Filed under: Generelt
Today I experienced some problems with Spotify. The problem was that I could not log on to Spotify, and it returned an error stating that there was some problems with the firewall settings, also known as Error 110. After checking the firewalls, and confirmed that there was no problem with the rules, I was stuck. After searching and surfing for solutions on the net, I found other people experiencing the same problems that I had.
The problem seemed to be with the “Remember me” option. Other people that had the same problem just disabled the remember me option, and logged in as usual with their own password. The same solution worked for me. :-)
Just got to love the power of Google :-)
Filed under: Problems & solutions | Tags: amsn, crash, excessive resources, pidgin, windows live messenger, wlcomm.exe, wlm, wlm contacts server
I’ve used the newest version of Windows Live Messenger for some time now, and I’ve noticed there’s a bug which is really annoying. What happens is that the WLM Contacts Server (wlcomm.exe) uses excessive amounts of resouces, which eventually leads to a total hang-up for all the applications running. This happens randomly, atleast in my case. What happens is that the wlcomm.exe process tend to use from about 15 to 60% of the CPU, and makes the computer run slow, and in worst case a hang-up or a system crash. It may also use excessive amounts of memory, but this hasn’t happened on my computer.
If you try to kill the wlcomm.exe process from within task manager, you will be logged off WLM. wlcomm.exe will start again when you log in the next time.
After a bit of searching around the net, I found a solution, it’s not perfect, but atleast it works. You will have two (2) options. The first is to downgrade to an older version of WLM/MSNmessenger, or the second, which is to install a different MSN client like pidgin or amsn. (There are other open source msn clients, just google it :-) )
Note: If you choose to downgrade to an older version of WLM / messenger, you will have to run the Microsoft Install Cleaner after the uninstall of WLM. Otherwise you will get an error while trying to install the older version, with the message that there is a newer version installed. Open the CleanUp Utility and highlight the Windows Live (WL) and Windows Live Messenger (WLM) files. Kudos to the user Bobbye from the techspot forum for this information, see techspot url under sources for more information.
If you have a solution for this error, without downgrading or installing another client, please post the solution in a comment, and I’ll update this article and include the solution.
Comments appreciated :-)
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Introduction:
In this essay we would see how the website Sun.com (Sun 2009) use different rhetorical effects to promote their product and different sections of their site. The use of connotations and denotations (Chandler 2002:173), signifier and signified, and the use of colors. To clarify the signifier and signified we will use the model created by Saussure (Chandler 2002:14).
Filed under: Music | Tags: channel, invite, irc, playlist, quakenet, share, spotify
Spotify is a really genius streaming music service, which is invite-only if you don’t want to pay a monthly fee. You can’t get an invite you say? Well, you may be able to get an invite through a friend, or by logging on to the Quakenet IRC network and joining the #spotify channel. Instructions are provided in the topic of the channel. :-)
Go get the invite you want! :D
Got a fresh and funky playlist? Share the URL in a comment :-
Introduction:
Mark Bauerleins (2008a) book have generated a lot of controversy through the aspect that today’s youth are dumb and gets dumber by using the technology available for them. Bauerleins main point is that the technology that should have helped today’s teen’s had an rather different effect than what one should expect. To point this out, we’ll make an semiotic analysis of the website associated with the book (Bauerlein 2008b) which contains different material related to the book.
Filed under: Symbian | Tags: application, blacklist, location, pyS60, sports tracker, ssh, step counter, Symbian, tagger, useful, wellness diary
A compilation of applications that would be useful for your smartphone.
Networking:
Fitness:
- Step counter (Nokia E66 is not supported, yet..)
- Sports Tracker
- Wellness Diary (Data from Sports Tracker and Step Counter can be imported to this app)
Utilities:
Media:
- Location Tagger
- Twibble (twitter app)
Useful applications will be added to the list. If you have an application that you would like to add to this list, post a comment.
