This is a very good Dell deal – 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon for under RM 3,000 !! This is the deal advertised on The Star today (29-Jun-09). Click on picture on the left to view larger version. It might be too good to be true. When I looked the [...]
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Yoast's Google Analytics for Wordpress plugin and Thematic theme
If you are using Yoast’s Google Analytics for Wordpress plugin and a Thematic theme with a child theme, Yoast’s plugin might warn that the plugin might not work. Yoast advises to include wp_footer() in footer.php. Actually that is not necessary as the Thematic theme files already include it. It is a false warning [...]
Upgrading from Python 2.5 to Python 2.5.4
I was hesitant to upgrade from Python 2.5 to 2.5.4 on because upgrades usually break something. I tested it first on a desktop. The default upgrade installed to a C:\Python25 directory and a lot of things broke. Python scripts that worked before stopped working. easy_install would not work because it could not find Python.exe. This [...]
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A better manual for Pentax Photo Browser, Pentax Photo Laboratory
There’s a series of articles beginning from Izumi Taniguchi on how to use the Pentax Photo Browser and Pentax Photo Laboratory. The manual that ships with the camera is rather skimpy and does not explain a lot of things like: 1. random noise reduction 2. spurious color signal noise reduction 3. tone curve etc [...]
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Comparing dictionaries in doctest
Here’s a nifty way to compare dictionaries in doctest in Python. >>> d = function_that_returns_a_dict() >>> expected_d = {… some expected result } >>> d = True if d == expected_d else d>>> dTrue Technorati tags: python, doctestRead more
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Date formatting in Python – use strftime, like Oracle's to_char
time — Time access and conversions — Python v2.6.1 documentation
time.strftime(format[, t])¶
Convert a tuple or struct_time representing a time as returned by gmtime() or localtime() to a string as specified by the format argument. If t is not provided, the current time as returned by localtime() is used. format must be a string. ValueError is raised [...]
Autorun citrix .ica file
I work with citrix a lot in my office and then one day, I started to have to save the .ICA file and then click on .ica file to run citrix. What I wanted was for it to automatically run the .ica file without first asking me to save the file first. I [...]
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Close all other windows in Vim
Vim documentation: usr_08CLOSING ALL OTHER WINDOWS If you have opened a whole bunch of windows, but now want to concentrate on one of them, this command will be useful: 
nly This closes all windows, except for the current one. If any of the other windows has changes, you will get an error message and that [...]
Chrome Firefox
Firefox: Chrome Package Makes Firefox Look Even More Like ChromeThe Chome Package Firefox extension makes Firefox look almost exactly like Google Chrome for those of you who prefer Chrome’s tabs-on-top style. (Chromifox wasn’t quite there.) You’ve enabled the rest of Chrome’s best features in Firefox.I put off downloading Google Chrome because I already had Flock, [...]
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