DuckDuckGo
I have been switching back and forth between google and DuckDuckGo for searching for a while now. If you have never heard of it, it’s a search engine, kind of like Google. Yes, how original. It’s created by a Hacker News individual as his startup. he has been at a while now and has an […]
Creating hidden fields using Drupal Form API
Recently I was trying to create a hidden field on a form I’ve been working with and couldn’t find anything in the Drupal documentation that explained how to create a hidden form. The solution is actually quite simple. In this case I was using the hidden field to store a primary key value. $form[‘form_group’][‘form_name’] = […]
Adding a UNC or network path to Windows 7 Libraries
Windows libraries are a neat feature. They allow you to centralize what would normally be a ton of shortcuts to folders. Plus, since Libraries show up in all Save/Save As dialogs, it makes accessing those shortcuts very simple. The problem is that if you try and add a UNC that is not indexed by your computer, […]
ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks and SSL
There appears to be much trouble and confusion using ColdFusion and scheduled tasks over SSL. If you Google search or check out the official Adobe forums there are numbers of threads mentioning this issue, with no process to fix or resolve this issue. The number one suggestion and most popular solution seemed to be setting […]
Avoiding Insanity or How To Clean Your Blackberry Trackball
After a long and terribly difficult day, all I wanted was to play a little bit of Texas Hold’em on my Blackberry. Normally my biggest problem is being bad at Texas Hold’em, but tonight my problem was not being able to scroll to the right in order to open the game. After about 45 minutes […]
How to properly create a tinyint column with Drupal Schema API
Recently, I’ve been building a custom module to use on a customer’s site. When I tried to install it I got the following error message: user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘NOT […]
Where is E-mail Marketing Today?
With the Internet becoming vaster every second, more outlets for communication are becoming available. The ever-popular Facebook offers free ways to communicate and promote, and of course, Twitter is picking up speed as well. What was before these social media outlets, however? E-mail marketing. And although it’s highly effective when used correctly, it’s becoming lost […]
Setting up x86 print drivers on a 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2
I recently ran into a problem with getting x86 drivers installed onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64bit server. I was able to open the devices and printers and right click on the printer then go to properties. From there I could look at the sharing tab and click on the Additional Drivers… button […]
Outlook 2010 stuck on loading profile window
I have noticed at various times when I close Outlook 2010 and re-open, it gets stuck on the Loading Profile screen. The only way I found to alleviate the issue is to reboot the computer and Outlook will open correctly. I Searched the internet but was unable to find a valid fix for […]
Simple Long Polling in WCF – Server
Recently I’ve been working on a RESTful HTTP server in WCF for a really cool project that isn’t public yet, but should be soon. I say RESTful, but it’s not religiously so; more accurately its REST-like. Essentially it’s as basic as can be so that client compatibility can be maximized. Anyway, the need was presented […]
