PHP PDO class and XAMPP/"exotic" MySQL configurations
Last night I was trying to setup a @mail server but the installer kept choking when attempting to connect to my local database.
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Add your Google App account to Thunderbird 3 beta 4
Beta 4 is out and it is very sweet. It even offers Gmail integration like never before.
Read moreRich-text editor in Sharepoint with Firefox
If, like me, your company’s insistence on using Sharepoint as an Intranet tool contributes to rapid neurons death, there is as least a glimmer of hope: you can still use Firefox without being punished by having to type raw HTML code when editing a page (Sharepoint, unsurprisingly, only likes IE)
Read more"n2" Message Board Software: Update
This is a cross-posting with the nextBBS support board.
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Mount a recalcitrant .dmg file
I have no idea why but sometimes a .dmg file will just-not-mount.For instance I just downloaded the latest PostBox from http://postbox-inc.com/ and the silly little image will not cooperate.
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Wordpress FLV Player Plugin v2.0
Close to two years ago, after quickly putting together my own FLV Player plugin for Wordpress (original post) I added it to Wordpress.org’s already impressive list of plugins. Who knows? Someone else might find it useful (it’s been downloaded more than 4,500 times since then so I guess that means someone did)
Read moreSunday Hacking: Cue:Cat, Delicious Library
Sunday Hacking is going to be this new and irregular feature, where I blather about how I made my week-end a bit geekier by doing such or such hardware hack. I do not guarantee originality, nor much software-related content. If you’re not into that kind of thing, I promise that it shouldn’t feel much worse than a flu shot.
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Determining if an IP is within a specific range: redux
Bespin in Titanium: From The Jaws Of Victory...
bespin is really an intriguing project. Since I’ve grown frustrated with the inconsistencies between the various code editors that I have been using – I work on Leopard at home and Ubuntu at work – I thought that creating my own editor would be the answer to that. Nothing fancy, mind you. Just something consistent.
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