Animated GIFs not for LOLs only. (5 Star Post)

Original Source : http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/animated-gif-not-just-laffs-anymore

Domain Name .TLD .com, .net, .org , etc...

ac	Ascension Island
ac.uk	Education (UK)
ad	Andorra
ae	United Arab Emirates
af	Afghanistan
ag	Antigua and Barbuda
ai	Anguilla
al	Albania
am	Armenia
an	Netherlands Antilles
ao	Angola
aq	Antarctica
ar	Argentina
as	American Samoa
at	Austria
au	Australia
aw	Aruba
az	Azerbaijan
ba	Bosnia Hercegovina
bb	Barbados
bd	Bangladesh
be	Belgium
bf	Burkina Faso
bg	Bulgaria
bh	Bahrain
bi	Burundi
bj	Benin
bm	Bermuda
bn	Brunei Darussalam
bo	Bolivia
br	Brazil
bs	Bahamas
bt	Bhutan
bv	Bouvet Island
bw	Botswana
by	Belarus (Byelorussia)
bz	Belize
ca	Canada
cc	Cocos Islands (Keeling)
cd	Congo, Democratic Republic of the
cf	Central African Republic
cg	Congo, Republic of
ch	Switzerland
ci	Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
ck	Cook Islands

cl	Chile
cm	Cameroon
cn	China
co	Colombia
co.uk	Commercial United Kingdom
com	Commercial
cr	Costa Rica
cs	Czechoslovakia
cu	Cuba
cv	Cape Verde
cx	Christmas Island
cy	Cyprus
cz	Czech Republic
de	Germany
dj	Djibouti
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dm	Dominica
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dz	Algeria
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eh	Western Sahara
er	Eritrea
es	Spain
et	Ethiopia
fi	Finland
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fk	Falkland Islands
fm	Micronesia, Federal State of
fo	Faroe Islands
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gd	Grenada
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gf	French Guiana
gg	Guernsey
gh	Ghana
gi	Gibraltar
gl	Greenland
gm	Gambia
gn	Guinea
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gq	Equatorial Guinea

gr	Greece
gs	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gt	Guatemala
gu	Guam
gw	Guinea-Bissau
gy	Guyana
hk	Hong Kong
hm	Heard and McDonald Islands
hn	Honduras
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ht	Haiti
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il	Israel
im	Isle of Man
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jm	Jamaica
jo	Jordan
jp	Japan
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kg	Kyrgyzstan
kh	Cambodia
ki	Kiribati
km	Comoros
kn	Saint Kitts and Nevis
kp	Korea, Democratic People's Republic
kr	Korea, Republic of
kw	Kuwait
ky	Cayman Islands
kz	Kazakhstan
la	Lao People's Democratic Republic
lb	Lebanon
lc	Saint Lucia
li	Liechtenstein
lk	Sri Lanka
lr	Liberia
ls	Lesotho

lt	Lithuania
lu	Luxembourg
lv	Latvia
ly	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
ma	Morocco
mc	Monaco
md	Moldova, Republic of
me	Montenegro
mg	Madagascar
mh	Marshall Islands
mil	Military (US Dept of Defense)
mk	Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic
ml	Mali
mm	Myanmar
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mo	Macau
mp	Northern Mariana Islands
mq	Martinique
mr	Mauritania
ms	Montserrat
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mv	Maldives
mw	Malawi
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pg	Papua New Guinea

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sk	Slovak Republic
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so	Somalia
sr	Suriname
sv	El Salvador
st	Sao Tome and Principe
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sz	Swaziland
tc	Turks and Caicos Islands
td	Chad

tf	French Southern Territories
tg	Togo
th	Thailand
tj	Tajikistan
tk	Tokelau
tm	Turkmenistan
tn	Tunisia
to	Tonga
tp	East Timor
tr	Turkey
tt	Trinidad and Tobago
tv	Tuvalu
tw	Taiwan
tz	Tanzania
ua	Ukraine
ug	Uganda
uk	United Kingdom
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uy	Uruguay
uz	Uzbekistan
va	Holy See (City Vatican State)
vc	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ve	Venezuela
vg	Virgin Islands (British)
vi	Virgin Islands (USA)
vn	Vietnam
vu	Vanuatu
wf	Wallis and Futuna Islands
ws	Western Samoa
ye	Yemen
yt	Mayotte
yu	Yugoslavia
za	South Africa
zm	Zambia
zw	Zimbabwe

