Category Archives: howto

AddThis WordPress Plugin & Google’s +1 Button

Posted on June 9, 2011 by 1Earth

110610: AddThis released an update to their plugin today (instantly rendering this post obsolete), but it doesn’t seem to work 100%. I updated 1 blog, but am rolling it back. I use the AddThis WordPress plugin quite extensively on almost all … Continue reading →

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2 Steps to Transferring Nokia 6330 Contacts to iPhone 4

Posted on March 9, 2011 by 1Earth

The problem: you have 600 odd contacts on your Nokia 6330 and you want to transfer them to your shiny new iPhone 4. Solution: Assuming you have access to a Mac, the solution is coming right up…

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Howto: HTC Desire Z Screen Capture From Apple iMac

Posted on December 22, 2010 by 1Earth

I’m about to tackle my first Maxis10 HTC Desire Z review, but in order to do so with gusto, I need to be able to take HTC Desire Z screen captures, and I’m using an Apple iMac, where things just … Continue reading →

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iCal Shows Date But Not Time in Appointments

Posted on December 9, 2010 by 1Earth

Just had to deal with yet another thing on Mac which didn’t just work. Encountering quite a lot of those recently, so here’s just a note to remember what and how for my future reference.

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OpenBravo POS Ticket ID Duplicate Problem

Posted on November 7, 2010 by 1Earth

Struggling with OpenBravo POS again and this time the issue I had was that my Ticket IDs (used for Receipt Numbers) didn’t auto_increment as they were supposed to do, and instead duplicated. I’m not entirely sure how this problem started. … Continue reading →

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How to Password Protect your Wireless Network

Posted on October 24, 2010 by 1Earth

Here’s some basic instructions for how to password protect your wireless network.  I have a TP LINK Wireless ADSL Router (TD-W8910G), so yours might be slightly different to do, but you should get the gist.

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Excel Formula To Generate 13 Digit Barcode Check Digit

Posted on August 10, 2010 by 1Earth

I’m was preparing data in an Excel spreadsheet for import into an OpenBravoPOS database, and I needed to generate check digits for my custom barcodes.  So here’s the Excel formula I came up with to generate a 13-digit barcode check … Continue reading →

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Mac Upgrade Circus

Posted on July 24, 2010 by 1Earth

I was called in at 9 this morning for some routine maintenance and an upgrade or two of the computer that Just Works. Mac Don’t Always Just Work I started at 9:20am – faced with the 2-year-or-so old Intel Mac … Continue reading →

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Disable, Limit and Delete WordPress Revisions

Posted on July 19, 2010 by 1Earth

For me a major WordPress Blog annoyance is the WordPress Revisions feature. It essentially saves a copy of your post or page every time you update it. If you share my frustration, here’s how to stop or limit WordPress Revisions … Continue reading →

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How to make OpenERP work on Ubuntu Server 9.10

Posted on April 1, 2010 by 1Earth

Yes, the title of this post is a good question.  At the moment I don’t have the answer, but I sure am trying to find it and hopefully, by the end of this post I will have it. Update: I’ll … Continue reading →

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