SVG are vector based graphics that are great if you want to generate high resolution images; especially for print. You can generate svg graphics with D3js for graphs. When you are happy with the result, you can use svg crowbar to download the image (and convert it to eps / png etc….). I had a […]

All good (s)FTP and ssh visual clients for Mac OS X. Just a reminder for myself 😀 http://macfusionapp.org/https://filezilla-project.org/http://cyberduck.ch/ or in terminal > shell > new remote connection Ref:http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/52096/is-there-a-gui-ssh-client-for-os-x

Just a note for those who are keen to run window applications on mac or package window apps as a mac app. Many of you have heard of wine (windows emulator) which runs windows applications on linux-based distros or macs. An interesting application called winebottler allows you to run windows (xxxxx.exe) applications on your mac […]

A starter for most is deciding on which programming languages one would like to pick up and learn. A few questions raise to mind: Which language is easy to pick up; low learning curve How widely used is the language by industry How many projects use these languages How long has the language been around […]

Bit of a light touch, pun of the day. If nothing else works, sudo crem it. Available at local boots, pharmaceutical , amazon and your IT computer store.

Thought I will keep some directions on desktop publishing. The most widely used format is PDF (portable document format). It is versatile and maintains a structured and consistent layout to the contents. The other format that is now open is EPUB format. Currently its on 3.0 and now a widely supported open format for digital […]

Sublimetext2 is a very nice editor. In MacOSX you can launch it via terminal. First symlink sublime text application. Use the following command to do so. > ln -s /Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/sublime Now you can launch sublime text2 via… > sublime [filename]  In terminal if you want to create a file. Something which mac […]

For all Php Frameworks and .NET Coding File names – Pascal Case ( applicationStuff.aspx ) Folders – Pascal Case ( /generalFiles/….) NameSpaces – Pascal Case : CompanyData Assemblies – Pascal Case + unique to NameSpace : Assembliy.MGDev.dll Functions – Pascal Case ( GetUserName() ) Function Parse Vars – Camel Case ( GetUserName(int userID) ) Variables […]

My first views on LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 201204. Linux mint X has always been built on ubuntu series. LMDE is linux mints “vanilla” version built on debian. (sly use of vanilla). This essentially takes out ubuntu as the middle(ware) and removes a substantial amount of bloat. There are 2 versions of LMDE: XFCE […]

Heroku Webapp with Sinatra, Rack, Haml running on Thin. A typical heroku webapp will consist of the following files: base.rb – your basic ruby application file config.ru – your default (similar to passenger) Gemfile – default bundler file. Note that this has to be upper case ‘G’emfile Gemfile.lock – a generated bundler file. Generated by […]