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Eclipse 3.5 Galileo and SVN (Subversive)

October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Java, Tools

With Subversive being an official Eclipse project (2007) and the recent Eclipse 3.5 Galileo release (2009), you may be wondering why Eclipse still does not have SVN support built-in.
But don’t fuss, because it’s not that hard to configure SVN support (using Subversive) with a few simple steps. This document aims to guide you with the [...]

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Google Calendar “Tasks” not yet available in Google Apps

May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Tools

I had high hopes when I saw the news which said “Tasks, now in Calendar too” from the Gmail Blog. I have always been searching for a decent TODO app nicely integrated with my other appointments.
Unfortunately, when I checked the Calendar application from our Google Apps Standard, the link was not there. I then checked [...]

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Show Desktop Command on Mac OS X

May 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Mac OS X, Tools

I’m relatively new to Mac OS X and have been struggling to find out how to quickly “Show the Desktop” to see all the icons I have in there.
I have been used to clicking that little “Show Desktop” icon on the bottom left of the screen in Windows and was looking for an equivalent on [...]

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vi Page Up/Page down for Mac OS X

May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Mac OS X, Tools

In case you’re wondering how to move up or down in “vi” from Mac OS X terminal:
Then CTRL-B and CTRL-F should do the trick.

Got this from the Mac forums at macworld.com.

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Windows 7 RC and Ubuntu 9 Downloads

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Mac OS X, Tools

Windows 7 Release Candidate is now ready for beta testing and will be available until July 2009.
Here’s what you need to have:
* Internet access (to download Windows 7 RC and get updates)
* A PC with these system requirements:
o 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
o 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB [...]

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Web Hosting Anyone?

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Philippines, Tools

We’ve finally decided to get a reseller hosting space to accommodate our growing number of sites.
It’s quite pricey to get a hosting account for each site so we’re now getting one big space and divide it accordingly.
To help us with the initial costs of setting up the account, we’ve decided to offer the remaining space [...]

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Free Alternative to Flex Builder

September 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Flex, Tools

It’s been a long time since I last played with Flex. I feel like starting from square one.
This also means that I have a more difficult path ahead of me, with my Flex Builder trial license already expired.
Fortunately, it’s not that hard to setup basic mxml auto complete functionality with a plain Eclipse installation with [...]

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SEO basics

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments · PHP, Tools

I’ve been creating web applications for quite some time but never got interested in SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) until now.
The primary reason I think is that most (if not all) of the web applications I’ve been developing are for internal use only (think Java and banks).
But this outlook changed as my wife and I [...]

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Debugging cron tasks

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Tools

Being a *nix noob, I found it really hard to figure out the problem I had with a cron job last week.
The fact that sendmail was disabled in the machine I was working on also didn’t help (no emails were sent during failed cron task execution).
To workaround the problem, I found a useful tip from [...]

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Find Music by Singing or Humming

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Tools

This morning I was browsing through the ads (using the Google Adsense Preview Tool) of Sling & Stone Music and noticed an interesting ad which had the title “Find Music by Singing“.
I’ve seen this ad pop up in our site before but this morning I decided to give it a try.
The results were astounding. Out [...]

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