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Fixing Wacom Touch Failure on Sleep and Hibernate
2008-04-19 04:24:00
I finally found a fix for my Wacom touch screen on my Gateway E155c. I noticed that it stopped working whenever the laptop resumed from sleep or hibernate. To fix this I had to tell vista that it needed to restart the service if it failed. If you are having this problem you can run ...
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CSS Off Entry
2008-04-06 11:05:00
Yesterday, I participated in CSS Off which is basically a 24 hour competition to see who can turn a Photoshop design into the best web page. I used YUI reset-fonts-grids for speed and browser compatibility so I expect to get criticized because its CSS doesn’t validate properly. I also noticed that I have a small error ...
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What have I been doing lately
2008-03-11 03:34:00
Lets see I haven’t updated this recently and because this is my personal blog I can write about whatever I want. I recently bought a new laptop (Gateway E155c) with Wacom which makes the tablet a dream to use. I’m considering making my next post a video with all kinds of neat drawings and diagrams. Anyway, ...

Static File Version Control in CakePHP
2007-12-08 07:47:00
One of the problems I’ve had is how to push updates to static files like javascript and content style sheets. If you want to program for performance you have to use a far future expires header to cut down on HTTP requests. The downside to this is that when you update your script and it ...
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Six months of google
2007-12-05 00:01:00
I haven’t messed around with my Google search history all that much but I saw a cool feature today that creates a heat map on a monthly calendar that tracked my search usage. If anything I still use Google way to much. These searches are also only from home desktop. I think 150+ searches per day ...
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Digg gets Images
2007-12-04 19:49:00
In honor of Digg implementing their image section I added Facebook Share preview support to my Cool Pictures site. Now anyone digging or sharing images on facebook will get a handy thumbnail preview. I’m also working on more robust user features so that more people can add, save and rate their favorite images to the ...
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Best FTP plugin for Firefox
2007-12-03 11:20:00
One of my friends suggested that I try the FireFTP plugin after I expressed both my love and frustration over CuteFTP and WS_FTP. This plugin is awesome it has the same layout of any popular FTP client as well as the useful features like drag-n-drop and SSL/TLS encryption. It is also totally free. Download the FireFTP ...
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What is wrong with Digg
2007-11-23 22:15:00
With one picture I will sum up what is wrong with Digg . Shout spam sucks. I setup an account to see how having friends on Digg could help you get on the front page. My 992 friend sample was made up of a random sample of all active users I could find online over a 2 ...
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First Project Takes off
2007-11-13 01:26:00
Its been about 10 days since I started my cool pictures project. I’ve added a lot of new features like an RSS Feed, sitemap, stats and easy navigation. I still want to give people the ability to upload and create their own niche communities. I have a few other ideas that I’ll keep under wraps ...
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Cron Job in CakePHP 1.2
2007-11-12 15:02:00
After looking around the net for a way to execute cakephp scripts via a crontab I became fed up and made my own solution. I simply added a function to my existing controller and then executed it via a wget. class PostsController extends AppController function crontab { // 404 if the request isnt from the localhost if($_SERVER(’REMOTE_ADDR’) ...
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Proof of Concept Project Released
2007-11-03 10:01:00
My first proof of concept project, cool pictures has been added to the sub domain of this website. The site is fairly simple and most of the magic comes from behind the scenes to easily post images in a single click. I used the CakePHP framework to complete it in about two days. There is still ...
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32 Player TF2 Server Delist Fix
2007-10-22 16:30:00
This is a fix to make servers that have more than 24 players show up in the server list. Download the engine.dll file from one of the following links and replace the file orangebox/bin/engine.dll http://www.is1337.net/engine.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/64196582/engi ne.rar.html http://www.mediafire.com/?7dguzwsxtyb Now replace server.dll file or use the player limit remover plugin in orangebox/server.dll Run srcds.exe with “+maxplayers 32″ and you’re done. Note: I’m still looking ...
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32 player Team Fortress 2
2007-10-12 11:29:00
I’ve been playing tf2 ever since the orange box came out and while I enjoy it I was puzzled why the maximum server size in the browser was 24 players when games like counter strike source can support 32. So I looked around and found out that team fortress 2 does support 32 players. Valve ...
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Facebook php configuration
2007-10-11 09:34:00
APC or Alternative PHP Cache is an awesome add-on for any apache web server. On my own server I was able to to handle about I was able to serve well over 1 million page views on a single server more traffic just by enabling the software. Facebook recently gave a presentation on how ...
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New passport rules
2007-10-01 19:27:00
Starting today, passport travel rules go into effect requiring all travelers to show their passport to flying to Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean must have their passport with them to be able to return home. You can also show a birth certificate and government issued ID like a drivers license. The requirement only ...
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Skype memory leak
2007-09-27 16:40:00
I use Skype for talking with my family and cheap long distance. But when I brought up my task list today I saw Skype hogging my memory. Sadly, there isn’t much you can do except restart Skype every so often. What you can do is delete Program FilesSkypePlugin ManagerskypePM.exe because it does nothing and can eat ...
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Fix blinking standby light
2007-09-27 07:31:00
If the blinking blue standby light on your Samsung 226bw is annoying then you aren’t alone. I find it extremely annoying to go to bed. I went through the documentation, I searched online and there isn’t a way to disable the light without damaging the monitor. The solution I came up with takes all of ...
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Upgrade to WordPress 2.3
2007-09-25 04:41:00
My WordPress upgrade to version 2.3 was greeted by this error after running the update script: WordPress database error: [Table 'wordpress.wp_terms' doesn't exist] SELECT t.*, tt.*, tr.object_id FROM wp_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships AS tr ON tr.term_taxonomy_id = tt.term_taxonomy_id WHERE tt.taxonomy IN ('category', 'post_tag') AND tr.object_id ...
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Pred Forte Bad Taste
2007-09-24 10:38:00
My lasik experience taught me how to use eye drops. The bad taste of Pred Forte comes from drainage through your tear ducts and then which empty down the back of your throat. If you close your tear duct and tilt your head back for 2-3 minutes it should be enough to prevent or lessen the ...
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Cakephp unique validation in 1.2
2007-09-21 11:17:00
A little disclaimer: I could be totally wrong because I’m still learning the ins and outs of CakePHP. I don’t like the current solution for validation of unique fields in the 1.2 CakePHP AppModel mainly because I couldn’t get it to work so I created my own. Sorry about the formatting, I’ve never posted code in ...
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World in Conflict launches
2007-09-20 18:05:00
World in Conflict launched on the 18th and while I’ve been really excited about the game but I held off on pre-ordering it due to my experience on getting burned with Command and Conquer 3. Based on my investigation, I have to say that the number of people who have appeared to buy the game ...
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Disable Trillian Splash Screen
2007-09-18 21:19:00
I noticed a few people were coming to my site looking for a way to remove the Trillian splash screen. Well you can do it and it requires a little editing of the configuration file. Open up the trillian.ini file located at: C:/Program Files/Trillian/users/default/trillian.ini OR C:/Documents and Settings/windows username/Trillian/trillian profile/trillian.ini Now edit the line under [Setup] from ...
More About: Screen , Splash , Cree