Published: by . Leave a Comment on Wold clock extension: Google chrome.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/loilmadfanbmmecbmjfcopplelaikmjc So here i present the google chome world clock extension ! Simple but works great. Developed it in January and has seen over 500 downloads. So go get the beta google chrome and install this cool plugin to keep track of time ;).
Published: by . 1 Comment on GD Library Error: Imagecreatetruecolor Does Not Exist.
Well the simplest way of solving this is to run sudo apt-get install php5-gd That will install the necessary libraries that you need to keep continuing. If you are in windows then you need to go to your php.ini and uncomment the following lines ;extension=php_gd.dll ;extension=php_gd2.dll [just remove the ; to uncomment them] Hope that […]
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Well here are some quick ways of solving your “cron not working properly issues in drupal” It has a semaphore which blocks the cron running, in my case the PHP script ran for too long and ate up too much memory. I needed to modify my php.ini to ensure that it could take up more […]
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Installing JDK Download the latest Sun JDK RPM. Go to java.sun.com and navigate to the downloads page. As of this writing it is http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp If you are on a text console, you may want to use the “links” text browser rather than wget or curl. The Sun site requires you to accept a license agreement before […]
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So here is a quick snapshot at how to get all your wordpress blogposts using python [or wordpresslib to be specific] — #!/usr/bin/env python import wordpresslib import tinyurl wordpress = raw_input(‘Wordpress URL:’) user = raw_input(‘Username:’) password = raw_input(‘Password:’) # prepare client object wp = wordpresslib.WordPressClient(wordpress, user, password) # select blog id wp.selectBlog(0) posts = wp.getRecentPosts(100) […]
Published: by . 3 Comments on RHEL5 : Yum to munin.
So here are some dead easy ways of getting munin and munin-node installed on your RHEL5 server. First add RPM Forge repository rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm Then just fire yum install munin munin-node Now, you have your munin running. Lets turn our attention to monit. First add this new repo to you rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm Then […]
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Must ask ! Are you “technically randy” ? I definitely am :), i just figured out that i must come out in the open for a change [as if the blog name is not a good indicator]. I love technology and apply it anywhere and everywhere there is an opportunity. Though this obviously has its pitfalls, […]
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Why one must ask is technology gendered ? Are 1s and 0s, gendered ! Technology, if we look at only digital technology would count as one of crucial blocks of enabling all [of all colors, of all sizes] to take a pot shot at being successful [in various degrees]. It is hilarious to see how […]
Published: by . 2 Comments on Jailed in FreeBSD.
Well, working on freeBSD right now some immediate learnings for most linux users Ports is as good as apt-get [and i would say much better, when i started installing stuff] You will need to start with installing vim and bash to make your life a lot easier So the target was to install python and […]
Published: by . Leave a Comment on Starting dipankar.name finally !.
I have been lately thinking about what to do with my “real” site, i figured out that i can cut out some of the more personal post into dipankar.name :). So see you there for more subjective crap.