At a previous company we wrote all in house software. One day a user calls up and goes off at me over the phone. He starts complaining about how he can’t see the reports for time worked in March. I interrupt him and say, its only February. He says so? I reply “You can’t getRead more about User Error: No the computer does not know the future.[…]
This can be useful for banner ads. function getRandomImage( ) { $path = “”; // Replace with your path $img_list = array(); $dir = opendir( $path ); // Get all the files in the directory while( $img = readdir($dir) ) { if( $img != “.” && $img != “..”) { $img_list[] = $img; } }Read more about Code Snippet: Get a random image from a directory.[…]
I was going through a new computer setup with a user. I right clicked on the desktop to do something and she saw the word “Properties” appear in the context menu. She said “Oh can you click on properties, I want to see if a house is still for sale”..
A number of people have recently asked me if I have upgraded to the latest Office yet. They all seemed shocked when I say no and you shouldn’t either. If you are looking at spending money on the latest version of Office ask yourself why? Why are you upgrading? Do you think it will makeRead more about Upgrading Office[…]
Quick tip. Ever been away from your PC and really wished that you could view your desktop. You could always do a port forward to VNC on your PC from your router, but you may not have this option. Another option is to tunnel your VNC through a server on the network. ssh -L 5900:INTERNAL_IP:5900Read more about Remote VNC over SSH[…]
Code Snippet: Want to see all your PHP settings? Place the following code in an empty .php file on your server Be sure to not leave this on your server once you are done with it as it could show potential security holes.
if( strpos($url, ‘http://’) === false ) $url = ‘http://’ . $url; Or if you are a fan of single line functions $url = ( strpos($url, ‘http://’) === false ) ? ‘http://’ . $url : $url;
Is your ssh taking ages to show the login prompt. It could be a DNS issue. One quick way to fix this is to disable DNS for ssh. To do this follow these steps $ sudo vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config Add: UseDNS no $ sudo service ssh restart Note that its probably better to fix the DNSRead more about Quick Tip: Slow SSH[…]
If you are having problems with Google Earth Flickering in Linux, try disable Compiz Fusion.
This is just a short tutorial on how to enable SSH on your Mac and connect to it remotely. Select the “System Preferences” tool Select “Sharing” Tick “Remote Login” You can then specify if you want to allow every user to login or just one. Once you are done close the Sharing tool and youRead more about Enable SSH On MacOS X[…]