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How To Disable Your Touchpad While Typing (Ubuntu, Windows, Mac)
If you are frustrated with your laptop/netbook/macbook because it mysteriously erases your text while typing or if it moves your cursor to undesirable places while typing, this quick guide can bring peace between you and your computer once again!
Upgrading to WordPress 2.9 Memory Error Fix
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So I noticed yesterday that a newer version of WordPress was available. I clicked on the upgrade link and proceeded as usual until I was presented with the following error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2515174 bytes) in /var/www/usr/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/http.php on line 1327
This appeared very odd to me at first… 33,554,432 bytes allowed, but when it attempted to allocate only 2,515,174 bytes it caused a fatal error? Well as strange as that looks, there’s an easy fix…
(note, I assume you already backed up your DB and existing wordpress installation — proceed at your own risk)
To Fix*: (assuming you want to use the auto-upgrade feature still