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Installing / upgrading Subversion on Linux server 3 Jun 2013 | 10:50 pm
yum install subversion would be the way to go, but sadly yum only has subversion 1.6.x. So we unyum and then manually build subversion ourselves. This includes the steps for making the Apache Runtime ...
JavaScript mean, median and random number ranges 28 May 2013 | 10:25 pm
Don’t ask, but I started to get paranoid about my usual way of calculating a random number range (e.g.: -20..+20) of negative to positive numbers in JavaScript. I use: let x be the range on both sides...
Tell Facebook which thumbnail image to choose when linking your site. 16 May 2013 | 12:37 am
It’s pretty cool that whenever you’re writing on your (or someone else’s) timeline in Facebook, Facebook goes off and fetches a (usually) appropriate thumbnail image to use that adds a splash of colou...
Understanding Adobe Photoshop’s Advanced Blending Options 22 Mar 2013 | 09:08 am
Yeah, these suckers here. You know, there’s not a lot that I don’t know in Adobe Photoshop, but every so often I come across something that I’ve been, well, avoiding to have to learn properly. Somethi...
Advanced Layer f/x Video Tutorials for Adobe Photoshop CS6 21 Mar 2013 | 08:31 am
Just posted a bunch of new videos to my YouTube tutorial channel, so why don’t you check ‘em out and give your Photoshop skillz a mad boost? (more after the break, or just subscribe to my YouTube chan...
Getting started with ActionScript 3 and Flash using FlashDevelop 7 Feb 2013 | 02:48 am
So you’ve done your research and based on your use cases you think Flash development is the way to go. Flash is by no means a dead horse: sure, you can’t develop web-based Flash content and expect it ...
ActionScript 3 BitmapData.draw() offset and positioning 20 Jan 2013 | 09:06 am
Copying bitmap data in ActionScript is pretty easy, but there are a few gotchas, and the Adobe documentation for BitmapData.draw() contains a pretty significant error that can leave you chasing wi...
Creative Suite issues with relocated TEMP folder 5 Jan 2013 | 02:26 am
Here’s the scenario: you have a smaller Solid-state drive as your boot and application drive, and a larger HDD for your files. You don’t want to gum up your SDD with temporary internet files and other...
MySQL 1-liner to mysqldump multiple tables with a common prefix 20 Nov 2012 | 11:05 pm
In continuing my tradition of mySQL / bash shell one-liners (and posts with arguably SEO-friendly but embarassingly long titles) here’s one that just popped up today. I wanted to dump only selected ta...
Crowdsourcing WordPress i18n 6 Nov 2012 | 11:58 pm
During one of the wrap-up talks at WordPress Community Summit 2012, @nacin dropped the hint that a crack team was working on modifying the i18n/l10n system within WordPress to allow incremental / on-d...
