Archive for March, 2010
Congestion message placing phone call on AT&T Blackberry Bold phone
Posted by Mitch in blackberry on March 26, 2010
My coworker has a Blackberry Bold phone on the AT&T network and one day it started saying “Congestion” when he tried to place a phone call. The reason for this is probably due to too many 3G devices on AT&T’s network nowadays. I imagine that the network chooses blocks of devices to deny service to [...]
Transparent background on a Twitter widget
Posted by Mitch in code, Web Development on March 19, 2010
If you use the Twitter widget tool to add code to your website for displaying tweets or other information, you may want a transparent background. Simply add the word “none” in the boxes for background in the widget code generator.
Write javascript code in Joomla articles
Posted by Mitch in code, Web Development on March 19, 2010
I was integrating Twitter updates on a Joomla! site today and realized that whenever I was adding the SCRIPT to the HTML source code it was being wiped out when I would save. Thankfully the fix is easy: 1. Go to Extensions–>plugin manager & click on Editor – TinyMCE 2.0 2. Go to Plugin Parameters [...]
Group Policy processing aborted – Enrollment will not be performed
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on March 18, 2010
System: Windows XP SP3 Event ID: 15 Automatic certificate enrollment for local system failed to contact the active directory (0x8007054b). The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. Enrollment will not be performed. Event ID: 1054 Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (The specified domain either [...]
YouTube error message
Got this error when I was signing into YouTube the other day: Page Address: http://www.youtube.com/profile?action_ajax=1 Error: while(1);{“errors”: “I call shenanigans”, “success”: false}
Canned Air and You
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on March 16, 2010
What is it about people’s fascination with canned air? And why does everyone in the office always steal it and return it empty? In short, Canned Air is mostly nitrogen, along with other heavier-than-air gasses that are considered “ozone safe”. It is pressurized and once released, becomes a stream of air that you can use [...]
New Internet Speed Test Tool from FCC
FCC officials say that they want to give consumers information about the “actual speed” of their internet provider and also collect information about service across the country. The tool is located on their http://www.broadband.gov website. I think it’s fine that they want to do this, but http://www.dslreports.com has been gathering this information for years, so [...]
Add a hyperlink to your logo in Joomla!
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on March 4, 2010
By default, some Joomla! templates have the name of the Joomla installation printed in text on the frontpage where a logo can go. This text is a hyperlink to the website’s HOME. Most of the time, you will delete the installation name and add your own logo, but now the logo isn’t a hyperlink anymore. To add this functionality to the [...]
Expose 4 Flash Photo Gallery FireFox Issue
Posted by Mitch in Web Development on March 4, 2010
The Joomla! component Expose 4.6.3 has problems with FireFox 3.0.17 The hyperlinked images can’t be clicked on directly. You have to right click and then click on the link while the little window for Flash Settings is open. Upgrading to the latest FireFox version should fix the issue. Version 3.6 is known to work with [...]