Add "buzz" and Escape-close to Pidgin!
Add “buzz” and Escape-close to Pidgin!
Pidgin doesn’t support Yahoo messenger(ym) shortcuts like:
ctrl-g for buzz and
Esc for closing the window.
Being an ardent user of ym(once upon a time :P ), I was pretty accustomed to...
Cloning EC2 instance
Create AMI
Launch new instance
While launching new instance, you can keep instance storage low
Keep EBS storage upto your needs
If your site is located at /var/www/ and you use mod_rewrite of apache:
1. If the conf of...
Quickly create an FTP server on your EC2 instance
After crawling through scores of pages, found this tutorial, which works like a charm.
http://www.sigerr.org/linux/setup-vsftpd-custom-multiple-directories-users-accounts-ubuntu-step-by-step/
Couple of things overlooked in this:
500 OOPS: priv_sock_get_int
Fix: add to /etc/vsftpd.conf
seccomp_sandbox=NO
passive mode in filezilla
fix: http://sumantjsr.blogspot.in/2011/12/fix-for-sent-passive-reply-with_5945.html
W3 Total cache 500 internal server error
W3 Total cache is a very powerful plugin and if handled properly, can improve performance of your wordpress a lot. But, at times it can lead to migraines of worst order. One such scenario...
Code Snippet for auto-lock feature in settings > general
An interesting snippet discovered at stackoverflow link
This enables implementing auto-lock feature like that seen in settings -> general.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// …
tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "categoryCell")
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("categoryCell",...
Git quickstart
Git is a fantastic developer tool but it's a messy tool. Below is a collection of my notes and references, which I collected while trying to tame this beast.
Git 101
Pretty awesome article to begin...
Opening targeted tabs in a tabbed bootstrap modal window
I was trying to build a modal window in bootstrap with 2 tabs. Each tab will be fired by different buttons in the main HTML.
The problems are,
bootstrap doesn’t render the...
Perfect development environment for remote teams
I prefer developing on remote server, since it ensures greater fidelity to the production environment plus awesome portability. I just need a terminal and my .pem key to logon to my servers from anywhere,...
Error 1045 in Navicat and sqlyog
If you have experienced Access denied while using Navicat or SQLYOG or any other mysql client, this post is for you.
I am assuming that, the username and password are working fine when you SSH...
Varnish cache 503 guru meditation
Its a frequent headache with varnish. I found the suggestions mentioned in the article
http://www.technoreply.com/solving-dreaded-varnish-503-error/
very useful. Reproducing the article here, just in case it goes offline in future:
BEFORE WE START
One of the most confusing (but...
