Tag Archives: plug

The Adventures of Scout (my MSI Wind U100x Netbook)

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

Ok last night I wailed about * Scout's (the name of my MSI Wind U100x) minor current of electricity emanating from the VGA port issue which I'm glad to report has dispersed as quickly as it appeared, indicating that it … Continue reading →

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Blog Updated, Update On Other Stuff, and Reminiscing My boss for Some Odd Reason.

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

Just updated to the not - completely - necessary - but - update - it - anyway latest version of WordPress, also called a 'Maintenance Release'. As is my habit, I will test it here for a few days before … Continue reading →

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Almost There

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

I've managed to migrate MomEx posts, which run on WordPress, to Drupal 5.9 on my test server. Whoopee! I used WordPress Import, a pretty powerful tool which is still in development mode. On the surface it's a straightforward process of … Continue reading →

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Assessing A Planned Move from WordPress to Drupal

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

I need to write this down to serve as a list in determining a mass migration of my sites from WordPress to Drupal, so I'll just blog it right? I'll start with a list of a few WordPress issues I … Continue reading →

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Something Seriously Wrong With New WordPress 2.6

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

I upgraded this blog and now my permalinks structure causes 404 errors. I have reverted this to use WordPress Default, and am not using permalinks at the moment. I am investigating the sql file and my (very few) plugins but … Continue reading →

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PLUG Mailing List is apparently down, posting message here instead.

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

The mailing list went all quiet last week and I thought it was a lull, but apparently it really is down, as a message I posted was not read by Migs when I asked him about it. Am waiting for … Continue reading →

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New Mobo. A Picture Story.

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

And not a moment too soon. Work was piling up and me without a good working computer is like.. Moses without the tablets. Ok I know that doesn't make sense. Goes to show what happens when I don't have a … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu from a newbies POV, and why I advocate FOSS

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

I'm writing this with assumptions on how this latest Ubuntu might appear to newbies primarily because of our long term plan to create a distribution for local internet cafes. In this respect, I'm hoping to create a one - size … Continue reading →

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XML Feed Finally Validating

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Gabriel Mercado

I just fixed one of the most confounding problems I'd ever come across on WordPress, so I'm sharing how I did it because I definitely couldn't find the solution after weeks of trying. See I was trying to get the … Continue reading →

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Lets Just Make an Ogg 2.0

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

I think for the most part, the tech issues that interest, or rather more to the point - get a rise out of me - most are open source, privacy, and 'understanding the 'net issues. More specifically occasions when open … Continue reading →

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