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Replace stuff in XenForo forum post body

1 February 2015

XenForo is a forum software created by former VBulletin developers. If you have used Vbulletin 3.x and then upgraded to 4.x you know why there are a fair share of 3.x forums out there. XenForo is simple and better and is not trying to be more than a forum, as Vb does. Recently I’ve moved […]

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So, you bought a Forester and you complain about the MPG

24 December 2014

There are so much gas consumption topics on the Forester forum I think people did not do enough research before buying one. To whomever may want to buy a new Subaru Forester or other gas SUV, here are some points: the two liter engine is great if you drive like a granny. slow on the […]

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Great book by Jason Kincaid of Techcrunch

18 November 2014

Great title, great tips. “The Burned-Out Blogger’s Guide to PR” is for bloggers and PR people. The book is available on Amazon in paperback and kindle format.  

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Blog: traffic spike? Enable Cache and CDN fast!

18 October 2014

So, you wrote an article that makes its way fast through social media, huh? That is great, but your server is getting tired and you receive an email from the hosting company that says your shared plan does not cover this type of thing and you need to upgrade. What they don’t tell you is […]

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My baby is home: Forester SG SG9 XT AT

12 October 2014

I’ve had my eyes on a Subaru Forester for a few years now. I totally hate the new models, the third and forth generation look more like every other SUV on the market as Subaru needed to appeal to people thinking the Forester is a station wagon. The strategy worked, and Subaru is a top […]

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What does “ZOSO” mean? Ridiculous Secrets Only Two Living People Know?

11 August 2014

A few people sent me this link because one of the item on the list is “Zoso”, one of the symbols from Led Zeppelin’s album IV (or Runes, or ZOSO, or Led Zeppelin, whatever is called). It’s funny.  Of course, I know all about it, I’ve been asked myself what does it mean a few […]

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Raining in a Renault Twizy

24 June 2014

I had the pleasure of playing for a few days with an all-electric Renault Twizy. The car has no windows, so raining concerns appeared. But the interior is all plastic and has holes in the bottom for the water to evacuate. Here’s a video of the car after a two hour heavy rain:

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Camera Raw is subtle – Sony is Hasselblad

10 May 2014

Camera Raw idenfities a Sony Nex-3N lens as a Hasselblad, cause it’s true Hasselblad sells overpriced lens made by Sony.  

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Windows Live Writer and WordPress Memory Limit

6 May 2014

I was testing WP-Fastest Cache on my main blog and, after changing back to WP-SuperCache, I noticed I was not able to retrieve the articles published on the blog. WLW was trying and trying and kept on trying and no deal. Others blog worked just fine. After two days of digging, I found the problem. […]

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iPad does not want to exit recovery mode? Try disabling Panda Antivirus!

17 April 2014

Last night, my iPad2 went to sleep. I plugged it in and it kept restarting when it got enough power. And restarting. And restarting. I pressed Home and Power to enter Recovery Mode and try to restore it via iTunes. But during the recovery, it presented the error below. And restarted and showed the Recovery […]

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