Installing FreeBSD over an old installation
A crucial part in installing FreeBSD again over a corrupt or existing FreeBSD installation is knowing how to recreate the disk partitions. By default, even […]
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How to embed a Google map in a WordPress blog
Overview I get a lot of requests from people who want to put up a google map in their blog (which most of the time […]
JQuery – difference between append() and prepend()
append() and prepend() methods: similar to appendChild, except jQuery accepts a string, a DOM element, or a jQuery object as valid arguments. jQuery converts the […]
Changing font size in Xterm
To change default settings for Xterm, a file called .Xdefaults needs to be in the home directory for the logged in user (root for admin) […]
Installing PHP 5 on FreeBSD
A tutorial on installing PHP from the FreeBSD ports for Apache and MySQL. What you need to add to the httpd.conf file and which of […]
Getting Apache installed
Installing Apache2.2 Make sure you update ports and then run the following commands: # cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 # make install clean That will install apache2.2 Configuring […]
Linked List class in Javascript
This is an exercise in using the object oriented concepts in Javascript to implement a doubly linked list. There is a class called Node which […]
Cannot view hidden files in Windows Explorer
The Problem When you view files and folders using Windows Explorer, you are unable to see hidden files. Experienced users will go to the Tools->Folder […]
A perfectly normalized database is a timebomb waiting to explode..
Once upon a time, God came down on earth in the form of E.F.Codd and gave us the Holy Tenets of Database Design. Among the […]
How not to name a boolean variable
Out of personal experience and reading other people’s code, I have come to realize a small but very tricky issue about how NOT to name […]