deal upgrade for December 2008 could be on the cards if history is to teach us anything. Sony have always been extremely reserved about when they drop their prices and under no circumstances reveal their plans to enthusiastic journalists (even if the interviewee knows about the price drop). The PS1 and PS2 always dropped or added something to their package deals around Christmas time; now it’s time for the PS3 price drop.

Excel - File not loaded completely - error message

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:08:31 +0000

This is normally caused by trying to load a large csv file into an older (pre 2007) version of Excel - rest assured the data is still available. Older versions of Excel were limited to reading in 255 variables. That happens to include all versions of Excel prior to version 2007. You can test this yourself by opening the .csv file in a text editor rather than in Excel. So, how do you access the remaining data if you do not have Excel 2007 or later?

Asta La Vista, Windows OS named Windows 7

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:21:14 +0000

Putting the originality cap firmly in the corner, Microsoft have officially announced the name of the operating system to hit the market sometime in late 2009 is to be named Windows 7, nice. It looks like the guys over at Microsoft are going back to basics with their naming convention.