Those of you new to vBulletin 4 may be wondering what is the best way to go about customizing the default style. Should you use StyleVars of just add custom css rules to additional.css? I use a combination of both. Continue reading →
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Tagged StyleVars, vBulletin
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Every day at any time, there is opportunity – you can choose to do something or choose not to do something in any situation.
Don’t worry that you’ll take a shot and you’ll miss. The fact is, you’ll miss every shot you don’t take.
-anon
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If you are a mac user and web developer like me, chances are you need a local lamp web development environment setup. Continue reading →
Unrar is a really useful command line utility for extracting rar files. On Mac OSX there are a couple of gui applications that will allow you to extract rar files such as unrarX. However if you want to extract a lot of rar files in multiple parts quickly, the unrar command line tool is the best way to do it. Continue reading →
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Tagged Bash, Mac OSX, Macports, unrar
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wget is a really useful tool for many reasons but it also makes an excellent download manager. It has many configuration options and can even be used to download many files from sites that require you to login such as rapidshare or hotfile. Continue reading →
Post thumbnails are a really useful feature of the newer wordpress versions. The default wordpress 3.0 theme, “Twenty Ten” has support for post thumbnails but they are set up in an unusual way. The entire header image is designed to act as a post thumbnail and can be changed for every post. This article will show you how to change the post thumbnail size and display the thumbnail next to a post instead. Continue reading →
The top traveling tip I gave recently was to buy a car. I did this on my last travel and had the time of my life, having your own mobile accommodation is a great way to see lots of things and have a really unique experience. Continue reading →
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Tagged Travel Tips
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The new wordpress 3.0 theme Twenty Ten is now the default theme on all new wordpress blogs. If you want to customize the theme templates or CSS you should use a wordpress child theme instead of directly editing and hacking in your changes. This will ensure that your changes are kept even when wordpress is updated. Continue reading →
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Tagged Wordpress
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Traveling or backpacking doesn’t have to be a massive money blackhole, if you want to travel or backpack cheaply then these tips are for you. Continue reading →
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Tagged Backpacking
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When people ask me about my recent travel adventures in Europe one of the first things they ask me is: How much did it cost? How did you afford to do it?
The truth is, traveling is not as expensive as you may think, in fact it can cheaper to travel the world then it is to sustain your domestic lifestyle and that is the big secret. Tim Ferriss spoke about this in his book The Four Hour Workweek. Continue reading →
