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Asus EEE pc Netbook 1018PB

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The new Asus EEE pc Netbook is super small and handy to lug around or even used as aspare pc for the price it sells at. It has a Atom N450 1.66GHz, processor with  1GB ram , 250GB 10.1” LED Netbook.

Asus EEEPC  Netbook Features in a glance

Widescreen – ASUS – Windows 7 – With Built-in Camera – Intel CPU – Netbook – 250 GB disk.

Asus EEE pc 1018PB Atom N450 1.66GHz 1GB 250GB 10.1' LED Netbook

This ASUS Eee PC 1018P Netbook offers real big performance in a neat and compact design. The 1018PB-BK801 runs on the latest Microsoft Windows 7 Starter and  has a godd size 250 GB hard drive.

It supports SD, MMC and SDHC flash memory cards which makes it easier to trf stuff from your cameras or smartphones to the laptop. The built-in webcam. VGA, USB 2.0 connections make it easier to attach  and transfer stuff and also do video chat taking your small little laptop wherever you want. More info…

 

Some other Mini laptops you might be interested in (check link for updated prices from Amazon)

Dell Pretty Pink 10.1" iM1018-4033PRPNetbook PC with Intel Atom N455
$287

HP Mini 110-3530nr – Atom 1.66 GHz – 10.1″ – 1 GB Ram – 250 GB HDD
$250

Acer Aspire One AOD255E-13639 10.1-Inch Netbook (Diamond Black)

$409

Acer Aspire One 722-BZ197 Netbook – Black

Backup Your wordpress blog in 30 seconds

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Its really that Easy!! if  you are looking for a quick solution from word press itself to back up your blog , this is it  !! It will save you hours of heartache later if something goes wrong, But there are much more  detailed back up options available as well if you want.

Simple wordpress  export backup in xml file

The quickest way to back up your  wordpress blog is to  use the export function in wordpress admin panel itself,  under the tools section. Check the pic below

wordpress simple and full database backup

Be warned though it only back ups on post, pages and comments and does not back up the photos. You can also do a Ftp back up of the images folder  to complement this.

I wouldn’t recommend this backup options if your blog has big/many posts. I you try to back up your blog with the export feature and you have many post you can end up with a xml file bigger than 10Mb.

Get the WordPress Database Backup plugin for  a more detailed backup

A more detailed backup can be done using the WordPress Database Backup plugin shown above and below also in pic. This plug-in is pretty good as you can either choose to back up  the database to your computer ( no messing around in cpanel or hosting login) or schedule a backup to be sent regularly to email as well.

wordpress database backup plugin

 

Here are some more links for wordpress database back up

 

http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

How To Backup Your WordPress Blog In Three Easy Steps

Restoring Your Database From Backup

Help .. My wordpress theme is not loading !!

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FOR every Blogger this is one nightmare that they really dread ( the blog getting broken  and inaccessible due to a buggy theme), the more experienced bloggers   surely would have  experienced this situation before , i suppose  and they are  quite adept at tackling this kinda situation.  So how do you fix this broken theme error?

My blog does not load

But for most bloggers like me  or the less technically challenged  we go to Google Search on autopilot when such a things happens, looking for a SOLUTION.

This did not happen to me for quite some time now  and then it happened again this week ,when i did a review of few of one  my blogs and changed some stuff or a theme . Godamm  knows why i venture to do this !! ( when everything was working)  but its a necessary evil  in the blogging game!!

wordpress blog broken not loading change theme

My wordpress theme is broken !! what do i do ?

I found  this nice looking word press theme that promised  a fast loading theme along with SEO inbuilt ..wow  and great features as well to match .. and i fell hook .line and sinker and uploaded it to wordpress theme folder. Guess what happens next !!

Yeh you know it !! some bloody eror that is too long to read and the  blog  is not loading up. Panic sets in… what do i do

What you will attempt  or ways to fix your broken blog  ?

Few options : Possibly this  :

  1. login to your hosting cpanel and try to reverse the update on wordpress in simple scripts or some area like that
  2. Try to gain access to your admin panel via wordpress in some  way ..but you cant ..because its F**ked ( try FTP)
  3. Try to find ways to change your  theme back to default via the hosting admin panel ( cpanel)  or then your Sql table under Php my admin in your hosting account or then via your ftp login to your word press files… still no luck.. daymm this !!!
Manually  change the wordpress themes due to blog not loading

There  is a simple way to get your blog back to working mode  ( or gain acess to the admin panel again ) if you have access via ftp to your wordpress files.

Take for example the bad theme you just changed was named “detox” . Go to  the theme folder ( via Ftp or cpanel) empty all the contents of your detox  theme folder  and move all the contents of  one of the default word press( classic or twenty ten or a good working theme) themes into that Detox folder. So you are tricking wordpress into loading detox when it actually is loading up twenty ten or whatever theme  that you moved there.

