Linux – Viewing Processes and Process Threads
If you need to know about viewing processes on Linux, then there is an excellent page here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/show-all-running-processes-in-linux/ I shan’t steal all the information as its very nicely laid out already.
Setting up postfix on Ubuntu for mailing from PHP
To allow your Ubuntu server to send emails from PHP, then you need to install postfix. Postfix is a mailer for *nix platforms. So, to install it: sudo apt-get install postfix When this is installing, you’ll need to enter some options, like what sort of server you’re connecting to. I use my companies details in [...]
Piwik – open source alternative to Google Analytics
Google Analytics vs Piwik
ThreadSMS – Review
My Nokia doesn’t have threaded SMS view – and its very annoying. So, after searching about for a suitable application for this, I came across ThreadSMS by eHandySoft (http://ehandysoft.com/threadsms.htm) Functionality: Quick to load, and quick to navigate. On my N97 mini the scrolling was very smooth and precise. The threads are loaded with contact pictures [...]
Reading the MySQL binary log
Having MySQL dumping out binary logs is a very good failsafe for backup redundancy. But, how do you get any of the information out of them? If you know a time span that you need to investigate, then you can easily use the mysqlbinlog utility: mysqlbinlog –start-datetime=”2010-07-27 14:30:00″ –stop-datetime=”2010-07-27 15:00:00″ > backup.txt This will export [...]
I wrote one of the first social networking sites
Its not a claim to fame, or a preempt to a court case to a ‘big hitter’, but back in the year 2000, when I was a fledgling junior programmer, I wrote an ASP web site based around a bunch of ‘buddies’. You could add people to your list, message them, upload a picture (just [...]
Getting Ant to run on Windows 7 (64bit)
If like me, you use Ant to deploy builds, etc, and you have migrated to Windows 7 – you may well have troubles getting ant to run. It all worked flawlessly under Ubuntu, but Windows is a different beast – here’s a step by step guide to getting it working.
Remove svn folders from Ubuntu
When backing up a source code working copy, you don’t always want all the little .svn folders everywhere. You can “export” the working copy, or if you forgot, you have remove them all. Change the the folder containing the working copy (this is very important*) cd /home/username/www/sitename/ And then remove them all, recursively with this [...]
Cisco VPN client on Windows 7 64bit
If you’re trying to get Cisco VPN client installed on Windows 7 – 64bit then you may as well give up. I’ve tried just about every method discussed on the internet. However, http://www.shrew.net/download have a VPN client that will allow you to import your PCF file and it works!
Export Thunderbird contacts to Outlook
I wanted to export my Thunderbird Contacts to Microsoft Outlook 2010 beta. Jesus, if that wasn’t the most stressful export ever! Thunderbird can only export as CSV or tab separated – or LDAP. Outlook says it can import from CSV and Tab separated, however it just crashes with mapping errors. I tried dragging them from [...]
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