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How to repair a broken YaST online update in SuSE 11.2
Posted on 21.01.2010 20:42 in Buzz271 views, 1 comment(s) , add a commentOne of the last YaST2-ncurses packages renders YaST2 online update and software management in SuSE Linux 11.2 unusable. Online update just exists back into the menu. If you want to fix it, follow these instructions:
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Avoid your personal "Aurora operation"
Posted on 21.01.2010 10:53 in Buzz275 views, 7 comment(s) , add a commentI am not a Microsoft Windows user. I was quite indifferent to the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer scandal that causes break in to Google, Adobe and many other major companies (the “Aurora operation”). However posts and articles about this event pop up so often, that they are very hard to ignore.
Yesterday I read a phrase that made me think a lot about the way how we develop software. The source was not in English and it is hard to make a precise translation. The phrase sounds like this: “Software will be always vulnerable while it is...
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Using XDebug helper plugin with FireFox 3.5.7
Posted on 18.01.2010 20:54 in Buzz564 views, 8 comment(s) , add a commentRecently my FireFox automatically updated itself and disabled XDebug helper plugin, which I use to debug PHP scripts with Komodo IDE. While it is possible to start debugging by adding XDEBUG_START_DEBUG=1 to the URL, it is not very convenient when debugging such framed applications as TYPO3 Backend.
There is no update for this plugin. Even worse: it is disappeared from the list of FireFox plugins. Fortunately I have it locally and managed to cheat FireFox to recognize this plugin as valid.
It is quite simple. Firsts, you need to shutdown...
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mod_security book review
Posted on 10.01.2010 17:23 in Security233 views, 1 comment(s) , add a commentSome time ago Packt Publishing published a book about mod_security. Since I use mod_security very actively to protect servers, I decided to get this book and write a review.
Here it is.
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Komodo IDE, XDebug and superglobals
Posted on 06.01.2010 07:11 in Buzz234 views, 3 comment(s) , add a commentIf you, like me, prefer Komodo IDE for PHP development, you may have noticed that superglobals ($_GET, $_POST, etc) are absent from "Superglobals" tab in debug window. If you have this problem...
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Extracting text from HTML body
Posted on 04.01.2010 09:40 in Buzz311 views, 2 comment(s) , add a commentDo you know how to extract text from the HTML tag with one regular expression?
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Small performance enhancement tip
Posted on 04.01.2010 09:25 in TYPO3623 views, 2 comment(s) , add a commentDo you have your own server? Does TYPO3 run slow? Would you like to try a simple step to improve the speed? Here it is.