Permanently mount a Windows share in Linux
Sick of manually mounting a Windows share on Linux with "mount" for it to drop off randomly? Or not really knowing if it is mounted or not?
Then make a permanent mount in fstab.
SQLyog Query Profiler
MySQL has always lacked the sophisticated profiling tools shipped with proprietary databases like SQL Server, etc. MySQL developers have largely depended on EXPLAIN for tuning queries. The SHOW PROFILE patch by Jeremy Cole was introduced in the MySQL Community version 5.0.37 and it provided much more insight into where the query spends its time. However, to take advantage of this feature, MySQL developers were supposed to switch on profiling, run their queries and then filter the profiling data from a table that contained the profiling results of the last few profiled queries. A lot of manual book-keeping is required to take advantage of this powerful feature. In an ideal situation, the MySQL developer should execute the queries and the profiling info should be available along with the result-set. Unfortunately, none of the MySQL client tools (desktop or web-based) provide intrinsic support for this feature.
Watch the Screencast on Query Profiler.
Firefox and NTLM Authentication
Firefox dislikes NTLM authentication really. Sometimes it hates it completely.
Specifically when you make AJAX requests from an NTLM authenticated server.
Fortunately, with a bit of counselling there is a resolution on hand.
WP-O-Matic Cron Hangs
Does your WP-O-Matic hang sometimes when processing feeds? It's probably trying to a ping back to the original post. Chances are you don't even want it pinging back, depending on the purpose of your blog.
HomeSeer Home Automation Software
HomeSeer helps you automate things around the home directly from your PC or even when you are away via phone, the Internet and email. It allows you to create events that the package will respond to and make something happen. This goes beyond simply turning on the lights at 6pm everyday.
3 Favourite SEO Related Firefox Extensions
Every once in a while you stumble upon some really useful Firefox extensions that make you wonder what you did before!
CubeCart Mod – Show sub-category products on category page
This modification is for CubeCart 3.
It will show all the products belong to the subcategories on the main category page. Confused? Check out the image, it explains all!
The Microsoft Scalable Networking Fiasco
I've just spent a few days diagnosing a strange Exchange 2003 issue for a client.
The client had several users who were not able to connect their Outlook to Exchange, out of several hundred users, only a small percentage had this problem, they had nothing in common.
Thunderbird Scam Whitelists
I get daily emails from a supplier which Thunderbird kindly slaps a "“Thunderbird thinks this message might be an email scam.” message on the top - of every one.
Whilst not a problem it's annoying and takes up valuable TV real estate.
Card Reader Annoyances
My new Dell computer came with one of those 1,600 in 1 internal memory card readers. The 1,600 drives in 'My Computer' really irritated me.
OK, so I exaggerated slightly. But the extra 3 drives did irritate me. My cameras use SD cards so I can safely disable the ones I don't use.
