As a developer, time is your most valuable resource. These six tips on how to write maintainable code are guaranteed to save you time and frustration: one minute spent writing comments can save you an hour of anguish.
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As the load on an application increases, the bottlenecks in the underlying infrastructure become more apparent in the form of slow response to user requests. This article discusses many of the server configuration items that can make or break an application’s performance and focuses on steps you can take to optimize Apache and PHP.
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For some reasons, web controls are rather ugly in Firefox when it is run under Linux (I am talking about running Firefox under Ubuntu Linux 7.04, Feisty Fawn and Gnome). It is particularly the case with radio buttons.
Fortunately there is a fix for this issue.
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TrueCrypt is free software that encrypts data “on-the-fly”. You can create an encrypted hard drive, a separate partition or a directory. TrueCrypt is portable — it works on GNU/Linux and Windows. Worried about losing your valuable data when your laptop gets stolen? Don’t wait and encrypt your data now!
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Heaps and heaps of resources for bloggers, from domaining to communication to monetization to statistics tools. This is a must have bookmarked list…
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We
’ve compiled a list of 20 WordPress themes you might have missed, or that deserve a second look. All the themes are free to download.
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Plugins and filters extend Photoshop by providing new funtionality and effects that you wouldn
’t otherwise be able to achieve or by simplifying a process – here we round up the best Freebies
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New site with a ton of free vectors available for download.
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Created by Paul Stamatiou, flickrSLiDR allows you to easily embed the classic flickr slideshows on your website or blog. All you need to do is enter the flickr URL address of the user, photo set or group you would like to embed along with some options. You’ll receive the HTML embed code in return.
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The following Linux courses have been created by me, released under the GFDL . They can be viewed in slide format online, but for a more complete introduction to the material I am available for teaching (contact information is listed at the bottom of this page). I have taught these courses commercially…
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Step by step CSS list tutorials, this takes you through the process of building background image lists, rollover lists, nested lists and horizontal lists.
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Automatic LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) In about 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Feisty Server Edition, you can have a LAMP server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.
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This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Ubuntu Studio using VirtualBox for Windows. In other words, even your parents should be able to follow along.
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“After Apple recently announced a delay to OS X 10.5 Leopard I had to delay my iMac upgrade until the Autumn. This led me to thinking about how to speed up Tiger to get the most out of my ageing G5.”
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A layperson’s guide to understanding piracy. Mommy? What’s a BitTorrent?
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