Can’t access \\readyshare through a UNC path but able to ping the IP address? Try this. Log into the router web based admin interface, scroll down to “UPnP” under advanced, and turn UPnP on. The router will say “please wait” (or something like that) for a minute or two. Then try accessing \\readyshare again. Worked […]
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Do you have a HostGator shared account and you’re seeing Internal Server Errors intermittently on otherwise-working code? I have a couple of domains at HostGator (not this domain). One of them experience this issue for several days. Randomly, loading any page on the site would generate “Internal Server Error” and the message in this post […]
When installing Android apps, look closely at the permissions they are asking for. For example, OpenSignal wants to read my text/MMS messages, my call log, and my contacts. Why do they need that information? I’ve asked them; I don’t expect to get a reply, or at least a reasonable one. Probably something about “to improve […]
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Payflow link invalid input errors
If you are a playflow link merchant and you recently started having “Invalid input” errors from your payment pages, check the source of your form that submits the data to payflow link. Sometime recently (May or June 2013) Payflow began rejecting HTML tags in form field input. I had a “<BR>” tag in my description […]
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Jawbone / myTalk Password Breach
Today I received an email from Jawbone explaining that their myTalk customer password list had been stolen by hackers. They say passwords were encrypted, but they do not say how they were encrypted. If they used pig latin to encrypt, then I should immediately go about ensuring that the password I used on the myTalk […]
After years of putting up with Rick and his digital photo editing services crap I think I have finally figured out a way to block these messages. Here’s the deal. You run a mail server, and you get spam every single day from Rick offering digital photo editing services. You put “We are a china […]
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ack – better than grep
An oldie but a goodie…filed away here because I tend to forget about cool tools like this. http://betterthangrep.com
I believe I’ve uncovered an accounting nightmare for merchants who receive 1099-Ks. I noticed that some of my monthly totals for 1099-K were off by small amounts vs. my (very) detailed monthly accounting. Turns out, the 1099-K’s appear to have been generated based on transaction date, while my reporting is traditionally based on settlement date […]
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SPF records and Payflow Link
EDIT – Update January 3, 2013: There was a bug in my previous SPF record below, that included “ip4:96.0.0.0/1”. That should have read “ip4:96.6.0.0/11”. Unfortunately the initial incorrect record allowed half the Internet to pass SPF tests, so it would be better to use the corrected version or edit this list to suit your tastes. […]
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Variable interpolation in Batch Files
Apparently it is possible to use variable interpolation in Windows batch files. @echo off set myVar=bob goto print_%myVar% echo ALICE :print_bob echo BOB Output is: BOB Useful for all kinds of things…