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New generation internet cafe: bring your own computer
Recently there are some emerging new ideas of small USB-drive size personal computers that are powered by Linux or Android. It may not be as powerful as a computer now, or even a smartphone. But this...
View ArticleC# .NET Entity Framework: How to insert record into database table with...
I want to insert some records into the database table but it is giving an error which says “INDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF”, something like that. To resolve this, there’re 3 steps: First, in Visual...
View ArticleWindows 7 Auto Logon in Domain
1. Go to Start>Run (or press the windows key + r) 2. Type regedit and press the enter key or click on OK. 3. In the registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows...
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Setting Aptana to read another file type as PHP
So recently I’ve been following this simple tutorial to learn about creating a simple MVC PHP framework: http://www.domagojsalopek.com/Details/Create-a-simple-PHP-MVC-Framework/28 It’s so simple that I...
View ArticleMD5 Hashing password or text using Perl
Just a small tip I learned from work. Obtain the MD5 hash of the password using Perl: $ perl -MDigest::MD5=md5_hex -e"print uc(md5_hex(@ARGV[0]))" hellother3 Result: BB4505B8BC6051AF4A6FEB31A2ECE1E7...
View ArticleReferences to good BYO PHP MVC Framework tutorials
When I first came across the term MVC (Model-View-Controller) few years back, the whole concept sounded so complex, especially for people with (old) ASP and PHP background. In those days, we were so...
View ArticleFix file association error in Windows 7
I’m having this very strange Perl scripts association issue in Windows 7 that is causing my automation to fail with strange warnings. Perl script launches correctly but doesn’t detect any parameters...
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To the teachers who inspired me
I was a quiet boy in school when I was little. I never had any close friends before secondary school because I had very low self-esteem. I think my self-confidence was more or less damaged by the...
View ArticlePrepaid SIM card in Switzerland and Germany
Travel Tip to Switzerland and Germany Just came back from Zurich-Munich trip. I’ve the habit of reading online news (via Flipboard) and playing mobile games that require internet connection during...
View ArticleMissing notes for Laravel 4
Missing notes for Laravel 4 Note: This is an on-going blog. I’ll be updating it whenever I have new findings for Laravel 4. I had been learning CodeIgniter and CakePHP for some time now when I chanced...
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Tricky WebDev: Fix missing list’s text in Mobile browsers
I had this very strange bug that didn’t show up in Desktop browsers (Chrome and Firefox) but in Mobile browsers, specifically iOS Safari and Chrome. On Desktop: On Mobile: Since I couldn’t find a way...
View ArticleLaravel 4: things to note when creating Package
When I first started using Laravel 4, I had been creating all my models, controllers and views in the root app folder. While things can get too comfortable and convenient here, it may not be a good...
View ArticlejQuery using $.on to call newly added elements
More than a year ago, I had written a blog about how to bind events to newly added elements using jQuery. The scenario can be found here:...
View ArticleLaravel: “Allowed memory size exhausted” error during unit tests
I’ve been using in-memory testing for my projects based on Laravel every since I found this great tutorial: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/testing-like-a-boss-in-laravel-models/ It was working...
View ArticleGetting Laravel to return a View as RSS or XML
I was having problem getting Chrome to recognize a page as RSS or XML feed. Although Firefox has no problem recognizing it, I’m quite sure I’m missing something here. After some searches, it became...
View ArticleHtaccess redirect for Laravel 4
Needed to redirect all non-www to www domain (for Google SEO purpose) but was having problem with the routing in Laravel. Found this to work perfectly. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> Options...
View Article三月/想自由 (张惠妹/林宥嘉) mashup chords
三月/想自由 (张惠妹/林宥嘉) mashup 作詞：姚若龍(想自由)， 易家揚(三月) 作曲：鄭楠(想自由)， 梁思樺(三月) Cmaj7 D G Cmaj7 D G 每個人都缺乏什麼 我們才會瞬間就不快樂 _ C D Bm Em Am7...
View ArticleHow to override config files of Laravel 4 package
If you want to be able to allow the users who use your package to publish and modify the package’s config files, you’ll need to add these into your Server Provider file, inside function register(). For...
View Article旧金山
日记 – 2009年11月2日 前往旧金山的飞机上，现在应该是大约新加坡时间晚上8点左右。飞机的时间表没有显示现在的时间，我也只好大概估计了。飞机离开首尔的时间是5点40分，而我刚刚看完一部又四分之一的电影。应该差不多呗。 这次是到旧金山工作，因此对于去这个城市是带着既兴奋又紧张的心情、一种难以形容的混合体，拿捏不出哪个多于哪个。...
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日记 － 2014年10月22日 自从社交网站普遍以后，就很少写日记了。从前至少每周写三次。这些年来，一年才不过几次。中文写少了、生疏了，总觉得写得不比从前。看来得常常提醒自己多写，好让以后的自己认识现在的自己。 一直在考虑要不要把Livejournal的日记都搬过来，可是里面有太多回忆，感觉应该维持现状的。只担心他们经营不当，很可能会倒闭不做了，那我的日记该何去何从？...
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