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New Blog
Aug 12th
Dave PC Guy will be splitting off. My articles will be migrating to a new server and a new website. They will remain here, yes, for some time, I cannot guarantee how long. A copy of everything will be migrated to the new website and I will no longer be writing articles. However, that does not mean that Dave PC Guy will die all of a sudden, it simply means that it’s branching off. I will update soon as to where the new website is, and such after I set it up.
How to learn another Programming Language
Jul 21st
For the past few months, I have been struggling with trying to learn how to program in Javascript, one of the easiest languages one can learn (besides C, I suppose). I know to program in PHP pretty well, I got the whole concept down, and I’ve made plenty of sites to say that I’m experienced. I can work with MySQL, and I can do plenty of other things. However, Javascript has been giving me a headache, that is, until recently.
I tried to work through the language the same way I did with PHP. I watched a few in-depth videos, I tried to do some tutorials on good-tutorials, etc etc. But that did not work. However, I found a great way to get started with the language. I call this the “crash course method”.
Crash Course Method
Ubuntu Software Center: BlueFish Editor
Jun 15th
Recently, I’ve realized that I boot into my Windows just to get on Dreamweaver to do some coding. There are lots of code-editors out there, available for Linux but what I really needed was a “web editor” that would support FTP uploads, PHP, CSS, and Javascript coding and everything else. I also wanted a sleek interface.
Now, Ubuntu provides several packages available for KDE but only one good web-editor for GNOME. It’s called BlueFish Editor. It is in the Ubuntu Software Center and it is under Developer Tools and Web Development.
Let’s look at what USC tells us about this application:
It says “HTML” but the screenshot shows PHP. Here is the into video from their website:
Features: More >
Ubuntu Software Center: 7zip
Jun 12th
Okay, I promised you that I would go over some/most applications available in the Ubuntu Software Center. First up is 7zip located under the Accessories. Here is the information:
7zip is a “windows-only” compression tool, serving as an alternative to Winzip. This 7zip install is a command-line only port of the original application. It was created by a developer, not the original creator. It can open several different formats including zip, rar, rpm, iso, and tar. As well as many others. Here is the most important part, it opens 7z files.
Again, remember that it is command-line only!
Setting Up Windows Live Writer With Your WordPress Blog
May 17th
I’ve been writing for numerous blogs for a while now. And it’s the same thing every time, I have to log in to the blogging system (Blogger for example), pick the right blog I write for, add a new post and remember how to use the particular editing interface. It’s the same with WordPress, LiveJournal, and all the other services. And it’s especially true for self-hosted blogs where you can’t log into one place to access several blogs (as is possible in Blogger).
Now, there are a lot of blogging clients that make that a breeze. What I will focus on today, will be setting up the Windows Live Writer (Windows Only, obviously). Here is what I will cover:
- Downloading and installing Windows Live Writer
- Setting up the Writer with your self-hosted WordPress Blog
- A sample blog post
Ubuntu Software Center Overview
May 16th
The Ubuntu Software Center is all the way on the bottom of the “Applicatons” tab. Click on it, and you’ll get to the following screen:
There are thirteen categories where you can find most of the synaptic packages and software available to Ubuntu. If you click on “Get Software” on the left you will be provided with several other categories. “Provided by Ubuntu” which hosts most of the application and then “Canonical Partners” where I found only two applications and that is Adobe Flash and Adober Reader. Both available for immediate download and install, I remember I used to have to navigate to the Flash download page and download it manually. The categories are: More >
EASEUS Partition Manager: Moving a partition
May 8th
I encountered a strange dilemma. I was using HDClone to clone my hard drive, and as I’ve said in my last post, I messed up my Windows installation. After deciding to reinstall Windows, I encountered another problem. My partition table. You see, my hard drive has 500GB instead of 160GB (my old HDD). So here is my issue:
The first disk (Disk 0) is my original HDD, the second one is my new one. Now, that 329 GB partition on Disk 1 has 100 GBs of data on it that I have nowhere to back up. The 48GBs partition on Disk 1 is where my Windows 7 installation was until I deleted it. My issue is that I need to move the 329 GB partition to the right, by about 20-30 GBs so that my W7 partition can have more data.
Here’s how I did it: More >
Windows 7 Repair CD
May 4th
Are you having trouble with Windows 7? Well, I am. I migrated my W7 installation to a new hard-drive using HDClone (There is a free version there!). The problem is, the new HDD is about three times as big and the bootloader can’t make it work. I get an error saying “Device not accessible”. It looks something like this:
I couldn’t find my W7 DVD so I could not repair it. After spending some time with Hiren’s BootCD, and failing completely to fix the MBR, and after booting up Mini XP and using CheckDisk, I gave up. I installed an old Windows XP that I had, thinking, “Oh, this might fix it” but no luck.
Creating a Repair CD
Ubuntu 10.04
May 1st
Sweet Ubuntu 10.04 finally came out a few days ago. And you would not believe the wonders I have experience since trying it out! You HAVE to try it out for yourself, I’m sure you’ll love it just as much I do.
That said, I have already downloaded the 64 bit edition and I am currently running it under virtualization. I encourage all of you to try this out. I have been rather busy the last few days and will be even more busy in the next few days but the earliest chance I get, I will write a series of reviews and tutorials on how to take advantage of the newest features of Ubuntu 10.04 as well as its brother Kubuntu 10.04 (which FINALLY came out at as a long term support edition!).
Well, here is a few things I am excited about: More >
PHP tricks: substr()
Apr 19th
I’ve decided to start a new section on DavePCGuy that deals entirely with PHP tips & tricks. What’s great about that is that I show you some of the lesser known/used PHP functions, PHP uses in new creative ways.
First up is substr(), a simple yet rarely used function that cuts up your string. You tell it where to cut, and the function cuts. Now, you’ll be thinking, why use this?
Let me fist show you how it works.
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