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Cleaning documents polluted by copy-paste from MSWord by Izak Burger — last modified Sep 16, 2011
Postgresql's confusing authentication configuration by Izak Burger — last modified Aug 19, 2011: Most distributions ship postgresql configured in "ident" mode. This is the first thing a MySQL user changes.
How to commit a transaction even when sqlalchemy thinks the session is clean by Izak Burger — last modified Aug 19, 2011: This happens when you call session.execute() or session.connection().execute()
How to compile python2.4 packages for newer versions of ubuntu by Izak Burger — last modified Aug 16, 2011: Since Jaunty Jackalope, Ubuntu linux no longer ships with python2.4. You can compile it from source, but if you are like me, you want a package.
Using XSLT to shorten some links by Izak Burger — last modified Aug 12, 2011: When plone uses resolveuid and relative linking, the link can often be much shorter
Why I hate MySQL by Izak Burger — last modified Nov 09, 2010: Certain things in MySQL really really gets to me...
How to bypass an insistent, pesky ROM by gustav — last modified Jul 15, 2010: It was not a faulty RoHS SATA4000 Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI Card after all
In the Middle Cyril! by gustav — last modified Oct 18, 2010: Like playing with the middle-button and trackpoint to scroll? Here's how to get it to work.
Changing access point configuration from WEP to WPA gotcha by hedley — last modified Apr 02, 2010: I just wasted 6 hours of my life fixing something that I apparently broke. Hopefully Google picks this up and I can help other unfortunate souls.
A Rogue Antivirus called Internet Security 2010 by Izak Burger — last modified Jan 30, 2010: I don't use Windows. This is a religious conviction. As a rule I don't fix other people's Windows PC's either, because once you've done that anything that goes wrong is your fault. But every once in a while a really good friend asks you to help and you take pity on him.
Finding fat free alternatives for upfront.diet by Roché Compaan — last modified Jan 12, 2010: A list of Plone catalog dependencies and alternative implementations that don't rely on the catalog.
Dexterity in my labority by hedley — last modified Dec 28, 2009: Dexterity is a next-generation content type framework for Plone. By day I'm an Archetypes man but by night I delve into Dexterity. These are a few not-so-first impressions.
The Upfront Diet for Plone by Roché Compaan — last modified Dec 14, 2009: It's time to put Plone on a diet that works. Loose weight now, ask me how!
Reconsidering Pair Programming by Roché Compaan — last modified Dec 04, 2009: We gave pair programming a fair chance but I'm afraid it didn't work out.
Varnish, Zope and Backend Checking by Izak Burger — last modified Dec 03, 2009: I sent this explanation about some trouble we had with varnish's backend probing to a client a while ago. The information is useful enough that it should be in a blog post.
Choose your index carefully by Izak Burger — last modified Dec 01, 2009: When designing a relational database schema, just adding an index on every column that might be in involved in a where-clause might not be enough. It might be downright wrong.
How to move contacts from Nokia phone to Android phone by gustav — last modified Nov 20, 2009: So you got your Android phone and need to get your contacts from your old Nokia brick onto it?
Using form widgets anywhere by hedley — last modified Oct 04, 2009: z3c.form and a few other products provide nice widgets for use with schema driven forms. This post shows how to use such a standalone contextless widget in a template.
Progress bar for Plone by Roché Compaan — last modified Sep 28, 2009: Don't let long running jobs time out, just wire in collective.progressbar.
Simple References by Roché Compaan — last modified Sep 12, 2009: Simple references can speed up your Plone application significantly.