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This should  get your blog atleast up and running  and you should atleast be able to login back into your admin panel and change things again and delete that  screwed up word press theme that mucked up things for you!!

Here is another link i found that give you some tips on how to change the theme via my sql scripts in php admin i think.

Let me know if this was of any help  and do bookmark this post  for future reference  as i will be updating it with more tips.

UPDATE:

Plugin erors in wordpress and blog not loading

Recently while upgrading wordpress after getting the above eror, i managed to stumble into yet another plugin eror that disabeled my blog again.

I got this eror continously while trying to load the blog  “#. Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_get_related_posts()” .  To cut things short , what worked for me was to just  ftp into  the wordpress installation, go to the plugin folders and delete the plugin and the blog is up  and working now.

Amazon Dodgy link plugin “Amazon affilaite Link localiser”

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Recently i  installed this link , that says it will  localize your Amazon links   so that the it updates any amazon links  on your website /blog with your amazon id  for that country so that you don’t miss out on  commissions.

 

 

DODGY/ fraud plugins for wordpress

I installed this  plugin and though i would do a check  to see how things are going . to my horor i found that  the  amazon link are pointing to someone else amazon id , which would obiviously be the plugin maker. So i was ytricked into handing over all my commisiions to the  this guy . DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN  it is  a scam. IT will replace all you   amazon links with this id link “http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=petewill-20” .

[ Author of this plugin has sent me a clarification message , which i have posted at bottom of post ]

check out the pic below

fraud amazon local links plugin

I clicked one of the about links http://petewilliams.info/ and also the id  link that covered mylinks with his links  was “http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=petewill-20”

The plugin ” Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer”

This is totally sneaky and wrong, please do not download this plugin.

  Clarification sent from Plugin author: Pete williams

Hi,

My name’s Pete and I wrote this plugin. It looks like there’s been a bit of a mixup here so I thought I’d try and clear it up for you.

Just to explain, the script does use my affilliate IDs, but *only* where you don’t provide your own. It will never overwrite your IDs, and so will never deprive you of any commission. This is explained on the page on my site for this script, on it’s page in the WordPress Plugin directory and again in the plugin’s readme.txt – so obviously I am not trying to scam anyone:

“DISCLOSURE
If you do not insert your own affiliate IDs the script will use mine. Hopefully this will help fund my book addiction!”

With this in mind, I’d appreciate it if you could update your post to correct the information.

Thanks

Pete

 

My response: I certainly had put my id in  and this was still happening when i had used this plugin , this might have been fixed since then . so you can most certainly  have a look for yourself if you interested in this plugin  and check it outfor yourself if you like.

 

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Move over Planking cone-ing is here

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If you thought “planking” was a silly craze that hit the roof suddenly, check out this guy from australia who has just started the “cone-ing craze”  which is just starting to get popular. His You tube video has already made him a internet star.

About planking : The lying down game (also known as planking,[1] or face downs) is an activity, popular in various parts of the world, consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body

planking vs cone ing craze

Cone-ing :Melbourne man Alki Stevenswho started the "Cone-ing" involves ordering a soft serve cone at a fast food restaurant’s drive-through and then grabbing hold of the ice cream, rather than the cone, when served.

 

You tube video cone-ing

Facebook page Planking Australia has more than 16,100 fans and features hundreds of photos of people lying across desks, train tracks, in front of buses, on horseback, over stairwells, fire hydrants, on art-installations, goalposts, motorbikes and, even other plankers.

Hangover 2 – The fun and gags continues

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Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis of hangover 1 and hangover 2 will definitely be returning for another adventure after the successful release at the box office

Hangover  2 – “Hola Bangkok Squalor”

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Scot Armstrong, Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin
Producers: Todd Phillips, Dan Goldberg
Executive Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, William Fay, Scott Budnick, Chris Bender, J.C. Spink

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson, Justin Bartha, Paul Giamatti

Short Review : Comedy. In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy “The Hangover,” Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can’t even be imagined

hang over 2 review poster

First let me say that I absolutely loved the first movie “ hangover”. I’ve watched it countless times, both at the theater and on DVD. So how did the sequel stack up ?

It is  set in Bangkok instead of Vegas. and some of the jokes were funny, especially the “ scene where Stu discovers he slept with a Thai ladyboy” and later on when  he tells he go  the demon in him ,Alan tells him it was semen and not demons in him”

hangover dialogue script

So, okay.  Alan attends the wedding.  How do these guys ever trust anything from him again?  And particularly because Bradley Cooper’s character made a point of throwing away Alan’s marshmellows before their first beer Suprise !! Suprise!!. 

hangover 2 smoking monek druf dealer monkey

It’s in reference to Alan’s letter that he read on the roof in the first film, he said that he was a lone wolf but as his circle of friends grew his "wolf pack" grew.

Warning: The movie  has a abundance of male and female  upper and lower genitals parts

***** 5 stars Rating from the sheldon singh Blog !! ENJOY !!