Bye bye IPv4, bring on IPv6

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I got a Youtube link via email of a brilliant song on IPv6. It is hillarious and had me singing along in no time – much to the annoyance of a few innocent bystanders ;-)

http://www.verboon.info/index.php/2009/02/ipv4-vs-ipv6-song/

Listen to this and your inner geek will have a ball!

‘var’ statement compulsory in JavaScript on IE

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In theory you should be able to omit the ‘var’ statement when declaring a variable. Most people use it, but it isn’t required.

In IE, however, leaving ‘var’ out has a side effect – if you use the variable name as an element id in your html, you are likely to get some vague errors form IE.

I recently spent some time trying to figure out why a very simple bit of test code was not working in IE, but worked fine in other (better?) browsers.

WordPress automatic upgrade

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I had trouble with upgrading WordPress from v2.8 to v2.8.1. The automatic updater would get as far as this:

     Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.1.zip.

     Unpacking the update.

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Easy tips to boost conversion

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All the money spent on promoting your site and products can go to waste if customers leave without completing the purchase. Many merchants throw money at advertising campaigns and SEO to attract visitors but don’t stop to critically evaluate the performance of their website.
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ZenCart or osCommerce?

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For a few years now I have been tinckering with online shops. When people asked me how to go about setting up an online shop, my automatic response was always – “use osCommerce“. Recently I had some time and browsed around looking for alternatives and I think that ZenCart might just be a better option for some people looking for a completly free shopping cart.

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