New Domains


aero

Air-transport industry
asia	Asian Countries
biz	Businesses
coop	Cooperatives
eu	European Countries
info	Unrestricted use
museum	Museums
name	Individuals
pro	Accountants, lawyers, and physicians
travel	Travel related businesses

Zenphoto Version differences

After upgrading from zenphoto 1.2.3 to 1.2.7 through .4,.5,.6 there was a problem.

My Images and Albums tables were gone blank . Thanks to God that I had saved a backup for this.

...

Major Differences are here.

a)
Images table has not lots of modification in its structure. Addition of fields was not a concern. However there was a field which was removed in the latest version. It was ExifValid field. So, to import from the previous version to the current one, I had to remove that field and import.
Query - ALTER TABLE `prefix_images` DROP `EXIFValid`

Yes, it was imported.

b) Albums table was imported easily.

c) Every other tables were OK.

d) There was one thing more added to the zenphoto core, it was zenpage_pages
....

Everything was fine, but still I could not see any albums in the gallery. It showed the number of images, but in Gallery it was 0.

The problem was, it was fetching images from the default albums folder, but not from the custom folder.

And the BULLSHIT Happened..
It removed all the previous information. The description of images, and all.


Findings
a) config file was moved.
One of the reason for not reading from custom folder was that Zenphoto added a new folder zp-data and the config file was there instead of zp-core/zp-config.php

And finally to import the original information.
a) Reconfigured the config file to point to custom album location
b) From Admin Refreshed the Database
c) Emptied albums and images tables from the Database
- this was required to reset the autoincrement
d) Pulled the albums database first
(the original information was restored)
e) Emptied the images table again
(because some images were already cached)
f) restored from the original database removing the field (EXIFValid) from the old table.


YES, It was finally Restored.

Thank you Zenphoto :) lol. (for atleast leaving some clues to fix, but not for anything else. ).

Total time taken - 40 minutes & 2 seconds

Source:
http://blogs.meronepalma.com

Best Websites of 2009

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1918031_1918016,00.html

50 Best website listings of 2009.
by Time Magazine

Online Network PING

Online Network Tools.

Very Simple, yet productive for everyone starting from novice to someone who knows what Ping and Traceroute are.

http://www.PING.eu

Features Ping Traceroute DNS lookup WHOIS Port check Reverse lookup Proxy checker Mail relaying Bandwidth meter

Crazy Ideas for jquery

Jparallax
http://webdev.stephband.info/parallax.html

jQuery Babbaal Animations and Sliders

Revealing Photo Slider
Demo http://css-tricks.com/examples/RevealingPhotoSlider2/
Article http://css-tricks.com/revealing-photo-slider/

JQuery inner fade
Demo and Article http://medienfreunde.com/lab/innerfade/

JQuery Virtual Tour (5 STAR from my side)
Demo http://www.openstudio.fr/jquery-virtual-tour/salleformation.html
Article http://www.openstudio.fr/jQuery-virtual-tour.html?lang=en

Anything Slider
Demo http://css-tricks.com/examples/AnythingSlider/
Article http://css-tricks.com/anythingslider-jquery-plugin/

git

git init
git remote add origin git@xxx.server.com:abc/project.git
git pull origin master

Git installing tutorials

The Best one is to do from source.
http://www.how-to-linux.com/2009/01/install-git-161-on-centos-52/

January 16th, 2009

Install the dependencies

yum install gettext-devel expat-devel curl-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel

Get the git source code

wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.1.tar.gz

untar the git source code

tar xvfz git-1.6.1.tar.gz

Install

cd git-1.6.1.tar.gz

make prefix=/usr/local all

make prefix=/usr/local install

Cross browser compatibility with CSS columns

http://warpspire.com/tipsresources/web-production/css-column-tricks/

Talks about IE6, firefox common CSS column problems and how to solve them.

