Mounting an EBS volume under Debian 6 Squeeze is a bit different than under other Linux distributions because of the /dev structure in release 6. It is a pretty straight-forward process if you know what to look for. Using the Elasticfox plugin for Firefox to create a new volume and attach it to a running EC2 instance. You’ll have an option to choose the device...

I got my welcome package last week, almost three months after I took delivery of my car. Included in the package is a welcome to the Audi family letter, the “24 Truths” booket, an Audi Club North Amercia registration form, a Q5 accessories catalog, an Audi Care booklet, an Audi Collection catalog and an Connection...

One of the features we launched last week uses the popular fetch_feed() function to pull a RSS feed from FeedBurner. During the development this feature worked as expected but soon after going live we found it failed to get the updates from upstream in the timely manner. It turned out the default cache duration in WordPress is just too long, we needed a shorter time...

The superior design of the new A6 stands apart in Detroit. The new Audi A6 is receiving substantial praise from automotive experts—well in advance of its summer 2011 release date. The A6 recently received the prestigious EyesOn Design award at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It is the fourth time in...

If you moved your WordPress installation to a new domain but forgot to change the WordPress/Blog address settings first, don’t panic. Here’s what you need to do to get your site back up and running provided that you have access to the database. The WordPress Address and Blog Address are stored in the wp_options table. So go to your database and run the...

In early 2011 Hotmail gave users the option to add new accounts to existing one without going through the pain of registration. By simply going to the Options menu and choosing a new, available alias you can create a few more accounts instantly. Follow these steps: Click on the Options menu on the top right corner of your screen and choose More options... Under...

The problem: Couldn’t get simplexml_load_file to load an xml file that is in the same directory with the script that calls the parser. The error reads: PHP Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity Briefly go over our setup so you could understand the issue easier. We have a page in WordPress...