Before I was an entrepreneur, I was a developer. And a geek.
Today, I still like to think of myself as a full stack hacker, from DB design to front-end dev, through server security and performance optimization.
This blog is about code, the OS (Mac or Linux), database design, web app, responsive websites, webperf, server maintenance and looking at nerdy metrics…
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How to insert Tabs in a textarea (OS X)
Whenever you're on a web page with Safari, Chrome or Firefox and want to type a code snippet (or maybe just align what you type) you might be tempted to use the tab key...
But no, luck it moves the browser focus instead of inserting a tab into your…...
Screw it, let's reskin it!
I think it was about time I re-skinned this site! Since my last post pledging to get rid of the ugliness, I feel I've made some significant progress on b2evolution.net (especially the home page) but my personal site(s) was really starting to hurt my…...
Did I abandon my sites?
2014. Time to wake up, eh? First off, why have I been blogging so little in the last couple of years? Guess it's a combination of:
Too much work Having a real life (which I might not have had a few years back...) Google did a great job at scaring me of…...
flush() bug in PHP 5.4
For some reason, nobody seems to acknowledge there is a bug with Codeflush() in PHP 5.4.
In any previous version of PHP, you could just do: PHPflush(); and the PHP output buffer would be sent to Apache which would in turn send it to your web browser.…...
How to find files recursively on Linux (or OS X terminal)
Sometimes you need an emergency reminder about how to find all files of a certain name in a directory structure… like say: find all .htaccess files hidden in my web site. Well, here’s the magic command:...
How to check when Linux was installed
If you have several servers to maintain like I do, at some point you'll want to know how old exactly an installation of Debian (or another flavor or Linux) has gotten since you last wiped it clean...
So how do you check the install date?
I found t…...
Parallels Desktop 7 with Retina resolution - FAIL! (Screenshots)
Parallels has recently announced in a video that their virtualization solution Parallels Desktop for Mac now "takes full advantage of the Retina Display on a Mac". That sounds awesome, but it's not true. It's actually pretty much a lie! :(...
Mac OS X Lion: How to clean up the 'Open With' menu
When you right-click (or control-click) on a file in the Mac OS X Finder, you get a contextual menu with a nice "Open With" option, which lets you open the selected file with any Application that you desire to. That is pretty nice until that menu gets…...
Live HTTP Header tracking for Firefox
Live HTTP headers is a FireFox extension that lets you look at all HTTP headers for all requests issued by the browser. Now updated for Firefox 1.5....
How to remove constantly launching services on Mac OS X
Even after you uninstall it, some Mac OS X software just won't quit nagging you or notifying you of updates or at the very least polluting the Console Messages......