I was using Bluetooth and tried to use the OBEX commands to send a file to my LG VX8350 phone but the phone was locked down for that file type. It refused the file. I then chose the browse option, navigated to the MyPictures folder, and transferred the file successfully. This may be a helpful workaround for anyone trying to test pictures, etc. on cell phones. (hint)

See the error you may have faced and then see my solution below (for Mac OSX):

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Does this look familiar? If so, I may have your answer - read on…
I recently had to view an application being built by one of my company’s partners and it uses Shockwave to render images/media. Upon trying to view the application, the “missing plugin” icon was displaying and could not find a suitable plug-in to play the application.

Given I am on an Intel-based Mac, I learned that for Shockwave to run, you have to exit out of your browser, configure the Application (Firefox) to run in Rosetta Emulation Mode, then download Shockwave, install and you’re good to go. Come on Adobe! Let’s get Shockwave running in Universal Binary - after all, it’s Universal right?

Instructions From Adobe

Upon launching our new website, we wanted to enable a keyword availability checker so people can check the availability of keywords before ordering. To make it more convenient, I wanted the keyword they were checking to automatically populate the “Desired Keyword” field on the order form. Given the keyword checker was running on a different server and pulled in using IFRAME, due to security restrictions on browsers, it could not trigger events on the parent page.

SOLUTION: URL Hash (#)

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At long last, my “wish list” of things I wanted in our company website have been delivered. The beauty is in its simplicity. The snapshot below shows our new Flash demo movie, illustrating how Goomzee Text Marketing For Real Estate works. We also launched an affiliate program. Approved applicants can earn commission for every visitor they refer to Goomzee.com who places an order. Check it out!

As we roll on towards Thanksgiving holiday, we are looking to update the holiday graphic for goomzee.com and found this funny turkey photo.  We won’t be using it but I thought it was still worth sharing.

Perhaps there is a domain name you want to find the owner, or perhaps just check the nameservers, status, domain expiration date or other information about a domain name.  You can look in a variety of places but my favorite is the following:

http://www.whois.sc

Click the link above and enter your website address.  You may learn more than you knew about your site, including similar sites, Alexa search ranking, SEO plain text, etc.

It happens to us all.  Your website is not accessible and you need to know if it’s just your computer, your ISP or if it’s a serious problem.  Usually this is a DNS issue with your ISP or internal network but there is a tool you can use to view the responsiveness of your domain from servers around the world.

http://internetsupervision.com

Click the link above and on the right-hand side, enter the website address in question.  You can leave the email field blank.  Click the submit button and wait for the results.

I am reprinting recommended startup sequences from a Mac forum for my personal reference. Thanks to MOFS for the original post:

Keywords: OS X; startup; won’t; boot; screen; funky; help…

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