Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Creating 3D Buildings in Google Earth Is Now Easier
Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Building Maker
No more reason not to waste time creating buildings.
No more reason not to waste time creating buildings.
Google Docs Shared Folders
Official Google Blog: Shared folders and multiple file upload in Google Docs
I always wanted this feature and now it is available.
Thanks Google!
I always wanted this feature and now it is available.
Thanks Google!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A Look Into the Future
This are still concepts but we know the technology is here to implement this thing.
A computer tablet that has visual recognition and do visual search.
Ever wonder how a place looks like in the past?
Ah the weather widget, its always present on any new gadget!
Tons of information on your hand while on tour!
Imagine how your apartment would look like even before you buy a single thing!
Dictionary search without typing what you see!
Food nutrition information without a sweat.
Go out and check the name of the stars you have always watch every night.
Interact with in real time and find related information to a structure.
Below are some of my favorites it has practical uses.
Lip movement recognition?!!
On a foreign land and want to read the local newspaper?! No problem translate it!
HUD (Heads Up Display) for everyone! Navigating a building would become a breeze!
A computer tablet that has visual recognition and do visual search.
Ever wonder how a place looks like in the past?
Ah the weather widget, its always present on any new gadget!
Tons of information on your hand while on tour!
Imagine how your apartment would look like even before you buy a single thing!
Dictionary search without typing what you see!
Food nutrition information without a sweat.
It can do visual search
Go out and check the name of the stars you have always watch every night.
Interact with in real time and find related information to a structure.
Below are some of my favorites it has practical uses.
Lip movement recognition?!!
On a foreign land and want to read the local newspaper?! No problem translate it!
HUD (Heads Up Display) for everyone! Navigating a building would become a breeze!
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Installing LAMP to CentOS 5.x
This is assuming CentOS was installed properly and connected to the internet.
Confirm the install and by answering yes, and yum will download all packages needed to install MySQL.
We need to make sure MySQL is started on boot
You can now start the MySQL server by issuing the following command:
You can also start it using the command below:
Once MySQL server is running it will display initial startup text and will instruct you to set "root" user password.
Make sure you change the highlighted items with the correct information.
Make it run on boot.
Start the service
Install PHP
yum install php
Installing MySQL
yum install mysql mysql-serverConfirm the install and by answering yes, and yum will download all packages needed to install MySQL.
We need to make sure MySQL is started on boot
chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld onYou can now start the MySQL server by issuing the following command:
/etc/init.d/mysqld startYou can also start it using the command below:
service mysqld startOnce MySQL server is running it will display initial startup text and will instruct you to set "root" user password.
mysqladmin -u root password rootpassword
mysqladmin -h server1.example.com -u root password rootpasswordMake sure you change the highlighted items with the correct information.
Installing Apache (http server)
yum install httpdMake it run on boot.
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd onStart the service
service httpd startInstall PHP
yum install php
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Removing the Firefox Scroll Bars
I was developing for a MID (Mobile Internet Device) and needed to remove the vertical scroll bar of Firefox, the default browser, because of the page shift that happens when viewing a long page. MID supports touch so scrolling doesn't require the vertical scroll bar.
The solution is a simple CSS rule:
The solution is a simple CSS rule:
<body style="overflow:hidden">
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
Watching Remote Logs
We sometimes need to monitor log files on remote servers.
A simple method, that doesn't require us to log in to the remote host, is to run GNU tail command over the network using ssh.
Example, if we want to monitor the file /var/log/sample.log on the remote host hostname.
A simple method, that doesn't require us to log in to the remote host, is to run GNU tail command over the network using ssh.
Example, if we want to monitor the file /var/log/sample.log on the remote host hostname.
$ ssh hostname tail -retry -follow=name /var/log/sample.log
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