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Testing out Twitterfeed/Blog Plugin

I figured it was about time that I try plugging my blog into Twitterfeed. Basically, it will take the RSS feed of the blog posts, and post them to my Twitter account. I had done this previously with my “Snowulf” account, but I was posting everything by hand. So… we’ll see how things go. I…

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In MySQL: x^y != x raised to the y

As the title states, the caret (^) is not used as an exponent in MySQL. I’m not certain what exactly it does (and couldn’t find any documentation after a quick search), and would love to find out what its purpose is. I ran into this problem today when I noticed that MySQL’s math results (using…

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Can’t Uninstall/Reinstall iTunes

I was called in tonight to fix an iTunes installation problem. When the user tried to uninstall iTunes, they got a popup box asking for a network location to iTune.MSI. When they pressed cancel (because the MSI file didn’t exist) it threw the error: “The installation source for this product is not available”. I checked…

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ViewVC – ImportError: No module named svn

I finally got around to setting up a proper web based viewer for SVN, ViewVC. It really isn’t difficult to setup (if you follow the directions). The main problem (to me) is that it uses Python (which I don’t). When I first tried to get it up and running I got a ‘An Exception Has…

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Awstats versus Google Analytics

So for along time now I’ve been running both Awstats and Google Analytics on my domain here. Mainly I watch Google Analytics because it provides me with much more “real” data. That being said Awstats has its uses too. Today I’ve been taking a look at both of them and I though I’d share what…

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Linux

mysqli & Custom Session Handlers in PHP 5

I’ve never been one to use mysqli in PHP, I’ve never needed to. Recently though, I’ve started using stored procedures, which necessitated the move to mysqli. Now, this really isn’t that big of a deal. After all, a search and replace of mysql_ with mysqli_ and adding the connection flag, and you are good. Here’s…

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