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Improve Battery life of Nokia E series, while using WiFi

http://digitalpbk.com/nokia-e-series/nokia-e-series-wifi-connection-battery-drain-improve-battery-life Improve Battery life of Nokia E series, while using WiFi Nokia E Series (E63, E71, 72) phones seem to drain the battery sooner than usual when the wifi is turned on and used, hence here I show how to reduce the transmit power of the wifi antenna so that the battery lasts longer. To read more about e series, goto compare nokia e series post. Reducing antenna transmitt power of the nokia E series phone The following steps must be followed to reduce the transmit power of the wifi antenna ...

Less CSS Compiler for Windows (lessc.exe)

http://digitalpbk.com/less-css/less-css-compiler-windows-lesscexe Less CSS Compiler for Windows (lessc.exe) LESS is a language that helps CSS Designers to write better manageable and extensible CSS style sheets. Current less compiler called lessc is only available for the *nix platforms, which can compile LESS files to CSS. Where is lessc.exe ? lessc.exe for those who are in a hurry :) . It is attached to the bottom of this post also so feel free to read on. How to use the lessc.exe This compiler is adapted from the .net port of less compiler ...

UNIX Networking : Sockets TCP Transmitter and Reciever

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/11/unix-networking-sockets-tcp-transmitter.html UNIX Networking : Sockets TCP Transmitter and Reciever IntroNetworking in UNIX or Linux is done with sockets. The following are 2 programs I made up. 1. Sends messages in TCP, Client2. Listens and Recieves messages from TCP, ServerTCP or Transmission Control Protocol is a 2way connection which is more like a stream or a pipe. Both the ends must be connected.The TransmitterReads messages from input and sends it to localhost:34000.To Setup a transmitter following must be done:1. Setup a port ...

CAPTCHA - What ?

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/07/captcha-what.html $text = randomkeys(rand(6,8));setcookie("secrethash",secret_function($text),time()+3600,"/"); // make your own secret function// Replace path by your own font path$font = 'tahoma.ttf';$thsc=$colors[rand(0,11)];// Add the text$x=0;for($i=0;$i $angle=rand(-2,5);$x+=18;imagettftext($im, 24, $angle*2, 10+$x, 24, $thsc, $font, $text[$i]);//Add some tilts to make bots tough to read}// Using imagepng() results in clearer text compared with imagejpeg()imagecolortransparent($im,$colors[12]);imagepng($im); //Outputs the PNGimagedestroy($im);?>This CAPTHCA uses no background and hence ...

How to Access Stock Quotes Realtime through Google Finance

http://digitalpbk.com/stock/google-finance-get-stock-quote-realtime .prefix = "http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=" def get(self,symbol,exchange): url = self.prefix+"%s:%s"%(exchange,symbol) u = urllib2.urlopen(url) content = u.read() obj = json.loads(content[3:]) return obj[0] if __name__ == "__main__": c = GoogleFinanceAPI() while 1: quote = c.get("MSFT","NASDAQ") print quote time.sleep(30) The above code prints the Quote for Microsoft stock on NASDAQ ...

Laptop to TV connection HDMI No Audio Fixed

http://digitalpbk.com/hdmi/hdmi-laptop-tv-connection-fix-no-audio Laptop to TV connection HDMI No Audio Fixed Fix no audio on TV when connecting laptop to tv After connecting your laptop to TV if the audio doesnt play from your TV, you have to check the settings on your computer and tv. Read on to fix the playing of audio on laptop instead of television. Before troubleshooting check if you have done steps mentioned in Connecting laptop to TV using HDMI Does HDMI support Audio? HDMI is designed to support both audio and video. So that is a YES. Only 1 cable ...

Remove old kernels in Ubuntu

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/11/ubuntu-remove-old-kernel-grub-list-long.html and a second one just prior to the new one, just in case your system doesn't do well with the new kernel.UpdatePlease be sure to type the command exactly as such, dont miss any of the hyphens (-) and dots (.)Missing something would end up uninstalling all of your kernels and hence making the system not bootable. Correct commands :sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.27-7-*sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.27-9-*etcCommand Line Output:arun@server4:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.27-9-*Reading package lists ...

Setting up Apache-PHP on windows.

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/12/setting-up-apache-php-on-windows.html "C:\apache2\" is our directory.Verify your installation by taking your browser and visiting http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost.You will see a page that confirms your apache installation.Step 3 : Configuring apacheNow goto "C:\Apache2\conf\".Open the file "httpd.conf" in any text editor.Lines beginning with # are comments .. just read them to know how to tweak apache.Change the DocumentRoot property to the folder which is the root of the site. ## DocumentRoot: The directory out of which ...

Free Light weight Social media sharing javascript for Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, Digg and Reddit

http://digitalpbk.com/javascript/free-light-small-social-media-sharing-javascript-facebook-twitter-stumble-upon-digg-and-r page load slow as well as bring in unintentional 3rd party javascript code ( or flash tracker ) which runs on your blog. So it is always safe to use your own script or scripts which you can read understand and verify it just does what it is suppose to do. :) Javascript Object for Social Media Sharing var share = { fb:function(title,url) { this.share('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=##URL##&t=##TITLE##',title,url); }, tw ...

Django SocialAuth Fix Google Email Open id attribute exchange

http://digitalpbk.com/django/django-social-auth-fix-google-open-id-email , "alias": "email"}] The other change is in the code which reads the openid parameters when login completes in socialauth/auth_backends.py. Here is the complete openid authentication backend code with the fix. class OpenIdBackend: def authenticate(self, openid_key, request, provider): try: assoc = UserAssociation.objects.get(openid_key = openid_key) return assoc.user except UserAssociation.DoesNotExist: #fetch if openid provider ...