Categories Archives: Tips and Tricks

Canon S90 CHDK How do you get to the record mode?

Canon S90 CHDK CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) is a community build open source alternative firmware for canon cameras. CHDK features are; RAW files, bracketing, full manual control over exposure, Zebra-Mode, Live histogram, Grids, and most important scripting. Upgrading to this custom firmware can be tricky but they have tried to make it as easy as possibly with the application CardTricks. I have installed this firmware on several [...]

What are mysql-bin.000001, mysql-bin.000002…

By default whenever you make a change to a MySQL database it creates a log of the query and stores it in a file simlare to ‘mysql-bin.000001′ . The MySQL database does this so that you can recover or replicate a database. Most applications this is a good things to have enabled just like doing regular backups. If you want to disable [...]

Instructions on how to fix your computer, install windows applications on your mac, Hack someones Facebook, and make a million dollars from a World of warcraft clone.

Instructions on how to fix your computer, install windows applications on your mac, Hack someones Facebook, and make a million dollars from a World of warcraft clone. Step 1. Get a fork… it should be about 4-6″ long made of metal and not too sharp. Step 2. Place in right hand with point end facing up. Ensure that you got [...]

CakePHP – Security.level

I been having reports from my users that they are getting randomly logged out of my web applications. After much debugging I found that CakePHP regenerates the session on every request. File: core.php /** * The level of CakePHP security. The session timeout time defined * in ‘Session.timeout’ is multiplied according to the settings here. * Valid values: [...]

CakePHP – Disable validation in controler

When upgrading an old web application to start using CakePHP but the old systems was riddled with invalid data. When the creating the CRUD system I need a way of updating this invalid data. The following line of code will disable the validation in the controller. $this->Story->validate = array(); // Stop valadation on the story. Source: Cakephp Save [...]

Troubleshooting CakePHP

I’m just starting to learn CakePHP 1.2 and I am running in to small little problems. As I find solutions I write them down so people after me might have an easier time finding them. Problem: Warning (512): Method HtmlHelper::file does not exist Warning (512): Method HtmlHelper::submit does not exist Solution: Those methods have been [...]

Testing writing from “Windows Live Writer”

Push for web apps Currently there is a real push for everything to work in a browser, thin clients. For example; Email, Word processors (like Google docs), calendars, contact lists, router administration ect. It makes sense since everyone has a browsers, they all work relatively the same and its cross platform, plus its available anywhere [...]

NSIS – tips and tricks

I create a lot of windows application to make things easier for my customers. The simple act of coping a file from an email to a certain directory can become the most complicated tasks for a certain type of customer. I use an Scriptable Install System provided by NullSoft called NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System). [...]