This site will remain up, but Computerninja.com will be participating in the strike. This site remains up to help spread the word via this post and the previous post.
The Blog of Peter Filias
…a self-proclaimed Computer Ninja
Category Archives: Internet
Oppose SOPA and PIPA (not her, and it’s Pippa)
Don’t let Congress censor the internet. A number of sites are “going dark” today to protest.
Watch this for more information:
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
More information is here: SOPA Strike.
Postbox/Thunderbird and profiles
So, I recently went through an exercise where I archived old mail in my GMail account. My inbox was ENORMOUS, like 80000+ emails. In doing this archiving, it seems that Postbox (an e-mail client based on Thunderbird that costs $29.95. Seems expensive when most e-mail clients are free (come with your OS), or webmail systems do what most people need. I got into Postbox early on, so I stuck with ‘em. Anyway, Postbox wouldn’ t get out of a Not Responding state after I did this archive, probably because the inbox was out of sync with what was on the server.
Nevertheless, I butchered my profile on the machine, at which point, Postbox wouldn’t even LAUNCH, saying that Postbox was already running. It seems that you shouldn’t go into your AppData/Roaming folder and delete your profile folder. Rather, you should use the Profile Manager to make these changes. So, I went into Postbox’s Profile Manager (same as Thunderbird) and deleted the default profile and created a new one. Right after that, Postbox didn’t complain about running already and all was well in the world of Peter’s e-mail.
WordPress Updated to 3.3
Great news. WordPress updated to version 3.3. Lots of changes, mostly helpful for folks who run multiple sites. I’m pleased. Here are the highlights of WordPress 3.3:
Highlights
- Easier Uploading
- File Type Detection – A single upload button
- Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader
- Dashboard Design
- New Toolbar in the dashboard, combining the Admin Bar and admin header
- Responsive design for some screens, including iPad/tablet support
- Flyout menus, providing single-click access to any screen
- New User Experience
- New feature pointers, helping users navigate new features
- Post-update About screen
- Dashboard welcome area for new installs
- Content Tools
- Better co-editing that releases post locks immediately
- Don’t lose widgets when switching themes
- Tumblr Importer
- Under the Hood improvements
- Use the postname permalink structure without a performance penalty
- Improved Editor API
- is_main_query() function and WP_Query method
- Remove a number of funky characters from post slugs
- jQuery 1.7.1 and jQuery UI 1.8.16
- A new Screen API for adding help documentation and adapting to screen contexts
- Improved metadata API
- Performance improvements and hundreds of bug fixes
I’m loving the new toolbar. I’m loving that they moved Network Admin right under the My Sites menu item. LOVE THAT!
iPhone 4S (and iPhone 4) Speed Test: AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint
So, the other night, I had the opportunity to test a few phones across AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon.
We had two iPhone 4S and one iPhone 4 phone.
One iPhone 4S was on AT&T, the other iPhone 4S on Sprint, and the iPhone 4 on Verizon.
I was quite astonished by the results of our Speedtest.net test on these phones, all running iOS 5.0.1.
iPhone 4S on Sprint
iPhone 4S on AT&T
iPhone 4 on Verizon
Shocking. The 4S on AT&T was nearly 6x faster than the same phone on Sprint. That made me happy. Sprint has the most liberal data plans from what I gathered, but I’m glad to be that much faster. The sad thing to note her was how poorly the iPhone 4 performed on Verizon.
The Verizon phone had the weakest visible connection with 3 bars, the AT&T phone had 4 bars, and the Sprint phone had 5 bars. This is just for educational purposes. Hope you enjoyed it.
UPDATE: Thanks to Greg for running his own test. iPhone 4S on Verizon, Dec-1-2011.:
Greg's 4S on Verizon
