UbiKann

UbiKann is a blog/site managed by  John Garner. He's been adding to it, on add off in various forms, since the 90s.

WordPress stuck in maintenance mode on upgrade

Is your site stuck in maintenance mode and you can't get out of it. You may find the reason is a file that hasn't been deleted by your server.
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Elements of UX: Hicks Law

The more choices you are given, the harder the decision will be for you.
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Kindle sales are up the day after Apple's Mini launch

Most people expected that the launch of Apple's mini thingy would put Amazon in a really difficult position. However, it seems on the contrary Amazon sales are up and went up soon after the announcement from Apple. Could that be people that realised that the Amazon offer was a) from a hardware point of view […]
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A Hero's video

Wow this is just a pleasure to watch the images are great and sometimes breathtaking on a large screen at 1080 Full HD, enjoy!
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Felix Baumgartner's record jump

I came across this my pure chance from an article on Mashable linking to the live video feed and it was just amazing. The courage you need to do what Baumgartner did is astonishing, just watching it, in pretty poor quality video at some points was, however, riveting...
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Social Media and Relativity

Ahh, the times they are a changin' or maybe not as the beginning of social media brings up the same reactions as those of when the web came about...
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Figuring out what is deleting folders or files on your VPS

If you're seeing folders or files getting deleted and can't figure out why then it may be time to monitor said folder(s) or file(s) with auditd.
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Social Media: little to no effect on purchasing behaviour

A report from Forrester Research and GSI Commerce illustrates the fact that social media has little to no effect on purchasing power. I've often thought this was the case and that people were far more inclined like myself to follow results from search engines and newsletters I get especially reghardware for example, but that might […]
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Android now has the most free Apps

A report that you can find over at Distimo (you need to register to get it) shows that there are now more free apps for Android than there are for any other platform as you can see below in the chart: So the journalists and bloggers that just can't spend enough money at Apple were […]
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Android now wins over the hearts

Android phones are swaying people away from the iphone
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Lego guys gone wild

Amazing video of a Lego based contraption circuit
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Drop in Flash used on top websites

Less and less sites are using Flash, as if they sense the time is nigh...
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Apple dominating tablets... for now

Apple continues to concentrate on the tablet market succesfully
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Would you be honest?

Nice little experiment from Honest Tea. If you came across a store where you were expected to be honest, and pay a dollar a bottle, would it work in your town or country?
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Android: the tipping point is nigh

Android market share keeps increasing. iPhone owners in the media seem to be getting jittery, looking to question Android on as many points as they can think of. I'm curious to see so many articles, like on Econsultancy, Computerworld and Read The Web, questioning the numbers about Android dominance or questioning the quality of the […]
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