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Helmets

by Curt
January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

I’m sure people are sick of my rant about open faced helmets… So I’m not going to give you one. Instead… here’s an image 🙂

Back on Two Wheels

by Curt
January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

There’s a small creature that lives in many of us. It sits at the back of your mind, resting its head against the rawest parts… Read More »Back on Two Wheels

Magento – Configurable Products, get children, get children’s attributes

by Curt
April 11, 2016

//Clear cache first! Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product_type_configurable’)-> getProduct($product)->unsetData(‘_cache_instance_products’); $_product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load(5525); $childProducts = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product_type_configurable’)->getUsedProducts(null, $product);

Load Product by SKU or ID

by Curt
April 11, 2016April 11, 2016

<?php $_product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load(5525); $_product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->loadByAttribute(‘sku’,’hypnotherapy-cd-weightloss’);

Magento – Load Category by ID (in php)

by Curt
April 11, 2016April 11, 2016

<?php $_category = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load(2); $_category_url = $_category->getUrl();

Reindex via Php script (Magento)

by Curt
April 11, 2016April 11, 2016

<?php // clear cache Mage::app()->removeCache(‘catalog_rules_dirty’); // Reindex prices Mage::getModel(‘index/process’)->load(2)->reindexEverything(); /* You can reindex specific items as below: 1 = Product Attributes 2 = Product Attributes… Read More »Reindex via Php script (Magento)

Xbox One – E203 E101 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX

by Curt
February 29, 2016March 1, 2016
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For this to work, you will need a USB drive (4gig or more) which is formatted to NTFS, I sacrificed my system restore USB… ouch.

Now, the information on the page is pretty good – but we followed it to the letter, for each of the update files with no success.

So here’s the approach that worked – I probably don’t have to tell you this, but the steps worked for us, they may not work for you YMMV!

So… I switched

by Curt
May 3, 2014

One sunday morning, in March 2014, I saw an advert on tv that said “How will you tell your child about your lung cancer? How… Read More »So… I switched

Making A Start

by Curt
January 7, 2014January 7, 2014

My biggest unexpected surprise this Chrimbo was a Raspberry Pi development kit, from my lovely fiance Fi. Now; being a dreamer with a long list… Read More »Making A Start

And Here It Begins

by Curt
December 11, 2013

I’ve smoked since I was far too young to. My father smoked, my aunties, uncles, grandparents smoked, my sisters smoke and all of my friends… Read More »And Here It Begins