Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) Seizes FBI.gov Site

Monday, April 18th, 2011

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PHP: Alternative Function To gzdecode($string)

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

If you are deploying code to a Linux box that doesn’t have ZLib installed / configured then here is an alternative way of decoding GZipped data.

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Microsoft TFS VS Subversion (SVN)

Monday, January 17th, 2011

The purpose of this document is aid choosing a source control management system (SCM). Two source control / version control systems will be compared and evaluated – Microsoft TFS and Subversion (SVN). A decision matrix is a widely used method for making unbiased decisions especially when choosing software products or systems.

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Ubuntu: Change default Shell to Bash

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Bash is a POSIX shell with a number of extensions and was initially released on 7th June 1989!

I just had a strange experience with a 3rd party server running Ubuntu Linux 10.04.1 LTS using some weird featureless Shell. Normally you would expect to see Bash running by default in Ubuntu. I put up with it for a few sessions then realized it’s just too plain annoying…

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mysqldump: command to backup a database on another remote server

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

The mysqldump program is often used to getting a data dump of a local database for backup reasons or just for moving a database from one server to another. To make this even easier, mysqldump can accept a remote host as an arguement. This means that if you are logged into server A you can get a backup of server B immediatly without having to login to server B and then transfer the file manually vis FTP or SCP etc. Just use this command:

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Ubuntu VS Windows According To Dell UK

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

I was doing a bit of research today to see how the relationship between Canocial (Ubuntu) and Dell is.  It’s great that Dell sells Ubuntu based computers but what’s not so great is what trash they are publishing on their web site.  Here is a quick excerpt: 

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Use Perl Audio Converter (pacpl) To Convert Audio Files On Ubuntu Linux

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Download and install the Debian package (works for Ubuntu) for the Perl Audio Converter – http://pacpl.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

Then use dpkg -i command to install the package.

From the Perl Audio Converter website:

“Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting multiple audio types from one format to another. It supports AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE, AU, AVR, BONK, CAF, CDR, FAP, FLA, FLAC, IRCAM, LA, LPAC, M4A, MAT, MAT4, MAT5, MMF, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFR, OFS, OGG, PAC, PAF, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, SPX, TTA, VOC, W64, WAV, WMA, and WV. It can also convert audio from the following video formats: RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, and WMV. A CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, tag preservation for most supported formats, independent tag reading/writing, and extensions for Amarok, Dolphin, and Konqueror are also provided. “

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Drupal: HTTP request status fails / Drupal Status Page Reports Errors

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

HTTP request status Fails

Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services.

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Google Chrome For Linux (Ubuntu + KDE / Kubuntu)

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Warning: Do not install Chrome as root as suggested below… installing as root was only a quick hack when installing as a regular user failed! Please read – http://community.livejournal.com/evan_tech/271230.html?view=1741182

This post is almost a month late! I’ve not been that up to date with news from Google lately but by chance saw an advert on YouTube – who kindly detected I’m using Linux and advised me to download Google Chrome for Linux! What? It’s finally ready? More checks lead me to this page – the Google blog announcement on Chrome for Linux – http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html
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Use PHP To Backup All MySQL Databases On A Server

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Here is a useful PHP script I worte for doing web based MySQL backups.  You could integrate this code into some kind of admin web app.  As it is, keep in mind security – don’t put this code up publicly on your server unless you want to share all of your MySQL data!
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