Author Archives: mauriciootta

Now hosted at LiNode

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I have finished moving my websites to LiNode (actually last Sunday, not today… ) I got the smallest plan but it performs better than MediaTemple’s (gs) service. Here’s a snapshot of my linode status (btw, I blurred my linode number just in case) : If want to use LiNode for… Continue reading →

Setting up kernel 2.6.33 on Slackware 13 on my Asus G1S

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Download DVD iso Burn to media Install it Install Slack Build Gnome Download and install new kernel: cd /usr/src wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2 rm linux tar -xvjf linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2 ln -s linux-2.6.33 linux cd linux make mrproper make menuconfig Append “-asus” to Local version Change Processor family to “Core 2/newer Xeon” Enable “Realtek… Continue reading →

Making your server trust your laptop

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How to use private/public keys to have your server trust your laptop, so you don’t need to type your password over the wire Continue reading →

Some thoughts on installing Aptana 1.5.1

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Last weekend I re-installed all my operating systems and had a lot of trouble installing/updating Aptana Studio on Windows and OSX, I am taking some notes just in case more people face the same situation: 1. Install Aptana 1.5.1 2. Choose your workspace 3. Add 2 new software locations: Aptana… Continue reading →

Trying my GSA-T20L optical drive with MCE usb 2.0 enclosure for the superdrive

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After purchasing and using the MCE optibay on my white macbook 13″, I got really curious as it that would work for any regular laptop PC…. Having not asked any of the manufacturers involved, I put my brain to work and wouldn’t make any sense for Apple to create a… Continue reading →

Great way to parse HTML content using PHP

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Today I started improving a newsletter system in the company I work for. One of the things I wanted to change is to have images embedded in the email message. The website uses CodeIgniter (http://www.codeigniter.com); for email handling I chose Swift mailer (http://swiftmailer.org/). Then for HTML parsing to replace all… Continue reading →