Introduction Facebook “like” buttons are pretty easy to implement – if you have a straight forward site. If you are loading your content using AJAX or some other form of delayed load, you might notice a problem if you’re not Read more…
Foreword The following is a tips and tricks references for using the Google search engine in ways you may not know are available. Tricks define: – The “define:” protocol is used to quickly obtain the definition of a word. For Read more…
There are a lot of hacks out there dealing with getting specific CSS files to load on a per browser basis. I wanted to try a different approach. I wanted a way to specify the default or standard CSS that Read more…
Foreword The following is a quick start guide for gettting Solr configured, up and running in a few minutes. All of my examples will be performed on CentOS Linux. Getting Started First things first, make sure you have Java installed Read more…
Foreword The following describes the keyboard shortcuts available on the Windows 7 platform. Overview With the release of Windows 7 comes some pretty cool functionality, especially when it comes to keyboard shortcuts. Some of the keyboard shortcuts have been around Read more…
Foreword The following is a tutorial for how to convert M2TS files to WMV files for free. All the examples given are for use with Windows but should work with any operating system other than the binaries. Overview So after Read more…
Foreword The following is a quick crash course in using jQuery. If you’ve never used jQuery before and want to know to how without reading a ton, this is the tutorial for you. Getting Started First download the latest version Read more…
Foreword The following is a primer on creating RightScale scripts that execute with attachments. Overview Creating RightScale scripts can be a little daunting at first, but with a little time and effort one can quickly ramp up from beginner to Read more…
Foreword This explanation of clustering Rabbit-MQ assumes that you’ve had some experience with Rabbit-MQ. At least to the point of being able to get Rabbit-MQ up and running and processing messages. For this explanation I will be using CentOS linux, Read more…
Getting Started So first things first. If you haven’t used Hadoop before you’ll first need to download a Hadoop release and make sure you have Java and PHP installed. To download Hadoop head over to: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/releases.html Click on download a Read more…