How to Create 404 Page Not Found Custom Error Pages in PHP
Google’s Official Blog has been talking about 404 server response codes (Page Not Found errors) this week, and since I just wrote about 301 Redirect... more »
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Javascript makes me see Red
bloid 
via wonderfullyflawed.com
Just to prove that Canadians don’t have a monopoly on coolness, check out Jesse Sielaff’s Red library. Red is like sass for javascript files. Rather... more »
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Curl is now in the Top 4
It's been rewarding watching the Curl customer base grow and seeing its adoption gaining more speed as each month passes by. When people talk about... more »
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Your Weird Ruby Item of the Day
bloid via blog.thinkrelevance.com
Ok. I don’t really pretend to know why this is happening, but Chad and I have verified this on several operating systems. And, yes, the number we... more »
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mySQL DBA: What should I use MYISAM or INNODB?
I get this question allot, and my response is "it depends", people rarely like this general response. To pick a storage engine, the user must... more »
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Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?
AlvinAshcraft via blogs.zdnet.com
The single biggest blocker to using a 64-bit browser is the absence of a compatible Flash player. If you open the 64-bit version of IE and click... more »
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Is Firefox 3 a buggy browser?
I am using the Firefox version 3, which I downloaded during the Download day. I was impressed with the features that were promised by the Firefox team... more »
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Would you put cartoons on your software startup's website?
We have strong opinions against stock photography for a corporate website, and went with an unconventional strategy for a software development firm.... more »
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Scaling Ruby on Rails to 1 Billion Page Views a Month
A while ago I blogged about how F5 was making mongrels better with a Side of Mayo. I referenced a blog post on Joyent's wonderful Joyeur blog on why... more »
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GitHub: Erlang Supercharged git-daemon
Over the past several weeks Github has been working on a secret Erlang project that will allow us to grow GitHub in new and novel ways. The project is... more »
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Stop Using FTP
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This is going to sound a little weird at first considering what I do for a living, but I want you to stop using FTP. FTP is a 23 year old protocol.... more »
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grep is a beautiful tool
Following is a simple tutorial that will help you realize the power of this simple and most useful command. If you are on Windows and haven’t already,... more »
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A close look at three Rails 2.1 bugs
Rails 2.1 introduces three annoying bugs. Let's fix them.
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Rails: Where to put the 'other' files
When starting a Rails project, four golden folders are predefined: Models, Views, Controllers, Helpers. Could we possibly need anything more? In my... more »
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jQuery Column Filters
I built this jQuery plugin for a quick way of allowing table columns to be filtered by the user. It will add text box's to the top of each column in a... more »
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Nginx (Apache Alternative) Configuration & Migration Tips
Nginx is a much faster alternative to apache server. Here is a compilation of tips for migrating from Apache to Nginx with focus on virtual website... more »
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Extended Model for CodeIgniter
The extended model helps make any developers life easy with a number of handy functions - a MUST check for CodeIgniter devs.
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RESTful URIs
Once in a while I come across someone talking about RESTful URIs. A URI is just a name. What can be RESTful about it? Then there are threads like... more »
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3 Reasons not to use Apache mod_rewrite
After reading this discussion on Slashdot regarding an anti-virus agent pretending to be Internet Explorer and flooding sites with requests I waited... more »
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Flash 10 will support P2P network and UDP
In the latest beta release of Flash Player 10, Adobe introduced the RTMFP support. This technology will allow P2P communication between players and... more »
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mysql_close(); Do I need it? Is it necessary?
The other day I was working on an app when I got an error message that this practice was causing a conflict. Apparently, the page I was working on... more »
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Fast prototyping and sketching with Pencil
Duong Thanh An, has just released Pencil, a simple and efficient open source tool to create user interface prototypes with native Windows and Linux... more »
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Tweaking Rails app with jQuery part I
How to tweak simple rails application using some jQuery.
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SWFUpload, Paperclip and Ruby on Rails
A short guide about how to use SWFUpload along with the Paperclip plugin inside your Ruby on Rails applications
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How To Setup MySQL Replication in 10 minutes
MySQL is an excellent open source database system. Replication is a great way to keep data redundant in case of a server crash. However, replication... more »
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