Understanding file permissions and ownership on Linux

January 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

The files on a Linux system can have reading permissions, writing permissions, executing (running) permissions or no permissions for the user that owns that files, groups of users or the rest – users who does not own that files and they are not members of any group.Continue reading →

Enable trackball pulse notifications for HTC Hero with CM7

September 27, 2011 | No comments

How to enable trackball pulse notifications for missed calls on HTC Hero with CyanogenMod 7 (or other CM7 based ROM like the one provided by elelinux).Continue reading →

Display random posts in WordPress

August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

WordPress posts may be randomly displayed using the “Get random results from a MySql table” tip placed in a simple plugin. What this plugin does is to simply ad the “RAND()” value to “ORDER BY” clause in the sql query which retrieves the WordPress posts.Continue reading →

Get random results from a MySql table

August 20, 2011 | No comments

It is possible to retrieve random results from a MySql table using the RAND() mathematical function. In order to get the random results the RAND() function needs to be used in the ORDER BY clause.Continue reading →

Pretty print JavaScript with Google Chrome

August 6, 2011 | No comments

The built-in Developer Tools from Google Chrome allows formatting of an inline (minified) JavaScript code to a human readable format.Continue reading →