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Kubuntu 7.10 Triple Monitor setup
I've got two nvidia geforce 6600 PCI-E cards installed on a windows machine running a triple head setup. The goal is to install Kubuntu 7.10 without affecting my windows installation and then from there to configure nvidia drivers and the xorg configuration file to use all the monitors.

First, download a copy of Kubuntu 7.10 from: http://kubuntu.com/download.php

Burn the iso image to a disc, and place it in a drive.

Restart your m
2.04.2008 05:56 pm
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Handling large file uploads
There are a few variables you'll need to adjust in order to handle large file uploads with php. The default installation will limit your uploads to 2 mb.

Change the values of the following directives in your php.ini file:
  • max_execution_time
  • max_input_time
  • memory_limit
  • post_max_size
  • upload_max_filesize
once those values are set, restart apache and off you go.
12.03.2007 02:55 pm
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Ajax Chat
I've got a simple ajax driven chatroom working =)

I've still got a lot of work to do to get it integrated with the project it was built for, but I'm saving the simple app as is for future reference. I'll post a quick tutorial of what it takes to create one when I get some time.

have a look at the script at:
http://linardy.com/chat/
11.29.2007 03:02 pm
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Select Multiple random rows with MySQL
Very simple. in the order by clause of your query, use the RAND() function. select * from table order by rand() limit 20 found this at http://www.desilva.biz/mysql/random.html
1.10.2007 08:45 am
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Installing APC on Red Hat 4
Well, couldn't go the real easy route installing on red hat. I tried running pecl install apc but the configure had problems finding apxs on it's own.

So from here I downloaded the source from:
http://pecl.php.net/package/APC >> APC-3.0.12p2
Extracted the contents:
gunzip [filename] tar xvf [filename]

Browsed into the dir and ran phpize luckily that went off without a hitch, now I can specify the path to apxs in m
12.14.2006 05:31 pm
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Two way encryption using MySQL
Sometimes hashing just isn't enough.

It's all well and good for data matching (just hash the input and see if it matches), but what if you ever need to decrypt those hashes.

Say your storing users' sensitive data (credit cards, ssn's, etc) your going to need the ability to view that information, yet you need to protect your users.

The only solution is two way encryption. You encrypt the data before it is entered into the database, that way if there's ever unauthorized access or
12.10.2006 08:31 am
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Geocoding: found a great article
php | architect has a lot of great stuff. I've been subscribing to their magazine for a little over a year now.

In vol 5 - issue 10, there's an article called "Geocoding: Finding you way" by Chris Cornutt. The article describes a few types of applications where geocoding would be necessary, and then goes on to describe how to use google and yahoo maps api's to get the latitude and longitude of a couple addresses and dr
12.09.2006 12:12 am
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Plesk vs cPanel
I'd say that Plesk looks nicer, and is probably a bit more user friendly, but I can't update php anytime I feel like it =< I want to update to php 5.2 so I can add Rasmus' upload progress meter...but right now it seems there's no way. Doesn't really matter anyhow for any current sites, but a new one I'll be posting about soon, mymusicjungle.com will definitely need something like it.
12.01.2006 08:50 pm
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gzip, why had I never used this before?
I can't believe I've never used compressed output before. The results:
html went from 13608 to 3173 (bytes) and html images went from 41038 to 29390.

Too bad css images, and javascript are not encoded. Anybody know how to accomplish this? Prototype and friends still cost almost 100k.

A quick and easy way to get up and running is to simply add: ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); to your header file, and: ob_flush(); to your footer.

Or you could create 2 new
11.30.2006 06:28 pm
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Whitney Productions website Live (sorta)
Whitney productions creates a lot of surf, skate, snow videos and will be posting clips online as well as selling their videos and other merchandise. The site was designed by Dylan Hodgson, and I cut and coded it.

www.whitneyproductions.net

update: Dylan has maintained and updated the site ever since launch. Still needs some work, but it's coming along well.
11.28.2006 12:39 pm
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What a Wedding
Had the Best time at my cousin David, and my new cousin-in-law Holly's wedding on the cape of Massachusetts. Happy Honeymooning you 2, and give me a shout when you get back and settled in =)

Pictures are posted in the gallery
6.06.2006 03:11 pm
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