Vodafone Mobile Broadband on PAYG USB Modem

Got a great deal (Ends today) – Vodafone Mobile Broadband on Pay As You Go USB Modem.

This USB modem come with £15 credit included and is normally £39.99 (£34.99 online). I bought it for £29.99 at Argos
The credit lasts for 180 days rather than the standard 30 day PAYG and allows for 1G of access which is great for the occasional support call.

iPhone White Screen of Death

I was shall we say testing the network setting on my iPhone when I was hit by the White Screen of Death which is basically when you look at your iPhone and think that’s an expensive torch!

This is a solution from many sources found online:

First step is to hard reset the iPhone by holding down the home & power button at the same time for approx 10 seconds.
The next step was not reported online so may not be that common. When I powered back up got stuck with the Apple logo so to resolve this I connected the phone to the charger and switched off then on again.
Final stage may not be necessary to all as the next problem experienced was when I attempted to open a downloaded application (contacts, settings, clock etc. unaffected). The selected application would open then close straight away. To resolve this I downloaded a small free app on the iPhone from the App Store.

Not going be messing again soon (well until the next version of tethering is out!!)

Error establishing a database connection

What fun and joy this error message brings!
I experienced this error on a daily basis whilst using WordPress until I discovered the solution. In short the answer (in my case) was to edit the config.php ‘MySQL hostname’ as follows:

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1');

Build your family tree with Geni.com

Geni Family Tree

Excerpted from the website:
Geni enables families to connect, share, and preserve their lives.

Users can build their family tree through our fun simple interface. Relatives who are added to the tree can join Geni and add other relatives. This makes it easy to grow your tree.

Everyone in the tree has a profile which shows more about them and enables other family members to stay in touch with them. Families can work together to build profiles for common ancestors.

Family members can also share photos, videos, events, discussions, and more. A family timeline shows the history of everyone in the family.

Geni is private. Only the people in your family tree can log in to your tree and your profile. Geni will not share your personal information with third parties. We will not sell your email address or spam you. Users control which communications they would like to receive from us.

Geni was founded by former executives and early employees of PayPal, eGroups, eBay, and Tribe, and is backed by venture capital firms Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures.

http://www.geni.com/family-tree/start

Online Invoicing – Quick and Easy.

Professional invoices for freelancers, service providers and small businesses.

This is simply the best online invoicing application that I have used.

Zoho Invoice is the easiest way to invoice your customers. It helps create, send and manage your invoices online. Using Zoho Invoice you can track customer payments and also accept online payments from customers.

invoice-details

http://www.zoho.com/invoice/invoices.html

Open a Banana Like a Monkey (Code Monkey)

This is the first post of my new project and is for the benefit of the design team who still struggle opening a banana unlike the coding team.
Not sure what that says about the coding team!