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If you travel frequently, you’ll often find yourself in an airport, hotel, or eatery that offers wi-fi access. Combined a few other technologies, you’ll be able to use that wi-fi to make and receive phone calls using your company’s phone system rather than your cell. You’ll save cell minutes and your battery, plus have access to the power and flexibility of the company PBX. Here’s what you’ll need:
In terms of professionalism, network support companies run the gamut. Most any person with moderate computer experience can hang out their own shingle and claim to be a professional–and many …
I don’t normally like to write “drive-by postings” that merely link to someone else’s blog with minor commentary. However, I believe that “Your high IQ will kill your startup” is one of the most insightful blog postings that I’ve ever read. It’s an excellent reminder that “pride goeth before destruction” and that sometimes we can be too smart for our own good.
A simple PL/pgSQL function to round either a datetime or timestamp value to the nearest N seconds.
Using PostgreSQL to base36 encode (and decode) large integers for better human readability. Base36 encoding intermixes letters and digits and is most frequently encountered with URL shortening services and on Dell service tags.
In Part 1 of this tutorial, I described how to prepare Nginx (along with Apache) to serve a production Pylons app. In this article, I walk you through packaging and …
Continue reading “Deploying a Pylons App to Production, Step-by-Step (Part 2 of 2)”
I think there’s a very good reason why the “Deployment” chapter in the official Pylons book is listed in section entitled “Expert Pylons.” Deploying a Pylons app into a production …
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Scriptalicious’s Ajax.Autocompleter control is pretty cool. It allows a developer to add a drop-down auto-completion feature to an input box with one line of Javascript and a single div tag …
Continue reading “Adding a “disable” feature to the script.aculo.us Ajax.Autocompleter”
I’ve been half-heartily blogging for a few years now. Every so often I’ll get the urge, write something, and then leave it untouched for months. I’d be loath to come …