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Remember when Linux Sound was First In First Served?
I'm running a few sound outputting apps under Fedora 16... And they are all playing nicely in the playground. Amazing how Fedora/Gnome has come. Finally Linux on the Desktop is Here!
ABA File Information
Every now and again a business has to change Banks and you are left to figure out what the ABA file format should be and what the different fields mean. Especially annoying is when you have set it up and have been running for years and the meaning has been lost over...
Rackspace Cloud – Uptime
uptime 05:29:01 up 44 days, 4:54, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.00 Since I went to a small Rackspace cloud server I was concerned whether it would be stable. I have only had the account for a couple of months but the uptime is consistent with my last reboot so...
Wherefore art though php_dbase.dll?
Trying to save some time by installing a pre-configured WAMP environment (Windows Apache MySQL and PHP). I downloaded the latest Bitnami WAMPStack and found that it didn't have php_dbase.dll in the $PHP_DIR/ext/ dir. A planned retreat worked. This version has...
CakePHP – Accessing an un-related model from a controller action
Check point 9 here => http://nuts-and-bolts-of-cakephp.com/2008/06/09/15-essential-cakephp-tips/ This didn't work for me: $this->load('IgnoreList'); I got this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined method EdiRecordsController::load() This worked $MyModel =...
CakePHP – Virtual Fields the Fields you have when you’re not having a Field
CakePHP Virtual Fields e.g. How to perform database select functions and return them sensibly to your model http://book.cakephp.org/view/1608/Virtual-fields
