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Typing a Search Term in the Firefox Address bar stops working [Solved]

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Every once in a while, while it doesn’t happen much, a piece of software breaks our browser. (OK.. It happens more than less for many people). Here’s the solution: 1. In the address bar, type about:config 2. You will receive a warning about modifying these setting could cause issues.  Just accept it. 3.You will see…

When your Windows Install is completely broken [solution]

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Percy Kwong

It happens to all of us at one time or another.  Our Windows installation or PC starts giving us errors for no apparent reason.  Things break, applications don’t work, We go to uninstall a program and the uninstaller is completely broken.  The problem is it leaves a huge mess in your registry, filesystem, as well…

Fixing Google’s messy index causing 404s due to a “?” in my urls.

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Percy Kwong

As of late, I noticed a problem that just appeared and it wouldn’t go away.  It just started showing up and causing tons of 404s on my site.  Now that’s not good.  The problem was simply the following: I would have a link on my site.  Let’s say the real URL is: http://swimminginthought.com/estore For some…

Fixing the WordPress Permalink Structure change Problem and Avoiding 404s

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Percy Kwong

(Oops.. In my haste, I made a boo boo.. I corrected it.. the post is correct now) It happens to all of us at one time or another.  We decide to change our permalink structure and something / everything breaks in WordPress.  Not because of the fact that we changed the structure, but everybody and…

Fixing Live WordPress Install without downtime [Solved – A Solution]

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I love wordpress.  It’s simple and very powerful.  The only problem with it is the quality of the plugins and the constant upgrading.  Like Microsoft Windows, sooner or later, something is going to break.  Of course, I didn’t notice it until just recently. On my blog (This blog), the newsfeeds broke.  I really don’t know…

Looking for a PBX? Consider the Cloud.

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve spoken of the virtues of a cloud PBX on many an occasion.  The reality is for the last 8 years, I’ve been running my phone system / PBX in a cloud for many reasons.  The most important is redundancy. The system has had no downtime except for when I was applying maintenance upgrades.  My…

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