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PostSystemsControl Your Windows PC with an Xbox ControllerToday I’m going to walk you through setting up an xbox controller to work on your computer and control the mouse / keyboard. First your going to need an Xbox Controller that works on Windows…25 Jan 20121 min
PostProgrammingCSS Code for Wrapping Long URLs and TextRan into a problem last night where a long email was messing up a design in smaller screen resolutions. Perfect fix down below: pre { white-space: pre; /* CSS 2.0 */ white-space: pre-wrap; /…4 Oct 20111 min
PostProgrammingWordPress – Shortcode in PHP filesSo in WordPress with plugins etc. you end up using shortcode in posts to keep things simple, an example would be if you want to display a gallery you would just use: [galleries id="1"] Howe…11 Sep 20111 min
PostProgrammingWhy I am learning PerlSo this post may not be to everyone’s taste, its more a post to remind myself why I’ve decided to learn Perl. If anyone doesn’t know I already know PHP and Java. Perl is a programming…19 Aug 20112 min
PostProgrammingPyroCMS – CMS on the CodeIgnitor FrameworkUpdate as of August 2020 - PyroCMS now relies upon Laravel. So lately I’ve been playing around with PyroCMS , for any of you who don’t know about Pyro, its basically an open source content…14 Aug 20111 min
PostReviewsEsprimo Mobile v5535 and Ubuntu 10.10So I ended up picking up a cheap Esprimo Mobile v5535 a few days ago, long story short; laptop broke, Argos have sent it off for repairs that will take 2-3 weeks, that’s the last time I buy…4 Feb 20112 min
PostSystemsInstalling PEAR in WAMPSo this evening I went about attempting to install PEAR on my WAMP installation, this should be as simple as opening up a command window navigating to C:/wamp/bin/php/*phpversion* and…27 Dec 20101 min
PostSystemsSaving Your Windows PC From Virus Infections with LinuxOften you get a friend or other times a client who has gotten themselves locked out of their system by a virus. I’m talking about the seriously nasty virus’s out there that will just corrupt…30 Oct 20101 min
PostReviewsThe Sony Ericsson ElmSo I’ve finally gotten a new phone, the Sony Ericsson Elm which is a part of Sony Ericsson’s “Greenheart” family. So far I’ve been using the phone a week I am extremely pleased with it. It’s…6 Jun 20103 min
PostReviewsJelly SMS – Use your web texts from your desktopJellySMS is now abandoned, I’ve removed any links to it. One program I’ve been using a while now and is a serious lifesaver for when I’m out of credit is “Jelly SMS” (previously just jSMS)…8 Apr 20101 min
PostPersonalProgrammer Personality: 2009I just took a fun test on “What is your programmer personality?” It is based of the Myers-Briggs Personality Test and has been changed to relate to your programming personality type. Your…9 Nov 20091 min
PostSystemsEarcandy in Ubuntu JauntyEarCandy is a volume manager for PulseAudio that fades applications in and out based on your current activity. Meaning it can do handy things like muting your music playing when you decide…28 Sep 20091 min