Upgrading phpMyAdmin (2.7.0-pl2 to 2.8.1) on a local, Windows-based, Apache server

• June 20, 2006
• James Skemp

In a previous post, we installed phpMyAdmin 2.7.0-pl2 to our local Web server. We did this so that we would have an easy way to administer our MySQL databases, from a PHP-based interface. This time, we'll be upgrading phpMyAdmin to version 2.8.1.

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Code cleanup and commenting - done right

• June 18, 2006
• James Skemp

For the past hour, I've been looking at current ways to get my name out there for Web page cleanup and commenting. In other words, I'd like to work with existing code to bring it closer to the standards, and comment it, if necessary. I would think it would be of great benefit to those individuals who bought a solution from a vendor, and are looking at changes to that code, or cleanup so that there pages act alike in most browsers. Unfortunately, I haven't found a site to offer my wares. I've also looked at open source projects that may need some free help, but, alas, nothing there either.

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How will they deal without Gates?

• June 15, 2006
• James Skemp

Wired News reports that Bill Gates has that he will "transition out of a day-to-day role at the company he co-founded to spend more time on global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation". The question after reading this is, what will they do?

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Waking Life script - still the most popular content

• June 12, 2006
• James Skemp

Did you know that the most popular content on this site is the revised Waking Life movie transcript that I host on this very site? It's true, it's the most visited content on this site.

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Initial thoughts on a square image canvas for fractals

• June 9, 2006
• James Skemp

I've been a part of a number of boards in my years, but the one that I've probably stayed on with for the longest is the board at Fractovia. In response to an image, I mentioned the canvas which turned into it's own thread (Squares?). Here's my intial reply, which I just had to save:

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Upgrading to Zend Optimizer 3.0.1 on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

• June 8, 2006
• James Skemp

In a previous guide, we installed Zend Optimizer 2.6.2 to a local Windows-based Apache 1.x server, running PHP 4.4.2. This time, we'll be upgrading Zend Optimizer from 2.6.2 to 3.0.1. Downloading and backups First, we'll need to download a copy from http://www.zend.com/products/zend_optimizer/. We've already setup an account when we downloaded 2.6.2, so we can simply log in. Of course, if you've forgotten your password you can request assistance, and if you haven't downloaded Zend Optimizer before, you can setup an account.

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Creating a Microsoft Management Console for our local Windows-based, Apache server

• June 3, 2006
• James Skemp

In a previous tutorials, we discussed how to access the Services control panel from Windows. In this tutorial, we'll be setting up a custom console that will provide us an easy way to access both our Services control panel, an Event Viewer, as well as other management tools.

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Wacom and Digital Innovator

• June 2, 2006
• James Skemp

Some time ago, I purchased a Wacom Graphire (the larger 6 x 8 model) direct from Wacom (since the local shops either didn't carry or were sold out). Since then, I've completed two surveys and received two DVDs from the Digital Innovator series.

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Logical coding

• May 28, 2006
• James Skemp

When it comes to proper coding, you should know the most important rule of all; LIFO. However, not even LIFO nor the W3C can really tell you which order to put certain elements. In the nature of Web 2.0, I'll discuss some of the standards I've been bouncing around for HTML text markup when the same text is given multiple attributes.

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Upgrading (our local install of) ActivePerl

• May 26, 2006
• James Skemp

In a previous guide, we walked through installing ActivePerl on a local machine. This time, we'll be upgrading ActivePerl. For this guide, we'll be upgrading from ActivePerl 5.8.7.815 to 5.8.8.817. However, since the installation requires the uninstallation of previous versions of ActivePerl, we'll simply be installing a new version of ActivePerl. If you have not installed Perl before, you can skip ahead to "Installing Perl" below. Please note that this guide will work equally well for the installation of, or upgrade to, ActivePerl 5.

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