Learning how to code is like learning anything else – You have to do it. The hardest part is figuring out where to begin, and then you need some mechanism to show you that you’re making progress. The latter is important because it motivates you to keep going. First, have a goal. I initially wanted to [...]
Thursday, November 26, 2009
(draft) I’ve been using Firefox since the first public beta, and the one thing always on my wish list was fixing the sluggishness and unbelievable memory consumption (2 GB of RAM?) that results from keeping Firefox open for too long. This is still on my wish list today (almost 2010), and I know it’s unlikely to [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The short tags in PHP have been deprecated as of 5.3.0. Short tags provided a shorter alternative to the annoying-to-type <?php and <?php echo. Instead, you could use <? and <?= respectively. This was great but it caused problems when working with XML files, and the short_tags option was disabled in the PHP config by [...]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Every Geek site needs an obligatory Bash Tips post Copy Files Securely Between Two Machines I used to always forget the syntax for this, until I realized that the syntax is exactly like the standard cp command. In fact, you can copy files like you normally would using scp, on your local machine. The following are equivalent: $ [...]
Monday, April 13, 2009
Whiteboards are as useful as they are overpriced. I built one using tileboard (the thing they use in bathrooms), and I highly recommend making/buying one. It took me awhile to find tileboard in my area. In case anyone has the same problem, here are 4 alternatives I considered: They are not in any specific order. Glass [...]
Monday, February 16, 2009
Most people I know who’ve never used dual screen ask me why I don’t invest in one big monitor instead. There’s a big difference between having multiple monitors and having just one, no matter the size. Though which is better really depends on what you’re using the computer for, what OS/window manager you’re using, and [...]
Monday, October 6, 2008
These are not in any specific order. Also, some might be available on other operating systems. Tomboy This is the best note taking app I’ve ever used. It sits in your taskbar, doesn’t annoy you and doesn’t hog your cpu cycles or memory. When you wanna jot down something, hit a global shortcut, type away, and [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
All of these extensions work on Firefox 3.x Firebug What can I say.. Firebug is indispensable. It’s quite possibly the greatest piece of software since Firefox itself. It’s a *must* have if you do any sort of XHTML/CSS/Javascript/AJAX/er.. anything! You can edit code on any site, live. Hate the annoying background on a specific site? Get rid of [...]
Monday, July 28, 2008
In my search for a Basecamp alternative – because it’s not free, and I’d prefer something I can host on my own server – I have come across an excellent piece of software called ProjectPier. This is a branch from ActiveCollab — an open source project that later became a commercial product. ProjectPier is simple, [...]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
This falls under “Why Didn’t I Think of This Before?” Not being able to remain focused and get things done while working on a computer is common. There’s a countless number of things to do even offline. You can, and probably do: Organize folders/desktop/etc Finally get around to actually opening up an ebook you’ve downloaded Customize your desktop (and [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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