Category: Programming

  • 15 essential checks before launching your website

    15 essential checks before launching your website Create a Favicon Check your titles and metadata (great for SEF) Make sure your site works fine across ALL browsers to ensure a great experience to all users Proofread your articles – ideally have someone else proofread them for you Make sure all your links are working fine…

  • How To Fix Postfix Temporary Lookup Failure

    Ok, after FINALLY recovering from a horrible Plesk desaster, I got this error: postfix temporary lookup failure – what the hell is that???? Here’s how I fixed it: First of all you’ll need to know if your getting this error, so check: # cat /var/log/mail.log Error: open database /var/spool/postfix/plesk/transport.db: Invalid argument Have a look through…

  • The first test import with the SS to Blender importer!!!

    The first test import with the SS to Blender importer!!!

    The first test import with the SS to Blender importer!!! How about that!!! Don’t get too excited, we have a long way to go before it will be anywhere near usable!  

  • Integer Indices for Polygons…What is this????

    Integer Indices for Polygons…What is this????

    In my never ending quest to learn a bit about CG I have had to delve into the mysterious world of geometry (damn, shoulda paid more attention in high school). At least for me this is no simple task, I’m a humanities major and math in general is about as easy as learning Greek. But…

  • This IS Python!

    This IS Python!

          Following up on my Python initiative, I came across this outstanding article over Autodesk. David Lightbown shows us one of the many and for me one of the coolest possibilities of using python in Maya. For me this is a breath of fresh air as it takes me out of the tedious…

  • My Adventure with a Slippery Snake

    My Adventure with a Slippery Snake

    Well, it’s started. I have begun my adventure with that slippery snake called Python programming. As you can see on this site, one of my passions is forex trading and while I am progressing quite well, it is time to take it to the next level. This is where the need to be able to…

  • That pescky Little Snitch!!!!

    That pescky Little Snitch!!!!

    I have just spent the last 4 hours of my life trying to figure out why the hell Safari wouldn’t open HTTPS sites… and it hasn’t been pretty!!! Let me go though some of the suggestions I have found and tried and remember this is for OSX 10.6 and up (I’m pretty sure, although I…

  • Language? What language?

    Language? What language?

    After battling it out with the language files on my wife’s blog for about 3 hours I was finally able to get  Buddypress and BBPress working in Spanish. Trust me it isn’t as straight forward as you might think and all the tuts out there always seem to miss something or they aren’t valid for…

  • If you use WordPress you need to read this!

    If you use WordPress you need to read this!

          If you use WP you really need to check out the following article from Siobhan McKeown over at wpmu.org. Like me you prabably love free things and who doesn’t? But those freebies could run you into loads of trouble or reek havok on your site. Remember, cheap is expensive in the long…

  • What to do if a plugin breaks your wordpress install.

        Oh, sh*t!!! What just happened??? You’ve installed a new plugin with all the happiness and enthusiasm in the world and now you get the blank screen of WordPress death. Now what do you do? Well, hopefully I can give you a hand by sharing some of the things I have done to get…