Category: Misc.

Uploading files to WordPress

Posted on by Nicolai Gideon

For a long time, now, I have struggled with getting around to changing the file size that WordPress allows you to upload – or, rather, that your php-server allows you to upload. There are so many howto-posts and videos out there, but for some reason nothing has seemed to work. Not until now. Today I found a site with the relevant help (for my server to react, anyway), so I am posting the link here for anyone who might be encountering similar difficulties. Good luck!

Maximum File Size for Uploads In WordPress 2.5, 1and1 Web Hosting

Migration

Posted on by Nicolai Gideon

I have just moved my site from one web hotel to another. Quite an endeavor, since I practically know nothing about sql databases. It caused me just a little headache for a few days, but as of today, the site is back up and running, just like before!

Jeg har just flyttet mit site fra et web hotel til et nyt. Lidt af en bedrift, eftersom jeg faktisk ikke ved noget om sql databaser. Det gav lidt hovedpine i et par dage, men fra og med i dag, er sitet oppe at køre igen, ligesom før!

Navn til salg

Posted on by Nicolai Gideon

På Maczonen.dk kan man 30/12/09 læse, at Apple har søgt om beskyttelse af et par nye varemærker, nemlig hhv. iGuide og iSlate. Hvad disse skal bruges til, kan man kun gisne om på nuværende tidspunkt, og det bliver der så på allerlystigste vis ude i æteren.

Det giver mig pludselig en ubændig lyst til, at jeg kunne beskytte navnet iOrden – ikke fordi jeg har noget særligt på tapetet, jeg kunne bruge det til, men bare fordi jeg tænker, at det måske kunne blive en givtig forretning at ligge inde med sådan et moderigtigt og nütidigt varemærke™. Continue reading “Navn til salg”

These are a few of my favorite things

Posted on by Nicolai Gideon

There are so many good reasons for using Firefox, I think (get it in Danish or in Serbian). One being the ability to install add-ons, plugins and themes at will, adding functionality and appearance to your browser. I’ve made a list of my own favorite add-ons (and one single theme that I use), which I’ll post here:

  • Boox (adds functionality to your bookmarks)
  • Cooliris 1.11.6a (changes the way you browse media)
  • DictionaryFox 0.11 (looks up words in your dictionary on Mac)
  • Download Manager Tweak 0.8.6 (gives you more control over your downloads)
  • DownloadHelper 4.6.5 (lets you download embedded media from pages)
  • Easy Youtube Video Downloader 2.1 (lets you do what it says)
  • FireFTP 1.0.7 (gives you ftp access in your browser)
  • FireFTP button 1.1.1d (lets you launch FireFTP from your toolbar)
  • Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OS X 1.1.2 (for viewing pdf-files in your browser on Mac)
  • Flagfox 3.3.19 (lets you see where the current page is located)
  • Friendbar 4.0.3 (shows you updates from Facebook and Twitter)
  • Go Parent Folder 2.1 (lets you move up one level when handling bookmarks)
  • History Submenus 1.04 (adds extra functionality to your history)
  • ImTranslator 3.2.9 (gives easy access to Google Translate-like features)
  • ScrapBook 1.3.6 (lets you freeze and save any given page)
  • Show Parent Folder 1.6 (shows you previous level when handling bookmarks)
  • GrApple Yummy 2.0.5 (adds Safari look to your browser)

The add-ons and themes can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox

Happy 2010

Posted on by Nicolai Gideon

Happy 2010 with the following podcast of fr. John Finley – a poetic collection of dictums of late Fr. Alexander Schmemann, all describing the orthodox vision of the Holy Eucharist, from which we draw our life: