Arhive etichete: Tips and Tricks

Always index your tables. Always

August 9, 2008 – 4:47 pm

ireadwhite Always index your tables. Always
This is going to be brief one: iRead.ro, one of the projects I’m working on during my spare time, was giving me major headaches lately - 2 weeks ago, it took like 15 seconds to render a page. In the…

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Cum mi-am upgradat si jailbreak-uit iPhone-ul 2G la firmware 2.0

July 22, 2008 – 6:25 pm

Am promis sa povestesc cum mi-am upgradat iPhone-ul de prima generatie, de la firmware 1.1.4 la 2.0 si cum l-am “jailbreak” ca sa-l pot folosi :P

Nu a fost deloc complicat, odata ce am trecut de temerile initiale.

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10 Ruby programming tips you should already know

July 2, 2008 – 6:37 pm

Other blogs about Ruby or Rails have already touched some of the tips I’m going to show, but it never hurts to remind you these small recipes aimed at Ruby novices:

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10 ponturi esentiale pentru utilizatorul de iPhone

May 20, 2008 – 7:13 pm

10 ponturi esentiale pentru utilizatorul de iPhone

Din meniu:

  1. cum sa iti deblochezi, decodezi si sa-ti eliberezi(jailbreak) singur iPhone-ul sau iPod-ul
  2. cum sa iti reformatezi(reinitializezi) iPhone-ul in caz ca ceva a mers prost
  3. introdu-ti propria cartela SIM
  4. dezactiveaza corectura automata la tastare
  5. cum sa…
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How to import Ultimate Warrior Tags into Wordpress 2.3+ and how to easily backup your Wordpress database

February 25, 2008 – 9:48 am

dandy-logo How to import Ultimate Warrior Tags into Wordpress 2.3+ and how to easily backup your Wordpress database
If, like me, you had been using Ultimate Warrior Tags (UTW) to assign Technorati-compatible tags to your article, then you must have been as annoyed as I was when upgrading to Wordpress 2.3.2 or Wordpress 2.3.3. All of the sudden, Wordpress…

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Pont de SEO si autoritate Technorati cu teme de Wordpress

February 23, 2008 – 2:49 pm

Brief Enghlish version
Go create a Wordpress theme (I’d suggest a design for Sandbox, for instance), upload it to wordpress themes websites after having added your link in footer.php, then patiently wait for people to download and use it - easy Page…

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Ruby Metaprogramming part 2

November 7, 2007 – 7:39 pm

Last time I discussed Ruby and metaprogramming, I was trying to stay DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) while coding some very similar-looking methods. The solution, then was to use class_eval to dynamically add methods into the current class, the way attr_accessor and it’s peers…

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*nix tip of the day

September 14, 2007 – 10:49 am

I keep having the following problem when dealing with svn: I frequently find myself wanting to add to my own SVN repository stuff(javascript libraries, rails plugins) retrieved from some other svn repositories. The inevitable outcome of my bold attempt is…

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Beginner’s blogging guide - How to bring traffic to your blog

June 6, 2007 – 11:29 am

I’ve started and (rather) successfully managed around 7 blogs until now. Each attempt has been a bit more successful than the previous one, each building on the shoulders of its predecessors. So, since nothing beats a little bulleted list, here…

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Wordpress plugins you MUST have

March 27, 2007 – 4:31 am

My tiny blogger experience (I’ve installed, configured and maintained more than 7 wordpress blogs, about 5 Blogspot ones and one Textpattern) made installing the must-have Wordpress plugins for this new blog a breeze. This comes mostly from having made myself…

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