3 Podcasts worth listening to

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With a 40 minute or so commute, I like listening to a few different podcasts (and audiobooks on occasion). Here’s 3 that are worth your time:

The Dave Ramsey Show (iTunes link) – ~40 minute daily radio show with minimal commercials where Dave Ramsey takes calls about money, getting out of debt, budgeting, etc. You’ll either love it or hate it. They’re updated every day around 5pm, and only the previous day’s podcast is available. Highly recommend listening to the Debt-Free Friday podcast — it’s very motivating to hear people call in who have paid off thousands in debt.

Mixergy (iTunes link) – ~1 hour long interviews with various entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, authors, and more. There’s well over a hundred available to download. I like picking out 5 at a time to listen to. Some are boring, but most are pretty insightful. Minimal commercials.

Motley Fool (iTunes link) – ~40 minute weekly with news and commentary on various business and financial topics. Far, far better than the WSJ podcast. No commercials.

Quick Tip: Tweak your Blackblaze exclusion list

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Backblaze is awesome. I’ve been using it for a few weeks after switching from JungleDisk and I love it. Look for a review post soon. The default exclusion list is pretty solid (at least on Mac OS X), but you can improve it by adding these paths. The concept is to not backup things that you could easily download again if you needed to, so things like podcasts, itunes U files, etc. Note these paths are osx-specific, but the principle applies on Windows too.

  • /users/<username>/music/itunes/itunes media/itunes u/
  • /users/<username>/music/itunes/itunes media/podcasts/

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Fixing the “Please Wait” error with Magento when Addding/Editing Products and Categories

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I’ve been working extensively with Magento in the past few weeks and while it’s an amazing e-commerce system, their support and documentation is pretty terrible. A common error with the past few versions (I’m using 1.4.1.0) is that the page freezes with “Please Wait” showing when you try to add products to categories, or add/edit categories themselves. Some users have also reported the same issue when uploading images or adding/edit products themselves. These are some fixes that people have suggested. If you’re having trouble, give them a try and leave a comment if you want me to add a fix to the list.

1 . Try a different browser

This fixed the problem for me, as I was using Firefox 3.6 (OS X) to access the admin backend, and switching to Safari 5 (I’m guessing Safari 4 would work also) fixed the issue. I tested this on IE7 (WinXP) and it also worked.

2. Disable mod_security and add whitelist

Check your mod_security audit log and if you see entries from the admin backend, have your host investigate and temporarily disable the module. If your issues goes away, ask your host to whitelist your admin backend.

3. Check your www vs. no www redirects

Make sure you’re only using one form of redirection, either in cPanel, Magento, or .htaccess. See this post for in-depth instructions.

Hope these help!