The RUBICON 8 C is part of the DALI EQUI ecosystem of wireless active speakers and amplifiers that lets you play music in the best possible quality without the need for complicated electronics or speaker cables. The RUBICON 8 C combines the acclaimed drivers and cabinet construction of our passive RUBICON series with the amplifier technology from the CALLISTO series to deliver the ultimate wireless musical experience and enough bass to fill larger rooms.

With this setup you have almost no cables and eliminate the need of an amplifier. So should you wonder what I want for Xmas, this is it

If you’re interested you can read all about them here.

5 different men. 5 different walks of life. Different shades, religion, tastes, backgrounds, and opinions. SAME GOAL AND VISION. The Main Squeeze are living proof that love and respect don’t have to take a backseat to the differences plaguing the world around us. We don’t need to be afraid of one another, we just need to listen and love.

Revolutionary dual-screen design
Reap the benefits of a dual-monitor setup from anywhere with a 15.18 cm (5.98″) 1080p touchscreen mounted above the keyboard. This second screen lets you display and interact with other applications like Twitch, Discord, Spotify, OMEN Command Center, and more – without interrupting gameplay.

Max settings. Any setting.
When it comes to raw power and performance, the OMEN X 15 Laptop makes no compromises. With a 9th generation Intel® Core™ i9 processor and NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics, feel free to crank up the settings everywhere you go.

Edge-to-edge immersion
Crisp gameplay is crucial if you want to play at your best. With a high resolution and fast refresh rate[1], on-screen visuals are swift and smooth, while a micro-edge bezel display delivers edge-to-edge immersion.

Ultra-thin, performance-driven design
Experience a sleek, ultra-thin design engineered with performance and customization at the forefront. With an advanced thermal cooling solution, RGB lighting across the chassis and keyboard, and single-panel access to internals for easy upgradeability, nothing stops you from playing at your best.

I want one for Christmas

Plugin has now been live for more than a decade and still works running on the latest WordPress and PHP versions. I believe it was conceived back in the WP 2.x and PHP 3.x days!!

If you have any comments or cartoon requests please feel free to leave a comment

I could use one – now also available with 15″ – 8th gen i7 – 16GB RAM and up to 1TB SSD

Christmas is just around the corner…

Anyway, create a file (e.g. fix_comments.php) and paste the following code inside and save it to the root of your WP installation (where you also find wp-config.php).

<?php
include("wp-config.php");
if (!mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD)) {  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());  }
if (!mysql_select_db(DB_NAME)) {  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());  }
 
$result = mysql_query("SELECT term_taxonomy_id FROM ".$table_prefix."term_taxonomy");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $term_taxonomy_id = $row['term_taxonomy_id'];
  echo "term_taxonomy_id: ".$term_taxonomy_id." count = ";
  $countresult = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM ".$table_prefix."term_relationships WHERE term_taxonomy_id = '$term_taxonomy_id'");
  $countarray = mysql_fetch_array($countresult);
  $count = $countarray[0];
  echo $count."
";
 mysql_query("UPDATE ".$table_prefix."term_taxonomy SET count = '$count' WHERE term_taxonomy_id = '$term_taxonomy_id'");
}
 
$result = mysql_query("SELECT ID FROM ".$table_prefix."posts");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $post_id = $row['ID'];
  echo "post_id: ".$post_id." count = ";
  $countresult = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM ".$table_prefix."comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '$post_id' AND comment_approved = 1");
  $countarray = mysql_fetch_array($countresult);
  $count = $countarray[0];
  echo $count."
";
  mysql_query("UPDATE ".$table_prefix."posts SET comment_count = '$count' WHERE ID = '$post_id'");
}
?>

Simply run it online (www.yoursite.com/fix_comments.php) and do remember to delete the file afterwards from the server!!

This is more complicated than it seems, too. You can’t just use a single method, as you could have Windows PCs, Macs, Android phones, iPhones and iPads, game consoles, smart TVs, and set-top streaming boxes all connected to your home router. Worse yet, many of these devices — laptops, smartphones, and tablets — won’t only use data on your home network. So you can’t even rely on a data usage meter that shows how much data you’ve downloaded on your laptop, as some of that will have taken place outside of your home on a different Wi-Fi network.

Different operating systems do have different tools that can help. GlassWire is a free and polished network-monitoring tool that will track data usage on all versions of Windows. On Windows 10 and 8, you could also set a specific connection as a “metered” connection and Windows will track data usage for it. This will change how Windows and some applications use the connection, however.

