Android Emulator: invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Android emulator error

If you have just installed the Android SDK and want to run the Android emulator on Windows you may get this error. Spoiler: Yes it is due to being on Windows!

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Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) Seizes FBI.gov Site

Monday, April 18th, 2011

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Drupal Latest Members Module Updated

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Drupal Latest Members Module In Action

I’ve just closed a few open issues and added bug fixes for Drupal’s latest members module. Now version 6 is stable I’m going to start planning a build for Drupal 7! Latest Members provides a block that shows all of the new members photos (aka user pictures). The block settings can be changed so the admin can choose how many user pictures get displayed.

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Drupal: HTTP request status fails / Drupal Status Page Reports Errors

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Drupal status: http request fails

HTTP request status Fails

Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services.

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WYSIWYG: The version of TinyMCE could not be detected

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

TinyMCE - Bug In WYSIWYG Drupal Module

There is a bug currently in the WYSIWYG module for Drupal affecting TinyMCE which seems to be in the queue for patching into the stable release.
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New Kind Of Comment Spam Targeting WordPress

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Wordpress Comment Spam

Today I discovered a new type of attempted comment spam targeting my WordPress blog.  The spam bot managed to figure out a section of a legitimate comment and then immitate it and then append a spam link to the end.  Technically this is quite easy to do using regex or some simple string functions once a page has been “spidered” by the spam bot.

Here is a quick example of what is going on.  The following is an origional comment that has been automatically extracted from my blog and then had spam attached to it prior to reposting…

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The POP3 service could not create the mailbox because: The account already exists

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

In Windows Server 2003 when configuing the POP email service you could get this error:

The POP3 service could not create the mailbox because: The account already exists

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Web Design Tutorial / Workshop: Google.com Makeover For Compliance With Web Standards

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

I have done many site re-designs with the aim of complying to web standards. However because they are commercial projects the details are not for public consumtion. Rather, for a quick demo and a kind of before and after look at how proper compliance with web standards can improve a websites performance, useability, functionality and accessibility I have chosen to do a quick re-design of Googles homepage instead.

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Nuffnang Ad Units Not Working

Friday, August 1st, 2008

I’m having quite a bit of bother with Nuffnang adverts and I’m probably not alone in this.  First up if you are wondering why you are not making much money from the ads then one possible reason is that Nuffnang keeps serving them as popups.  Yes popups – that anoying thing that websites used to do over 10 years ago before people cared about usability.

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WordPress Bug In “Subscribe To Comments” Plugin

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

There is a bug in the WordPress plugin “Subscribe To Comments” whereby if you uncheck the option…

Do a CSS “clear” on the subscription checkbox/message (uncheck this if the checkbox/message appears in a strange location in your theme)

The option will not be saved when you submit the form.  This can cause layout / display problems with your design.  You can fix the problem manually for the time being by editing the file /wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php.

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