A few months ago I wrote about “The Easy Way to Update ProLiant Firmware” as I had just discovered HP‘s all-in-one firmware updater CD. Great stuff and if you haven’t found that yet, be sure to check that article. There’s a wrinkle with that CD though: It isn’t always the most current. In fact, it …
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr 08
Gmail Labs: Message Sneak Peak and Nested Labels
The Gmail Blog announced two new Labs Features today: Message Sneak Peak and Nested Labels. Nested labels isn’t all that interesting to me, but I know a lot of people who are going to very excited about this one (as for me, Gmail search works just fine…). As you will see from the announcement, the …
Apr 07
Quick Fix for URL file-access is disabled Issues
While working with a 1and1.com hosted WordPress blog I hit a PHP error: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration This error arises when allow_url_fopen is set to “OFF” in the server’s php.ini file – which is the default value for (I believe) PHP 5. That setting controls your script’s access to the include …
Apr 01
Switching Home Backups to CrashPlan
For our home backups I’ve primarily been using the free version of Mozy for three and half years now (first look). It works great for us and the few times I’ve needed to recover files there have been no issues. In fact, the only issue I’ve had is not having enough backup space with the …






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