Software

Change Network adapter MAC address on Windows 7

Most of us (atleast those who learned computer networking) grew up learning about the 7 layers of OSI ISO model or the simple 4 layer model. The lowest layer is the physical …
Removing index.php From URL in CodeIgniter

In Code Ignitor by default all URLs except the default home contains "index.php" by default in the URL, For example http://localhost/index.php/class/function.
In order to make the URLs "cleaner", we have to remove …
JQuery make dynamic draggable and droppable containers

The jquery UI javascript has the Draggable and Droppable Interactions inorder to implement a drag drop UI. By default draggable and droppable containers are marked draggable and droppable by jQuery when the …
Permission Denied on Hosts File (Windows 7)

On Windows 7, I was trying to edit the host file using Komodo and was getting Permission Denied, and tried notepad too still got permission denied. I thought initially it was …
Sony Vaio Gamma error and color is not saved (Nvidia Geforce GT 300)

The default settings on my Sony Vaio CW Series laptop had wrong Gamma settings, therefore the color reproduction on the screen was slightly on the redish side.
The setting on the Display …
Make WWW::Mechanize do not exit on GET Errors

When using PERL and WWW::Mechanize, your script can stop if there is some error in GETing a URL (such as 404 Not Found, 403 Permission Denied). Instead of resuming, the script terminates. …
Apache Solr MySQL Sample Data Config

ApacheSolr is an indexing server from apache. It is written in Java and can be used to make search pages on your website. Most Websites use a MySQL database to store its …
Linux style command line for Windows, Drag to Select, Right click to paste

Ever wondered if you could want more out of the windows command line ?

Usually on windows command line in order to select a piece of text, you have to right click …
Automate Rsync without Password using Rsync Daemon

In order to automate rsync without any password or transports, we need to setup the rsync daemon on one of the server. Suppose we want to sync data from a slave server …
Perl Script to Fetch PNR Status reservation on train from Indian Railways

The code below is a perl script that fetches the PNR status from the indianrail.gov.in website and displays it on the command line.

Warning: No one is authorised to make any type …
Detect in form_alter if the node submitted is added or edited

When you want to alter a form on Drupal, it is useful to detect if the form being submitted is to add a new node or edit an existing node. To …
Making symbolic links on Windows xp using junction from sysinternals

Symlinks is a utility that allows two paths to point to the same set of files and subfolders. This is a handy utility on linux which lets you point one path on …
Installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu 9.10

Installation
Click Here to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu.
Perl Script to send Free SMS to any mobile number in INDIA using way2sms

The following script sends SMS to any number in INDIA using the free service provided by Way2Sms.com Requires WWW::Mechanize and Compress::Zlib libraries.

Please remember to fill the username and password in the …
Firefox 3.5 Embarrassing Error Message

That was an embarrassing error message :D
Installing Google Go on Linux Ubuntu

One command install, Bash script to install Google Go in one Go
#!/bin/bash ARCH=386 #CHANGE this setting to amd64 if you are on 64 bit. sudo apt-get install bison make gcc libc6-dev …
Google Go HelloWorld Example Program

Go is a new language from Google, and here is the first step to learn it:
Google Go Hello World

File : hello.go package main import "fmt" func main() { fmt.Printf("Hello World …
Adding HTML elements dynamically to a page

So when I was sitting idle, moosa asked me how to add dynamic textboxes into a form without loosing values of the form values on the previous textboxes.

So I thought of …
CHM Files Navigation to the webpage was cancelled

Does this window appear when you open CHM files ?

This happend to me after upgrading to Internet Exporer 7.
If you are wondering why you cant read the CHM files, just …
Changing the default Boot OS in GRUB on Ubuntu 9.10

Ubuntu 9.10 ships with the new GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader 1.97 beta) in plain words its the software that boots the operating system you choose when you boot the computer. In …
Photoshop Resize Batch images in a directory

Nowadays most camera's produce so big photos like you could make a big banner with those. Inorder to upload photos to web to photo sharing services like Flickr or Picasa, or Social …