WordPress login widget redirect prevention
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but WordPress has become my favourite open source tool ever. There is very little that you can’t …
Basic Auto Scaling configuration on AWS
Auto Scaling The following configuration allows me to sleep at night. It ensures that at least one EC2 instance will be running at any one time. ?The Auto …
Create AMI image of an EC2 instance store volume
For my reference, these are the steps involved to create an AMI image backup of an Instance Store EC2 volume. 1. Install AMI tools. Might need to uncomment …
Installing Python MySQLdb on OS X Lion
Tonight I tried installing a Python MySQLdb module, but when I ran the setup I got the following error: sh: mysql_config: command not found Traceback (most …
Compile PHP pcntl module on OS X Lion
I had some trouble compiling pcntl PHP module on OS X Lion so I thought I’d share this solution. In fact, you can use these steps to compile any other …
MySQL cursors in stored procedures
I’ve wanted to write a few stored procedures in MySQL for a while now, but I found it very fiddly and was unable to come up with one very quickly. …
Internet Explorer for Mac – IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11
Internet Explorer for Mac Are you looking to install?Internet Explorer for Mac??Today I discovered a nice tool on Github which installs free Windows virtual …
opendiff and FileMerge on OS X
Today I discovered opendiff tool that’s native to OS X – provided you have installed the Xcode on your system. It allows you to compare 2 …
Bandwidth throttling on OS X
I’ve been using Charles HTTTP Proxy for bandwidth throttling and network monitoring in general. It’s a great little tool, but when it comes to …