Even more surprising, I was able to get Subversion over SSH working with my HostGator shared web hosting account. I had been searching for a private Subversion repository that I could use for my own projects. Something very simple for one developer doing infrequent source control file check-ins. I didn’t…
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Surprisingly, I found that a Hostgator shared web hosting account supports secure shell (SSH) access and a shared secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate. For those who might not be familiar with them, SSH provides interactive terminal access to your account and SSL supports secure HTTPS browsing to your website. Note:…
Leave a CommentI recently needed to handle a file upload using PHP and was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was. I am sharing my file upload test script below. Create a file named “upload.php” with the following content: <?php { // Handle GET or POST if ($_SERVER[’REQUEST_METHOD’] === ‘POST’)…
Leave a CommentHave you ever noticed that Youtube’s initial page shows videos that are related to those that you have viewed in the past? While one could argue that it is convenient, I am a bit disturbed that Youtube remembers my past viewing history. Worse, now that Google has purchased Youtube, that…
Leave a CommentA few months ago, my sister complained that her Time Warner Cable Internet Broadband Plan’s monthly charge had increased by $4-5. I asked to see the bill and saw a $3.95 cable modem rental fee, which after checking with her, was a new addition. A quick google revealed that Time…
7 CommentsI needed to move music from my sister’s old iPod Mini to her new iPod Nano. At first, I thought I needed to install special software to do the music transfer; however, it turns out that there is a method that doesn’t require extra software. I found it in the…
Leave a CommentIn my previous post, Setup Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Windows 7 Boot Camp, and Shared FAT32 Partition, I decided to use Mac OS X as much as possible and in addition to Windows 7. It would be nice if I could use the same applications (or equivalents) on…
Leave a CommentI recently got a new macbook with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. I did not like some of the useability changes made (more on that below), but thankfully did not experience the slowdown, crashes, or bad battery life that others had reported. I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain…
2 CommentsI recently got a mid 2012 Macbook Pro 15in laptop. It came with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion which I promptly upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. I then installed Windows 7 Boot Camp on it. I thought I had the perfect setup. To my dismay, I found…
5 CommentsUpdate: Go to Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite if you want to install Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite instead. The instructions below will not work for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later versions. I thought it would…
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