Recently I stumbled upon various PHP errors while using the free analytics software Piwik:

1PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 2442473628 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 64 bytes)
2...
3Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in .../piwik/core/DataTable.php

The solution is quite simple - the …

Doing a recent Wordpress theme installation I stumbled upon a problem which could have taken much time to fix it.

The theme I installed offers multiple sidebar configurations (left, right, none). There is no default settings which means that it is necessary to set the sidebar configuration for every particular blog …

Recently I was confused when I spotted several spam comments on my blog. After logging into the Wordpress administration page I saw the reason for this issue:

1Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem is preventing Akismet from working correctly.

Oops - where did that come from?

It seems like my …

When it is necessary to share files between multiple devices and persons OwnCloud is a good alternative for Dropbox.

The open-source software that also supports WebDAV can also be installed on a managed web server - for this purpose the project offers a installation script which is transfered to the server using FTP: …

SciTE is a minimalistic, extendable editor with syntax highlightning for more than 30 programming languages.

Of course SciTE also supports UTF-8 - but doesn't use it by default. If a UTF-8 encoded file is opened, umlauts are displayed erroneous. The used encoding can be selected from a menu - anyway, this trick needs a …

Since I got my T420s my old Thinkpads R500 and X200 are waiting for new owners. A few days ago I discovered a screen issue on my X200. Its display is badly lighted when the brightness is dimmed down -  in addition to this the screen is squeaking high-frequently.

Working in dark and silent environments is nearly …