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) […]
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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 […]
Finally upgraded to latest WP version
Been a couple of years since I installed WP blog on my site. That was version 2.0.x . After much dilly-dallying decided to upgrade to […]
Moving from Mantis to Flyspray for issue tracking
i have recently shifted from Mantis to Flyspray for issue tracking. I have been using Mantis for over a year now and its a very […]
How to prevent CDialog closing on pressing Escape key
MFC CDialog classes have a default behaviour of closing if the user presses Esc key anytime while the dialog has focus. To overcome this behaviour, […]