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← Older posts Newer posts →Sending Post Data With cURL
I have a script on my local computer that needs to send data to my website for further processesing. To accomplish this I use a powerful tool called cURL. cURL is an open source program that lets me send or … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, Software | Comments OffReading HTML Email with Mutt
Mutt is my new favorite productivity tool. I have been blazing through my emails and setting up custom macros and commands like crazy. I have have found myself optimizing mutt more than actual reading email since it makes checking email … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, Linux, Software | 2 CommentsTracking UPS Packages with PHP
By now you should know how to look up a UPS rate with PHP. Now we are going to look into tracking the package using the UPS tracking XML API. This tool uses the same process as the rate selection … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, PHP | 6 CommentsCompress Images For Faster Load Times
We talked about images that could be embeded into the HTML for faster load times. Today we are going to talk about how to compress those images even smaller without quality loss. Often times web developers think that Adobe Photoshop’s … Continue reading
Posted in Howto | 11 CommentsDetecting a Mount in BASH
Often times we will use bash to create scripts for backing up or transfering files. A lot of times these files are transfered over a mounted network share or an external usb drive. Since these mount points are not always … Continue reading
Posted in FreeBSD, Howto, Linux | Tagged Bash | Comments OffEmbedding Images in HTML
After doing some research on embedding CSS in HTML I found an interesting link. It turns out that you can embed image data into your HTML URLs. This means that image will be downloaded along with the HTML reducing the … Continue reading
Posted in Howto | 7 CommentsEmbed CSS in Your HTML for Faster Load Times
Most web designers know that reduced server requests equals faster load times. I got to thinking and I was wondering why is CSS always in a seperate file from regular HTML? Usually it is in a different file because you … Continue reading
Posted in Howto | 9 CommentsAuto Standby your Computer
There are a few different states you can put your computer into when you are not using it. If you don’t run any other services that require networking I recommend turning your computer off via standby. It will essentially put … Continue reading
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