0utput results to a file in SQL

[SQL Query] into outfile "/file/path/here";

Note:
File path should be writable, and should not exist.

Foxtab

A firefox Addon, which enables 3D firefox Tabs, with really cool features.

Its great, and yes its recommended by Firefox too.

Try it.

http://www.foxtab.com/

16 points for journalism

Source - http://blog.journalistics.com/2009/journalism_101_16_things_you_learn_in_j_school/



1. Name Your Sources – he said, she said. When you name sources, you lend credibility to your story and demonstrate your savvy as a reporter. Only use anonymous sources when divulging their identity would put them at risk of retribution or harm.

2. Protect Your Sources – not to contradict my first point, but when necessary, protect your sources. They are the lifeblood of your stories. Reporters should be willing to do whatever it takes to protect their sources when they need to remain anonymous.

3. Be Objective – journalism should be void of opinion. It’s hard to find content these days that is truly objective, but when you do, readers appreciate it more. Keep opinions for the Op-Ed section.

4. Offer Balance – there is more than one side to a story. Go to great lengths to get information from all sides. If the other side is unwilling to talk, say so in your piece. At least you tried.

5. Avoid Conflicts of Interest – don’t write about something because you like it. This works in the blogosphere, but not for traditional journalism. If you have a close tie to the source or organization in your story, let your audience know. Don’t let it come out later, people will question your judgment and integrity. And no matter how small, don’t accept gifts. Most media organizations have policies regarding gifts; follow them. This includes covering advertisers over non-advertisers as the sole criteria for determining sources. This may seem like commonsense, but it’s probably one of the most common offenses average journalists commit.

6. Don’t Censor – don’t leave a company out of a report because you don’t like their PR rep. Don’t be selective about the information you include, unless you’re confident your giving your audience the best of what you’ve got. They will figure it out, and it will tarnish your reputation.

7. Get It Right – better to be accurate than first. Many journalists face this challenge today, they need to be first with a story. Haste makes waste in reporting. Take your time to get the facts straight. Don’t let the pressure of a deadline jeopardize your journalistic integrity.

8. Don’t Plagiarize – it’s easier than ever to catch a copycat. A simple Google search will yield “cut and pasted” content. Don’t steal content from someone else. You wouldn’t like it if it happened to you. Why jeopardize your career like that? If you really like something somebody wrote, and you can’t say it better yourself, quote them on it.

9. Report the Facts – there’s no room for guesswork in journalism. If you don’t know the answer, find it. Go to your expert sources, your local library or your favorite search engine. There is no excuse for lazy reporting. If you don’t have facts, you don’t have a story.

10. Don’t Be Nasty – you’ve got influence, don’t abuse it. Avoid getting personal in your reporting. If it’s not relevant to your story, don’t attack the character of another individual. Keep it classy, not sassy.

11. Don’t Believe Everything – if it’s your byline, it’s your job to fact check. Don’t believe those stats sent to you by a PR firm. And don’t believe every quote you get. Do the legwork, verify the information, and save yourself from writing corrections later on.

12. Keep Good Records – when possible, record interviews. Take copious notes, and keep all those files as long as you would keep tax returns. You never know when you’re going to have to provide proof of the great job you did reporting on that story.

13. Don’t Write in a Stream of Consciousness – if you’re writing news, use the Inverted Pyramid. Give the reader what they want in the first few sentences, then provide your supporting information after that. Outline your story first, to avoid jumping all over the place. This advice is of particular importance to bloggers and PR pros.

14. Find Your Voice – at the end of the day, you have to separate yourself from the pack. Find the right voice for the way you write best. Readers will be more engaged and responsive to your genuine voice. Be original, be interesting and be relevant.

