Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category

A while back I discussed how to use the new sqlsrv extension for php to retrieve multiple result sets at a time from stored proceedures. This was indeed helpful when you need to retrieve related data and avoid multiple calls to stored proceedures. The down side is this was using a rather expensive (but good) [...]

The Gedit Clientside plugin is now available for Gedit 3. All the features remained the same, just some minor tweaks throughout. You can still find both Gedit versions of the plugin on Github: Clientside Plugin for Gedit 3+ Clientside Plugin for Gedit 2 I moved the old Gedit 2 version to a separate branch on [...]

The next version of Ubuntu is nearly here. I must admit I’ve not yet made the move to Unity, as I’m still on Gnome 2, but I’m debating on making the switch this go around. I’ve got a few projects I need to update as well (Clientside and Email Dissector). The last release was the [...]

Everyone needs to test emails for web applications, but it turns your inbox into a mess. Not to mention constantly refreshing your web mail and clicking Send/Receive. You struggle to find the broken html, and viewing your text and html alternate versions just takes too much time. This is where Email Dissector comes in to [...]

I keep seeing mention of a few “preprocessors” for javascript and css, including CoffeeScript, Sass, and Less. I personally don’t see the need in these tools, but apparently they are all the rave at the moment. Essentially what these do is allow you to write in a more functional language/script, and compiles it down to [...]