rackspace-cloudfiles.sh is a bash script that provides command-line interface to Rackspace Cloud Files and includes multi-region support.
Author: Michael Ryvkin
Yahoo Media Player beta version is available
It turns out that Yahoo Media Player is not abandoned project after all. Last week it was announced that beta version is available for testing at mediaplayer.yahoo.com/beta.
Strip comments and blank lines from file in Unix
Command shown below displays configuration file and strips commented and blank lines on Unix-like operating system.
grep -E -v '^\s*#|^\s*$|^\s*;' fileor
egrep -v '^\s*#|^\s*$|^\s*;' file
Fire effect using HTML5 canvas element
I have released a JavaScript library that allows to create an effect of burning text. There are number of options that you can customize – colors, font and burning speed. You can play with all the options at gyrocode.com/projects/burning-words/.
Strange LetsTalk customer care icon metaphor
While looking to upgrade my phone on LetsTalk.com I was puzzled by their customer care icon. I have no idea what was the original intention of the designer when it was created. Maybe you can help?
Another question that I am asking myself is that whether there is a connection between this and their low rating at ResellerRatings.com.
Free music for your multimedia project
On Valentine’s day David Orr launched the Dev Center that offers free audio samples for developers on a tight budget.
Best place to buy a computer online
The time has come to replace my main desktop PC. It was a long time since I built my computer so I chose to go with professional PC builder to avoid messing things up. Most importantly I wanted to build a custom desktop computer according to my specification.
Hacking the Yahoo! Media Player
The Yahoo! Media Player enhances your web site or blog by creating an embedded player for each audio link. All the links can be played with one click, turning the page into a playlist. This is done by adding just one line of code to your page. This article explains how to customize Yahoo! Media Player to match your web site design.
Force SSL using .htaccess and mod_rewrite
Sometimes you need to force your visitors to use secure connection if they forgot to type https:// in the browser. It can be accomplished by adding the following lines to .htaccess file located in the root folder of your web site. It will force secure connection for all pages on your web site.
PostgreSQL crashes when using pgcrypto functions
After upgrading PostgreSQL from 7.4 to 8.2 it started crashing sporadically with the following entries in the log file:
LOG: server process (pid 21460) was terminated by signal 11 LOG: terminating any other active server processes LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and semaphores