15. Never Stop Learning – whether you’ve been doing this for twice my age, or it’s your first year on the job, you can always improve as a journalist. Get involved with journalism organizations and groups, take part in new courses and pick up some new skills. Your future employment status depends on it.

16. Have Fun – I enrolled in a journalism program because I found writing to be fun. I thought telling stories for the enjoyment of others had to be the best job ever. I still feel the same. Think back to what got you on this track, chances are you wanted to have fun. Have fun with that next story you write, your readers will thank you for it.

compress images gracefully without degrading quality

image compression service without degrading the original image quality.

http://www.gracepointafterfive.com/punypng
http://www.punypng.com

Converting from different audio formats to mp3,wav, etc in linux

Some other great tools after FFMPEG i found 

http://gimpel.gi.funpic.de/wiki/index.php?title=Howto:convert_aac/mp4_to_wav/mp3/ogg_on_Linux

Simply great.

codeigniter tweak for find_in_set

It was really really frustrating when i could not find any good function in the Codeigniter Active Record Class for FIND_IN_SET type queries.

So, i just buit this.


$set = implode(',',$where);
$this->db->where('1 <=', "FIND_IN_SET(`".$field."`,".$this->db->escape($set).")",false);

Where $where is an array of values

And Yest , it works with a miracle now.

not in the database

select src from (
select "node/1" as src
union select "node/2" as src
union select "node/3" as src
) temp where src not in (select src from drupal_url_alias)

checking the distro name in linux

$ cat /etc/*-release
or
$ cat /etc/*-version

ghazal ghuzzle गजल

Ghazal (pronounced "ghuzzle") is an Arabic word that means "talking to women."

Email validation in php

eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)

low level formatting in linux

Source: http://tldp.org/LDP/LGNET/issue37/tag/38.html


dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

... to wipe out the whole first IDE drive, or

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

... to wipe out the whole first SCSI drive.

Actually you could just blow away one sector on these drives using

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=1

It wouldn't make sense to do this to other drives (/dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, /dev/sdb, etc) since their boot sectors aren't referenced as code and you can reformat those drives with normal DOS or Linux commands to re-make your filesystems on them. However, you can issue this command for all of your drives if you like. In fact you should be able to do something like:

for i in a b c d; do
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd$i
done

... to get four IDE drives or

for i in a b c d e f g ; do
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd$i
done

... to wipe out all seven disks on a SCSI chain.

select maximum value from an auto increment field

$table_name = "jos_menu";
$resultset = mysql_query("desc $table_name");
while($a = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultset))
{
if($a["Extra"] == "auto_increment"){
$query = "SELECT max(".$a["Field"].") as auto from $table_name";
$resultset1 = mysql_query($query);
$answer = mysql_fetch_assoc($resultset1);
die($answer["auto"]);
break;
}
}

Note: It can be done just by subtracting 1 from the current Auto_increment value in a table. But, I never found this justifiable because what if the last row is deleted.

DGC Modem installation

I tried my internal modem in MSI VR420 Notebook. I could not do configure that goddam thing.

So, I burrowed an USB Fax Modem and installed it.

It was a DGC Modem type so, for my ubuntu pc of 2.6.24-16 Kernel Version
This was the Almighty http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/dgc/downloads-ubuntu-x86.php

Then very easy process.
Unzip the file
sudo dpkg -i dgcmodem_{version,etc}.deb
sudo /usr/sbin/dgcconfig

then dmesg produces good logs

and finally wvdial connects with modem /dev/modem

WOW

Flash for linux

Two tools I found available to use here for Linux.

Flasm
Haxe

Have not explored properly, will post more if found any more.

Sound in MSI VR 420 Laptop

After I bought my first laptop MSI VR 420 with genuine Vista installed, I installed Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy. Everything one fine except the sound was not working.

dmesg produced this error

hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS..

... ... ...
lots of headaches
... ... ....

And finally,
This was how I made it working.

modprobe -r snd_hda_intel
modprobe snd_hda_intel model=3stack-dig

And it worked.

The first thing I played was
http://www.meronepalma.com/song/425