Author Archives: Donncha O Caoimh
I was one of the lucky few to receive a 50GB upgrade from box.net, (or box.com where they now live, marketing fail?) when I installed their Android app. I don’t have a use for that much storage on my phone but on my desktop machines? Oh yes! This forum post describes in detail how to [...]
This is a bugfix release of the full page caching plugin WP Super Cache for WordPress. Not much has changed in the week or so since I asked for testers but in case you missed that post here are the changes since 1.0: Use $_SERVER[ 'SERVER_NAME' ] to create cache directories. No more non existant [...]
My earliest memories of programming are directly related to the pain of not being able to save my work. The first proper computer my family owned was a Commodore Vic-20. I guess my parents bought it in 1984 or 1985 but it might have been earlier. The Vic-20 came out years before but this was [...]
WordPress uses memory. Plugins and themes use memory. New versions of software may use more memory than before. When that happens and PHP on your server doesn’t have enough memory then PHP will stop with a fatal error like this: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1203208 bytes) in [...]
The Fiscal Treaty approaches. Batman will vote NO and fight on against all odds. Favourite part? Gilmore as Two Face, or the explanation for the Joker’s name. (via)
Some things never change. Both Android phones I’ve owned (Samsung Galaxy S 1 & 2) have this weird bug where the phone turns itself off and when reset by removing the battery the charge level has gone way down. I woke early this morning to discover the PIN unlock screen so I guessed the phone [...]
Tom Scott looks at what a corporate sponsored and controlled afterlife might be like. Creepy. That’s why you must choose The Pirate Bay as your primary healthcare provider.
I just noticed that Portal 2 now has a store where you can modify your robot. I like the way Valve monetize their games. They bring out free DLC, expanding older games with updates and offering them either free (TF2) or at a steep discount. Then they encourage you to buy hats and personalise your [...]
WP Super Cache 1.0 came out several months ago and while it worked fine for most people there’s always room for improvement and bug fixes. Here are some of the bug fixes and improvements coming in the next version which I plan on releasing next week. There are a lot of changes there so if [...]
