Author: willc

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So long, old friend.

After 10 years, I am quitting Firefox and moving to Chrome. This is a big change for me. I’ve used Firefox since it was called Phoenix. I’ve written magazine articles about how much I loved it. I’ve rubbed elbows with its developers and championed its cause.

But I gotta move. Chrome has evolved and has surpassed my old friend. I do not feel great about having to depart from my allegiance with the browser that began the death of Internet Explorer, but I really can’t justify clinging onto it anymore.

Since becoming a full-time Mac user last year, I’ve noticed the flaws of Firefox. The locking up, the memory leaks, the slowness. It has become quite annoying.

Now that I’m a full-time user of Google Apps at work and at home, it just makes sense.

Now that my favorite plugins for Firefox are all available for Chrome, and even some new ones that are awesome, it just makes sense.

So after I gave Chrome a decent trial this week (something I’ve done in the past just for kicks), I have decided it is time.

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10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants


Some little-known facts about the hardships of being a flight attendant. Also, that bumpy ride you had is really nothing. Quit complaining.

Of all the drinks we serve, Diet Coke takes the most time to pour—the fizz takes forever to settle at 35,000 feet. In the time it takes me to pour a single cup of Diet Coke, I can serve three passengers a different beverage. So even though giving cans to first-class passengers is a big no-no, you’ll occasionally spy 12 ounces of silver trimmed in red sitting up there.

10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants – Mental Floss.

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Some New Tunes

I’ve been doing a lot of home recording lately. Here you can hear some of the results. Let me know what you think!

Who Will Sing For Me? (bluegrass)

Limehouse Blues (bluegrass)

Bottom (weirdo)

 

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Failed WordPress Upgrade

The error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_core()

The Cause:

You don’t have enough disk space on your hosting account anymore.

The Fix:

Pick one:

  • Ask your web host to bump up your allowed disk space
  • Delete unneeded files on your account
  • Move to a new web host

Conclusion

I never ran into this problem before, but during an update to WordPress 3.4, the error kept appearing every time the upgrade script tried to unpack the downloaded zip file from wordpress.org.  It would be helpful if they included a message about it to let you know you may be out of space, but at least you can Google the error and find this page now 🙂

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