That’s where PC Decrapifier comes in. This pint-size wonder program scans your PC, brings up a checklist of the bloatware installed on your machine, and helps you wipe ’em all away in one fell swoop. Yay! A secondary screen lists all of your programs if you want to nuke even more. Ignore it, or just be careful to avoid erasing something important.

Key features

• Restore on Reboot
• Reset to Baseline on PC Start Up or Hard Reset
• One-Click Instant Updates
• VMWare Support
• Protects the MBR
• Works below Windows
• Mini OS Access
• Restore from unbootable Windows

Read more about all its benefits – a truly great piece of software to keep your PC safe from viruses, malware, problems and user errors!

Follow this link to download the program and get started.

It was was founded by John T. Haller, the developer behind numerous portable applications including “Portable Firefox” which started the portable software trend. We’ve been making software portable since March 2004. Today, our team stands at over 100 developers, translators, application packagers, designers and release testers. Their goal is to centralize the knowledge and development of portable software efforts and build a single, open platform which any software or hardware developer can use.

Some of my personal favourites are:

• Notepad++ Portable – A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
• XAMPP – Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package
• Sudoku Portable – the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
• FileZilla Portable – the full-featured FTP client
• WinSCP Portable – SFTP, FTP and SCP client (if you have Kaspersky blocking you)
• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition – the award-winning web browser that’s safe and secure
• VLC Media Player Portable – An easy to use media player that plays many formats
• 7-Zip Portable – File archiver and compressor

A complete list is found in the Portable App Directory.

Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

What does this mean?

It means you should take action. After January 12, 2016, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for older versions of Internet Explorer. Security updates patch vulnerabilities that may be exploited by malware, helping to keep users and their data safer. Regular security updates help protect computers from malicious attacks, so upgrading and staying current is important.

Microsoft Edge appears to be a decent upgrade from Microsoft. However, I would strongly encourage those who haven’t already done so to swap IE with either Firefox, Chrome or Opera.

Happy (and secure) surfing in 2016!

You can specify:
* the genre
* the minimum rating
* the minimum number of votes
* the minimum and maximum duration
* the minimum and maximum year of release
* the language
and Movie Genie will suggest you movies that satisfy your preferences.

If you find a movie that interests you, you can read some more info about the movie, watch a trailer or look it up on IMDb. If you find a movie that you have already seen, you can add it to the ignore list in order to hide it from future results.

Additional Features:
– Exchange ignored movies with your friend over NFC to make join searches.
– Talk to the genie; voice search to set your preferences.
– Discover trending movies with the Popular Movies feature.

Discovering great movies that suit your taste, has become as as easy as it gets! Find out more at www.miksoft.net/moviegenie

NOTE: This app is only a movie discovery app, it does NOT provide a way to watch the movies. However, other sites do…

The Mobile Media Converter is a free audio and video converter for converting between popular desktop audio and video formats like MP3, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis Audio (ogg), Wave Audio (wav), MPEG video, AVI, Windows Media Video (wmv), Flash Video (flv), QuickTime Video (mov) and commonly used mobile devices/phones formats like AMR and 3GA audio (amr) and 3GP video. iPod/iPhone and PSP compatible MP4 video are supported. Moreover, you can remove and add new formats or devices through the internet.

An integrated YouTube downloader is available for direct downloading and converting to any of these formats. Popular sites such as Dailymotion, Photobucket videos, blip.tv, Soundcloud and Youku are supported too. You can trim your clips for ringtone creation or any other purpose and crop your videos for removing up/down black bars or other unwanted parts of the image. Additionally, embedded subtitles can be encoded onto the video for watching movies or shows with subtitles on devices that does not supports them. Finally, a built-in DVD ripper is available to transform your own DVDs to any of the supported formats.

The program has a very easy-to-use and simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) that helps even the most amateur user. Most of the times, the only data that you must enter is the input file(s) or just drag ‘n’ drop the input file(s)! The 3GP and AMR formats are used by mobile phones for MMS, video and sound recordings, etc. Our Mobile AMR converter and Mobile 3GP converter have been replaced by Mobile Media Converter.

For more information and to download visit www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.php

UPDATE table_name SET column_name = replace( column_name, 'from_old_value', 'to_the_new_value' );

This post was written in the hope that it may prove useful for someone, and also as a “reminder” to myself as I seem to forget this simple yet powerful SQL statement