May 2009

May
20

Make your Mac OSX talk

Submitted by duvien on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 01:14

Some Mac fun - If you a lucky owner of an Apple Mac computer and want to make it talk then open a terminal and type say follow by anything you want it to say.

For example, if you want it to say Hello Master, then just type:

say hello master

Lastly, if you want to know how my name is pronounced (not a lot of people get it right the first time round), type:

say duvien

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May
18

Upgrading duvien.com to Drupal 6

Submitted by duvien on Mon, 18/05/2009 - 15:49

There isn't one solution for all when it comes to doing a major upgrade from a previous version of Drupal to latest version because you have to take into account the different contrib modules and or custom modules that are already installed, including the use of your Views.

But hopefully, by showing you how this site was upgraded it may provide some good pointers to upgrading your own site. Read more about Upgrading duvien.com to Drupal 6

May
13

Google announces support for RDFa

Submitted by admin on Wed, 13/05/2009 - 17:19
RDFa

Google have announced support for RDFa and guess what - this is planned for Drupal 7 already (next latest version). I think some of it have already made it into Drupal 7. Read more about Google announces support for RDFa

May
13

How To Set Up Cron Jobs In Cpanel

Submitted by admin on Wed, 13/05/2009 - 17:11
Cron job

There are certain tasks in Drupal modules that requires a Cron job to be setup. This is a command that gets execute on the server and runs automatically in the background at specified period of time - once per day, once per hour, each 5 minutes, each Monday etc. to execute certain scripts.

It's a very useful command to setup and here's an easy step-by-step tutorial. Read more about How To Set Up Cron Jobs In Cpanel

May
08

Drupal Scotland Meetup - 11th May 2009 Meetup in Edinburgh

Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/05/2009 - 02:18

Quick Reminder:

Drupal Scotland
Start: 11 May 2009 18:30
End: 11 May 2009 20:30
Location and Map: Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
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May
07

Not much going on in Scotland though

Submitted by duvien on Thu, 07/05/2009 - 18:13

A five-month project to map spectrum usage has yielded 200GBytes of data, which shows that hardly anyone in the Highlands is using wireless, but the rest of the country is swathed in electromagnetic radiation.
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May
06

Command line made easy: five simple recipes for grep

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/05/2009 - 03:24

The grep command is regarded as one of the most essential building blocks of command line automation. It is a search tool that can be used to perform basic text filtering and processing tasks on files and streams. Although it is deceptively simple, it can sometimes take the challenge out of finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. In this article, I'm going to show you several examples of how it can be used to perform real-world tasks. Read more about Command line made easy: five simple recipes for grep