ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
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Change your max file upload size in WordPress

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Everybody may already know how to do this but, I didn’t and it was driving me crazy.  And, since I will have to make this change again sometime, I’m posting it here. Ever since I switched over to WordPress, I’ve been stuck with a two (2) meg file upload limit.  I thought this was a bit crazy because I self host this … Read more

Clear Lost Content Adviser Password

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Got an interesting from a friend out of a while back. In her e-mail she asked: My dad, who is 67 and knows nothing about a computer – nothing – is trying to operate my late mother’s Dell, so that he can use the internet. The problem is, Mom had put so many content blocks on it with parental controls … Read more

Create a Shortcut to open in your Alternate Browser

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Here’s a quick and simple “How To” for you.  I had this question posed by a client the other day and it made me think.    This Client is a fan of FireFox.  It is his default browser and tries his best to NEVER use Internet Explorer.  But, as is the case with most things, the more you try to keep … Read more

Scammers: They really need to try something new

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Happy Tuesday !!!   Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In  which case I would say,   “ Happy   ________day!!”   So, this morning  I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another …  (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!!  (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say that) Not that I want … Read more

Warranty Schmarranty

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Here’s an interesting read about Apple’s wonderful customer service. Note my sarcasm?  🙂 Anyway, here’s a short clip of the article. The Apple Retail Store Hates You  – I recently visited the Apple store to exchange a defective power adapter which was still under warranty.  I still have the defective adapter, as it has now cost more time and effort … Read more

Windows 7 Telnet Client

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I dropped to a command prompt today on my Windows 7 machine to telnet into my Cisco Router and found, that once Again the Microsoft telnet client is not installed. It seems that, as with Windows vista, the Microsoft Telnet client is not installed by default.   But luckily it’s pretty easy to install,  just follow these simple steps: Click the … Read more