If you’re a doer and want to get things done, you need the right tools. Here’s my list of best hardware, software and cloud tools i’m currently using for work and personal projects.
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Archives for 2015
XAMPP/WAMP Apache Won’t Start in Windows 10 Solution
I’ve just upgraded to windows 10 and found that XAMPP/WAMP Apache won’t start anymore for some reasons. It will simply attempt to start but then fail and ask the user to check the Apache error logs.
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WordPress Autoptimize Plugin: Require Not Allowed Here Error Message Solution
I found out about the Autoptimized wordpress plugin not so long ago and have been using it for all my wordpress blogs. In short, it helps in minimising and consolidating all js and css that you might have from your active theme and plugins into a single js and single css.
The plugin is working great but I had some issues while using it on a self managed cloud server (in my case, digital ocean). For some reasons, the path to the consolidated js and css wasn’t accessible and returning 404.
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How & Where To Find Dell Service Tag
My dell laptop screen failed recently and fortunately it was still under warranty so I got it replaced by Dell for free. The first thing Dell service asked was the “service tag” so that they can track down what hardware/software I’ve bought from them and to check whether I’m still entitled for the service replacement.
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Overdrive Mobile App + Adobe Digital Edition (Windows 7) Syncing Confusion and Can’t Download eBook Solution
I just found out about overdrive and loving it. I can borrow ebooks from my library and can read in on my windows laptop/dekstop (using ADE) and mobile (android + ios). I did encountered a problem though, whereby books I’ve downloaded and works fine on my windows 7 Adobe Digital Edition (ADE), fails to work on overdrive mobile app. Here I share the experience and what i did to fix it.
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