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GREP sans SVN
Here's a quickie to do a recursive grep, ignoring SVN files:
grep --exclude=\*.svn\* -r "my_string_here" .Removing armrests from Steelcase Leap chairs
Aha! It IS possible to remove armrests from Steelcase Leap chairs. I'm a bit short so they weren't working out quite right.
I couldn't figure out how to do it, but finally got a pdf of instructions from the manufacturer. See attached. Hope this helps a fellow sufferer...
Words of caution, sent to me by their support team:
jQuery .serialize() returns empty string
In case anyone else runs into this:
I kept hitting my head, wondering why jQuery's serialize() would return an empty string for my form.
The reason was that I hadn't specified name attributes ( I was only using IDs ) for form elements, as I was dealing with the form via AJAX and hadn't had a reason to need them.
Simple fix, annoying to find
installing red5 on ubuntu slicehost - the easy way
this is easier than you might expect.
fix your sources.list
sudo nano /etc/sources.list
...and add "multiverse" to end of all the lines
update apt
sudo apt-get update
get red5 .deb installer
wget http://www.nielsenaa.com/red5-installers/red5_0.7.0_all.deb
install red5
sudo dpkg -i red5_0.7.0_all.deb
fix any dependency issues
sudo apt-get -f install
check it out @ http://myserver.com:5080 . you should see the red5 page!
red5node alpha release
Attached is the first alpha release of red5node, a little present for the holidays for any drupal webcam developer :)
Unlike the pre-alpha released earlier, this one should be as secure as the components it stands upon- Drupal, Flex, Services & AMFPHP. If you see how it isn't please let me know as I'd like to address it.
The major differences from the prior release are behind the scenes but very substantial- namely fixing gaping security holes. Please try this module out now.
no drupal taxonomy support for drag-and-drop admin of free tagging vocabularies
I have a free-tagging vocabulary but can only get table drag hierarchy ability on admin/content/taxonomy/ [[vocab-id]] when the checkbox for "tags" is checked in the settings fieldset of admin/content/taxonomy/edit/vocabulary/ [[vocab-id]]
I posted this question to drupal.org here but no responses.
Ubuntu Vmware Server C header files headers error
stuck with this error?
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.try this:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
ln -sf /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linuxUbuntu - Uninstall & reinstall all packages
This saved me a bunch of time downgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit ubuntu:
upgrading Flex builder linux to alpha 5, on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10:
OK. So for anyone else having this issue, when Adobe decides to piss on us Linux Flash developers again:
This time it was making my Flex Builder Alpha expire. First it took hours ( and two unhelpful Adobe reps ) to realize that there was a new alpha available for Flex. I thought they were trying to make me buy a license. So I figured, oh, cool, it'll be a cinch to upgrade. But I was incorrect.
Upgrading Flex builder linux to alpha 5, on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10: