Changing IP subnets on a network containing OSX Lion Server running Virtualbox
...on a Friday afternoon in July. I decided to finish setting up VPN access to the office and part of the process was to change our local subnet of "192.168.1.0"…
Fixing pointer skipping/jumping after OS X Lion install
TL;DR: Disable mouse pointer acceleration. I installed OSX Lion onto my work machine this week and, while I do love the new features and I even installed some specialized software…
My new Bitcoin mining rig “Newbie”
Given that I built this system 2 weeks ago it isn't quite "new" but it mines at around 750-800 Mhash/sec, or 1 bitcoin every 2 days (via deepbit). I think that's pretty…
Adding a “Prepend” Option to URLs generated by the {exp:structure:nav} Tag
In mod.structure.php function nav() insert the highlighted line: [php highlight="81" firstline="76"] ... // Miscellaneous parameters $depth = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('limit_depth', 1); $exclude = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('exclude', NULL); $mode = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('mode', 'sub'); $prepend = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('prepend',…
TextMate: My favorite bundles and themes
On my first day at POWERSHiFTER I was greeted with a desk & chair to be assembled and a new iMac to be configured and while I had my chair…
Adding a Custom Field to the Structure Page Control Panel
A recent project with POWERSHiFTER had us designing an Expression Engine-driven site with a ridiculous amount of content (110,000 words / 500+ printed pages). Luckily the content was very well…
phpMyAdmin installation errors
When installing phpMyAdmin 3.3.10 on my Nginx 0.8.76, PHP-FPM 5.3.6 (w/ APC + memcached) & MySQL 5.5.9 setup, I first encountered this problem: 2011/04/06 14:17:36 [error] 32174#0: *9366 FastCGI sent…
Show current git repo in command prompt
Dan showed me at a snippet to slap into your ~/.bash_profile to display the current git branch in your prompt for the working directory (provided it's a git repo). Very…
Downloading Magento Connect Extensions for Manual Install
Did you know you can easily download plugins from Magento Connect without using the (terrifying) Magento Connect Downloader? Well yes, you can! Magento has a bash script named "pear" that…
A “Gotcha” When Installing Magento EE 1.8
I have been running various Magento Community Editions on my Debian servers with Nginx, PHP-FPM & MySQL without any problems for some time, but I today I ran into some…