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Adding Shell to Vim Using Screen
When programming in Perl or any language that requires you to run it from shell it is often helpful to have two screens open at once. One screen for your editor and one screen for running the program. This is how most IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) are structured; however, since I love Vim and the Linux command line I use a program called screen to make my own IDE type setup. Continue reading →
Posted in FreeBSD, Howto, Linux, Programming | 3 CommentsHow Do I Find Open Ports on FreeBSD?
Sometimes it is helpful to know which ports are currently open on your server. On my FreeBSD servers I like to use the sockstat command. It is very similar to the netstat command for Windows or Linux. You can configure it to show IPv4 ports, IPv6 or both. Continue reading →
Posted in FreeBSD, Howto | Comments OffInstalling Apache on FreeBSD 7.0
Now that you have MySQL installed you might want to install the famous Apache web browser on your FreeBSD system. This post will be a quick walk through for installing Apache with PHP5 with mostly default settings to help you get going quick. Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffGetting Your Twitter Updates with Curl
I have had some serious issues integrating Twitter into my site using the javascript method. Firefox seems to load the twitter updates every time without a problem; however, Internet Explorer and Opera both have issues.
Opera for example will load the twitter updates on the first load of the page or if the twitter feed has been updated but will not load the second time the page is loaded. You can see this on a number of sites that use the javascript method of gathering twitter updates. Just go to their site and hit refresh and the twitter updates will disapear. Even sites that use twitterjs script from code.google.com don’t load properly after a refresh. Continue reading →
Posted in Howto | 4 CommentsWeekend Link Roundup: Week 18
curl usage explained – I love curl!
Using cURL to interact with Google data services – A great resource from Google showing common usages of cURL interacting with their services. Continue reading →
Posted in Links | Comments OffIntroduction to AutoIt
Ever dream about automating mundane tasks? Or wish you could train you computer to do your work for you? I think we would all love to have the power of automation in our lives. With AutoIt we can easily take a boring repetitive task and automate it. AutoIt can send key strokes and mouse movements to your computer. But what makes AutoIt most useful is that it is actually a scripting language allowing If/then logic, flow control, variables and has support for PCRE (Pearl Compatible Regular Expressions). Once you create your script you can even compile it into a single .exe file. Continue reading →
Posted in Howto, Software | 6 CommentsSending 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 recieve HTML data in pretty much any structure you could think of. I am going to use cURL to send POST data to a PHP script on the site. Continue reading →
Posted in Howto, Software | Comments OffGet Consistent Margins In Your CSS
Getting consistent margins in CSS across all browsers can be a pain. I have tried quite a few CSS clears but this one seems to work the best for me. The reason these come in handy is because IE, Firefox, and Opera all have different default margins and can cause weird formatting issues later on. This is why I usually include this on the first line of my CSS sheets. This clears out all the margin values so that I can set them later for a consistent layout across all browsers. Continue reading →
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