I checked into my site this morning to find that the WordPress.com stats plugin I was using wasn't working. I received this message instead of the pretty graphs: Your WordPress.com account, 404techsupport is not authorized to view the stats of this blog. Currently access to stats is broken for some users and we are working on fixing this. Your stats are still being counted and … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Reddit is Down and Blaming Amazon [Updated]
It's no secret that Reddit has been running slow and has had its intermittent downtime for a while now. Today, the problem seems to be worse than normal and Amazon is getting the blame. … [Read more...]
Beware This Web Listings, Inc. Mail Scam For Search Engine Submission
Unfortunately, a scam over snail mail is probably more likely to succeed. That is why I feel it worth writing about to warn you of a letter I received last weekend that tries to use phishing techniques through the mail. A company by the names of Web Listings, Inc. sent me a letter for another domain of mine that looked very much like a bill, saying I owed them $65 for "Annual … [Read more...]
Server 2008 R2: “You must use the Role Management Tool to install or configure Microsoft .NET”
I was trying to install an application on a VM running Server 2008 R2. The program required Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and wouldn't install without it. Oddly, Windows Updates was installing updates for .NET Framework 3.5 and installing .NET Framework 4 didn't work either. I tried downloading the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 but when I ran the installer, I received … [Read more...]
Internet Explorer 9 Now Available For Download
Earlier this month, Microsoft got some publicity for its efforts to kill off Internet Explorer 6 and tonight they're launching the next generation of browser at SXSW, an "annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin". With a live streaming event, IE9 features were explained and its strengths were demoed. The final version is now available to … [Read more...]