Compile Apache2 from source on OS X
I’ve had to reinstall apache server on my Mac and the only way to do it cleanly was to nuke my existing apache installation and compile a fresh …
Extract z01 files on Mac OS X – howto
The first of multiple files that make up a split archive created with WinZip; uses the same compression as a standard .ZIP file, but must be …
Increase PHP file upload limit
I tried uploading a large file from Flash to php back end and got the following error: PHP Warning: POST Content-Length of 18348279 bytes exceeds the …
Load files from Amazon S3 into Flash using AS3 Bulk Loader
I had a go at loading some assets from Amazon S3 with AS3 bulk loader and ran into trouble. Generally I specify loader context when I load files from …
MySQL REPLACE statement with dynamic variables
I just wrote a little mysql snippet that will replace all instances of ‘domain1’ to ‘domain2’ in a given table and column. So …
Unzip files with ColdFusion MX 7 using native Java classes
This week I had to unzip some files using ColdFusion 7 (I know it’s ancient technology) and I realised that CF7 doesn’t natively support …
Flash to Flex ComponentEvent coercion error solved
Today I had an interesting problem embedding a swf file compiled in Flash Professional CS3 into Flash Builder 4. My SWF file contained a Flash …
Upload file(s) via SSH using SCP
Here’s another useful command line utility – Secure Copy or SCP, that allows you to securely transfer computer files between a local and …
Create a JAR file from a list of classes
Just a quick one for my reference. To create a jar package from a list of Java classes, use the following command in terminal: jar cf jarredfile.jar …
Excluding directories from ZIP and TAR archive
I’ve been using command line for zipping and ‘tarring’ for a while and never really needed to exclude directories from the archive. …
Load kernel and boot your system with GRUB2
I installed a new verison of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx the other day on a brand new formatted hard drive. ?Installation went smoothly as you’d expect, …
Monitor Railo on Tomcat using JConsole
I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of a “Java Heap Space” error on my local Railo installation and decided to use?JConsole?to …