Creating a line return in WYSIWYG editors
When using WYSIWYG editors, one of the most common questions I receive from users is “How do I create a line return?” Most users are used to text editors like word where pressing return once will create a line return. However, when using a WYSIWYG like TinyMCE or FCKEditor (now CKeditor), hitting return creates a […]
Tracking Unemployment using Google
Google has created a very well done time series line chart tool for tracking the unemployment rate in the United State, down to the county level. The data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What I particularly like about the chart is that it’s: Easy to understand Follows best practices for data visualization […]
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If you’ve been searching for the title of this blog post, then chances are you are either building or maintaining a Drupal site. Most likely, you attempted to login to your site and saw this bit of HTML splashed across the page and in your browser’s title bar. Or an end user contacted you to […]
Local Build of GNU autoconf and automake in CentOS
I was trying to build MediaTomb from the latest development source, and to do so, it required I have autoconf 2.61 and automate 1.10 installed. My Linux distribution of choice is CentOS. I was a dedicated Slackware user for many years, but opted to switch to a distribution with larger community support for easier availability […]
Media Streaming to a DirecTV HD DVR from Linux
After much trial and error with various solutions, I have a reliable way to stream music from my Linux server to my DirecTV HR-20 DVR. A few years ago, I found two very excellent internet radio stations from Nullsoft/Winamp’s SHOUTcast service. I have used Winamp for as long as I have been involved with MP3s, […]
Unnecessarily Large EqualLogic Snapshots
EqualLogic’s snapshot functionality effectively freezes the data on the volume, and writes any changes off to another part of the disk. This excellent method of snapshots ensures that you have access to the entire volume as it was right when the snapshot was created, while at the same time minimizing the disk space required for […]
Avoiding Memory Leaks and JavaScript best practices
Memory leaks can be very hard to indentify. Most of the time this is because the amount of memory that leaks is so small you won’t see it all at once on the process task manager. There are things that you can do that will prevent memory leaks or at least allow the page to […]
JavaScript OOP
JavaScript is a very different language when it comes to Object Oriented Programming. Out of the box it doesn’t support class based OOP, but with some cleaver changes you will be able to add it. One thing look out for is how much memory each trick will use. When you use private vars/functions it will […]
Keep Your Taskbar Organized with Taskbar Shuffle
One thing that really annoys me is the way Windows handles taskbar buttons and the tray icons. By default when you open a program the programs taskbar button pops up on the far left side of the taskbar near the start button. When you open a second program it adds a button to the right […]
Save Time in Microsoft Word 2007 with Quick Parts (Auto Text)
* Updated on 9-25-2009 – Please be sure to read the FAQ section as well as the comments for additional help ** Updated on 8-23-2010 – Added information about auto correct * First off thank you for reading my blog post. Most people get here from searching on Microsoft or Google. I would strongly urge […]
