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WordPress should now be fixed. It’s not the ideal fix, as I am not 100% sure what was causing the problem – there where no obvious errors in my logfiles. However, I think it’s something to do with a combination of mod_rewrite, fCGI, suphp and the Portfolio Press wordpress theme. I have now switched themes, and I don’t have the same problem… fingers crossed, anyway!

I have been fairly busy during my week off from University developing a website for a local holiday Chalet – check it out here. It’s not 100% finished yet, but the general design is complete. I have also been doing some a little bit of SEO on Anglesey Sailing, in an attempt to boost it’s rankings. I can honestly recommend both sites, and the services that they offer – so if ever you’re looking to go on holiday to Anglesey, or to charter a boat in the Anglesey Area, check out the aforementioned sites!

Macbook Pro 15″ (2011) USB Port Issue

I had an alarming issue where one of my USB ports (the one closest to the display) wasn’t recognising any devices… It would charge them up without any problems, but things like USB hard drives and iPhones would not mount. I thought that this was a hardware fault, and was preparing myself book a slot at the Genius Bar.

However, by resetting my PRAM and NVRAM, I managed to fix the problem. To do this, first power off your Macbook Pro. Then, hold down the option key (alt key), Command Key, P and R simultaneously. While holding these keys down, press the power button once and wait for the computer to chime. Once your laptop has “chimed”, it will restart – you can then release the keys. Your NVRAM and PRAM will now be reset – and hopefully, your USB Socket will resume normal operation!

I hope that this helps!

 

OSX Internet Sharing DHCP Lease file

Just a quick post – While using the Internet Sharing function of OSX, I ran into some errors where my client machine wasn’t getting an IP address. I did some digging, and it turns out that the dhcp lease file is stored at this location:

/private/var/db/dhcpd_leases

This is definitely the location for Lion – I’d imagine that it’s the same for 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as well… although i’m not 100% sure. I fixed my issue with clients not recieving IP addresses by deleting this file – I’m not sure if that is a good thing to do, but it worked for me! It was interesting to see who had connected when I accidentally set it to an open network, too… “Andy’s iPhone”, I’m keeping an eye out for you!