I am Binny V A, a Freelance Web Developer on the LAMP Platform(Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) based at Cochin, Kerala, India.
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| 1 Dzone Link Corrector - GreaseMonkey UserScript
Recently Dzone changed their links to point to dzone's internal discussion pages instead of the story page. This user script changes it back.
| 4 Nexty 2 will use PHP 5
The next version of nexty is coming out very soon - and unlike the last version, Nexty 2 will require PHP 5. The main reason behind this change is GoPHP5. Go PHP 5 is a movement to promote the use of PHP5 in hosting servers and for projects. Another reas | |||||
| 5 IMDB’s 250 Movies
Anyone who is a fan of English movies should know about IMDb. It is advertised as the ‘Earth’s largest movie database’ - and I believe them. If you are a film buff, there is one feature of IMDb that should interest you - the Top 250 Fil | 6 | 7 License
All scripts, codes and programs are in the BSD License. That means that you can do anything with the scripts - except claim that you wrote it. You can use, copy, sell, modify or what | 8 License
All scripts, codes and programs are in the BSD License. That means that you can do anything with the scripts - except claim that you wrote it. You can use, copy, sell, modify or what | 9 | 10 Choosing a License
As you may know, I publish a lot of code for others to use. Often I forget to specify a license for the code - and I get a few comment asking me what license it is under. So I have created a license page for both Bin-Co and OpenJS. I hate restricting use | 11 Create CD Image
These commands can be used to create an image of a CD/DVD/HDD. You can also use some GUI tool like K3B to do this. Use one any of the three commands… dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd_image.iso cat /dev/cdrom >image.iso readcd dev=device f=image.raw |
| 12 Explicit Order for 'ORDER BY' Clause in MySQL
You can explicit specify the order with which the 'ORDER BY' statement sort the data in MySQL. Lets say you have a priority field that has the values "Low" "High" or "Medium" - this is what you should do to sort the data from the highest to the lowest p | 13 India is George Bush’s Pet
India is George Bush’s Pet - literally! George Bush has a pet cat with the name India! Did you know that? That is not the funny part - when people heard that George Bush has named a cat India, many people in a certain part of the India got very ang | 14 Turn On NumLock at Startup in Linux
Numlock is something that should be always on. I don’t understand why it is often off at start up. If that is the case for your system, this page will help you to turn on the Numlock as system start up in Linux. BIOS There is an option in BIOS that | 15 Adding a Windows Entry to Grub
The code to add a Windows loading section in Grub title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 | 16 Demo for Nexty 1.01.A Uploaded
I uploaded the demo for the new beta version of Nexty today. The code is too ‘beta’ to be packaged and released - so I am just uploaded the demo. If the bugs are found and fixed soon, I will release the code into the wild. If you cannot wait | 17 Create a Folder’s ISO image
How to make an ISO image from contents of a directory? mkisofs -V label-name -r directory-name > iso-image.iso Demo for Nexty 1.01.A Uploaded I uploaded the demo for the new beta version of Nexty today. The code is too ‘beta’ to be packaged and released - so I am just uploaded the demo. If the bugs are found and fixed soon, I will release the code into the wild. If you cannot wait f | 18 Handling Keyboard Shortcuts in JavaScript
Despite the many JavaScript libraries that are available today, I cannot find one that makes it easy to add keyboard shortcuts(or accelerators) to your javascript app. This is because keyboard shortcuts where only used in JavaScript games - no serious w Buying Digital Camera - Recommendations? I have decided to buy a new digital camera. The old one is worse than useless - I think it has a negative mega pixel lens. If you don’t believe me, take a look at the photo I shot with it. It was a gift - so I did not expect much from it anyway. Th |
| 19 Directory Listing Only Search
The search that limits the results to just directory listings… intitle:”index.of” inanchor:”Last Modified” inanchor:”Description” inanchor:”Parent Directory” -filetype:php -filetype:asp -filetype:htm - | 20 Semicolon Insertion
Semicolon insertion refers to the ability of JavaScript to insert semicolons between statements that are separated by a new line. This feature is something that must be in the back of your mind when working on javascript.
| 24 Backup All Databases in MySQL
Backup all files in /var/lib/mysql to another folder To restore, stop mysqld if it is running service stop mysqld Move all database files back to /var/lib/mysql. Make sure that all the folder and files in that folder belongs to mysql chown -R mysql.mysql | 25 12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men is a film I would not have found if I have not seen the 250 Top film list. It is an old film(1957), about the 12 members of a jury that have to decide the fate of a boy on a murder charge. One of the most fascinating thing about this film is | |||
| 26 Between Web Application and Desktop Applications
There is a distinct line between web application and desktop applications. But over the last few years, this line is becoming thinner. Due to faster internet connection and technologies like ajax, web applications are becoming much faster and more respons | 27 MP3 Audio Players in Linux
There are no shortage of audio players in Linux. It has everything from command line mp3 players(mpg123) to RAM eating GUI players(like Amarok). With easily available codecs, linux supports almost all available formats. I am going to do a series on the di | 28 Scope and Binding in JavaScript
Function x executions in the scope of object y. var Car = function() { this.name = 'car'; } var Truck = function() { this.name = 'truck'; } var func = function() { alert(this.name); } var c = new Car(); var t = new Truck(); func.apply(c); func.apply(t | 29 Command for Converting Video Format Using Mencoder
Convent video using mencoder in linux… mencoder input.mpg -o output.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -srate 22050 -ovc lavc http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide | 30 Ajax Response Data Formats
Some time ago, Peter Paul Kosh wrote an article about the different types of Ajax data formats - The | 31 Installing DC++ in Linux
LinuxDCPP is a linux client for the DirectConnect protocol. This is how you install it… #Get the code sudo cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxdcpp.berlios.de:/cvsroot/linuxdcpp login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxdcpp.berlios.de:/cvsroot/lin | |