Using Zend_Mail and Google SMTP to send emails
You can set this globally, for example in your bootstrap.php file: $tr = new Zend Mail Transport Smtp('smtp.gmail.com', array( 'auth' = 'login', 'username' = 'YOUR USERNAME@gmail.com', 'password' = 'YOUR PASSWORD', 'ssl' = 'ssl',…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to everyone from me and my cat Barney!
Strong ownership list approach
When you are your own boss, things like responsibilities and project ownership are pretty obvious – you are liable for everything, period. However when working at an agency with projects coming and going,…
Wordpress NextGen gallery tweak
Recently I found myself in that very anoying situation where a very good piece of software seemed to lack just this one function… again. I have been doing a gallery website and used…
Nested sortable using jTree - clickable links
jTree is a lightweight solution for nested, sortable lists based on jQuery. I’ve been trying to find a good solution for quite a while, however the only good competitor to jTree is now…
Display Meetings From Entourage Using GeekTool
I’ve been a recent convert to GeekTool, a Mac application that can be used to display the output of shell commands directly on the desktop. After going through the usual cool little GeekTool…
How to convert PDT projects into PHPEclipse projects
If for some reason you decide to swap from one Eclipse based PHP IDE to another, rather than recreate the projects you can change their association, so that the project builders work correctly.…
How to use special characters in FPDF
FPDF is a nice little library for php that allows you to create PDFs on the fly. It’s great for all sorts of document, among them invoices. Until you try to use say…
openSUSE 11 on Lenovo Thinkpad X61 (tablet pc)
I have this weird ability to fall in love with gadgets that are not yet on the market… Twice in a row when choosing my laptop tablet pcs I went for something that…
Server Error 500 - htaccess require valid-user
I just spent a good couple of minutes hitting my head against the wall, trying to figure out why a perfectly good .htaccess file suddenly stopped working. After commenting things out it seemed…
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