Author Archives: Wick
Gladinet Cloud Desktop Can’t Handle Amazon Cloud Drive
More accurately, Gladinet Tech Support can’t fix a three-month-old issue that completely breaks Gladinet Cloud Backup’s reliability as a backup tool when using Amazon Cloud Drive. The root issue is simple: your Amazon Cloud Drive login credential expire after 48 … Continue reading
Samsung Series 7 Razor-Sharp Wrist Rest
I researched the Samsung Series 7 Chronos for several days, reading glowing review after glowing review. Not one mentioned the wrist rest edge is literally sharp enough to hurt. Either the reviewers all have very small hands, or they completely … Continue reading
Samsung SE-506AB Blu-Ray Burner Comes With Ancient Software
Initially I thought the Samsung SE-506AB unit I bought was defective — it would not play Blu-ray discs. I had purchased it along with a Samsung Series 7 Chronos laptop. The Samsung Blu-ray burner comes with CyberLink PowerDVD 9. The … Continue reading
404 Not Found Abuse: oggiPlayerLoader.htm
In a refreshingly proactive turn of events, one Amazon AWS abuser replied to me directly. The oggiPlayerLoader.htm 404 errors detailed in my previous web abuse post were courtesy of Oggifinogi, a rich media provider based out of Bellevue, WA. Directory … Continue reading
Web crawl abuse from Amazon AWS-hosted projects
I’ve been keeping an eye on the CarComplaints.com error log lately, watching for phishing attempts, misbehaving bots/scripts, & other random stupidity. Turns out the major offenders have something in common — they’re hosted on Amazon’s AWS platform. One Amazon AWS … Continue reading
Lost Connection To MySQL Server on MediaTemple Grid Server
I’ve been a MediaTemple Grid Server (gs) customer since it was released. From the beginning, Mediatemple has had MySQL problems with “Lost connection to MySQL server during query at [script name] [line number]” errors. I have several system update Perl … Continue reading
HP Support Forum Disallows Problems
Apparently HP disallows tagging any forum post to their Support Forum as a “problem”. Right, because then they would rule their own search results for “HP problem” with useful discussion threads. Smart move.
Major select bug in Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate
APRIL, 2011: This bug has been fixed — the patch is part of PSP Service Pack 5. I bought PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate a short while ago. I’m getting concerned by the number of words Corel keeps adding to … Continue reading
HP Pavillion Laptop Fan Cycles On & Off & On & Off & On…
I recently bought a HP Pavillion dv6t laptop, only to return it after a few days — I’d press the power button to turn it on & it would cycle off & on 10-15 times before eventually deciding to stay … Continue reading
Apache httpd.conf changes ignored in Windows 7
Imagine this: You are a web developer. You buy a brand new computer running Windows 7. You install Apache using all the default installation options. You fire up your browser to see Apache’s “It works!” test page …so it does, … Continue reading