Tim's (Mostly) Tech Tidbits

I just bought a laptop that is running Windows Vista. I wanted to print to my HP LaserJet 4L connected to my desktop running Windows XP. Problem: I kept getting an Access Denied error. Keep reading to find out how I was able to work around this. (more…)

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I just had to look this up from my own comment to a support question on the WordPress codex so I’m posting it here for my future reference. However, this pattern is a good pattern to use when needing to add an activate function call for your plugin. (more…)

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Here is a little tidbit that has helped me when programming WordPress plugins.

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I recently added a new tool to my www.ThePhpPro.com web site.

This tool is a PHP Code Beautifier program.

There has been just one problem. Sometimes when I pasted a huge amount of text into the box, I would get an HTTP error message stating “FORBIDDEN.”
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A new metaphor for working on a computer “desktop” has come to my attention.
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Last week I posted a new article to my professional web site. It talks about PHP templates and my approach to this thorny issue. Many people have different opinions about templates - in the article I present what I believe to be a “Best Practice” approach.

You can read the article.

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I have launched 3 new products on my professional website: www.ThePhpPro.com

I have an ASCII - read keyboard art - CAPTCHA that requires no image libraries for PHP. In fact, it is so backwards compatible, it should work on PHP version 3 with perhaps only a minor change (opening and reading files) needed.

It’s quite clever, you really should go check it out.

I also have packaged the ascii font engine from tppCaptcha and have released a $1 ascii art font package targeted at giving website owners the ability to output email addresses in a form that is readable by humans, but not by machines.

And finally, I have spent the better part of a month taking the code from my AJAX tutorial and polishing it, learning a bunch more about ajax, and packaging it up into a product available for sale. It utilizes connection pooling so multiple connections can be running at once. tppAJAX will prove to be a capable inexpensive AJAX toolkit. It also happens to be on sale (as of the writing of this article) also.

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Hello!

I’ve recently signed up, and have been using, for about a week, an online backup product. If you’ve been a reader of my blog in the past, you’ll know I’ve been looking for an inexpensive online backup solution for quite some time.

I have a subscription to PC Magazine, and in the April issue, they gave their Editor’s Choice award to Mozy Backup.
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I’ve been looking around for an inexpensive DVD copying program, and have finally found one!

I purchased this recently and love it! It’s very easy to use and very fast to copy!

You can get more info about it here

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I recently had a need to do some vertical centering using divs and css exclusively.
I ran into a tutorial on how to accomplish this, which is both interesting and simple.
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