Author Archives: Dennis

An Image Upload Extension for YUI Rich Text Editor

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Dennis

Before you begin: Read the updates at the bottom of the page. This post was written for an older version of the YUI library. I’ve had nothing but good things to say about the Yahoo User Interface tools. It seems … Continue reading →

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Using piped svndumpfilter commands to separate an svn repository

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Dennis

According to the documentation for svndumpfilter, you can include one subcommand when filtering a dumped repository. Suppose you have a repository that has a path “/some/path” that you’d like to separate out into its own new repository. From the documentation, … Continue reading →

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Customize your laptop speed for temperature and performance

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Dennis

I while ago, I found a great article on Slashdot that shows how Windows XP manages variable speed CPUs. Well, at least it applies to Intel Speedstep technology. If you have an Intel processor (like the Core 2 Duo T7200 … Continue reading →

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Elements of Great Web Design: The Polish

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Dennis

I’m not an expert designer. In fact, most of the time I feel inadequate when it comes to picking colors, layouts, and other features that a designer usually takes care of. All my design has to do with interfaces, classes, … Continue reading →

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Using tcpdump on a linux-vserver guest

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Dennis

To debug a problem I’m working on, I need to be able to see network traffic on an interface inside a linux-vserver guest. To do this, you have to enable the CAP_NET_RAW capability for that guest. > echo “NET_RAW” >> … Continue reading →

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Programming a client for the WHOIS protocol

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Dennis

I have a little task that involves programmatically determining whether DNS servers are set correctly for a domain. Since this project is written in Python, I first set out to see if there were any “whois” clients already available for … Continue reading →

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