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 decompressed along with the related split archives (.Z02, .Z03, etc.). Split archives are often used to shrink the size of large files for e-mail attachments or file downloads. They […]
What’s so cool about Flex framework is the fact that it’s very extensible, which allows me to do almost anything I want with it. For example, to remove folder/arrow icons from Flex Tree control, which prevents nodes from collapsing and also creates more space for labels, you can add the following in your stylesheet: defaultLeafIcon: […]
I have just set up Apache Tomcat startup script on Snow Leopard and I thought I’d blog about it while it’s still fresh in my head.? Assuming you have installed Tomcat in /usr/local/tomcat directory, you can do the following to start Tomcat on system startup. 1. Create your startup script: sudo nano /usr/local/tomcat/bin/tomcat #!/bin/sh # […]
I’ve had problems starting up MySQL database server on startup on Snow Leopard. ?MySQL preference pane seems to be flaky and it often fails to start MySQL server. I created this startup script myself and it seems to work nicely. sudo nano /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.mysql.mysqld.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> […]
I’ve been exploring Zen Cart shopping cart for a long time and one thing that, I thought, needed improvement was the support for friendly URLs.?Ultimate SEO URLs?break my site and I needed another solution. I found this little beauty called?Simple SEO URL?and it works beautifully.? It’s a little tricky to set up, but it’s worth […]
HandBrake?is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. It is my tool of choice when it comes to backing up my DVDs. It allows me to shrink DVDs to a relatively small size and convert them to a web-playable format, such as mp4. I use the Command Line […]
Occasionally I find .svn directories in my old projects that are not in Subversion.? The quickest way to recursively remove them is to run the following command: find . -name .svn -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf You need to cd into your project directory before running it. You can also run the command to […]
This is another one for my reference. I’ve had to generate a self-signed SSL certificate quite a few times and I’m sure I’ll do it again in future. First of all, self-signed SSL certificates provide the same level of security as any other commercial ones, such as Verisign certs. The 2 main differences are: 1. […]