ios static library 13 Jan 2013 | 08:30 pm

Using xcode, it’s pretty easy to create a static library. However, when there is resource involved, things can be a bit complicated. Here is a good tutorial on how to create a static library with core...

Adding SSL to Apache – connection error 13 Feb 2012 | 05:20 am

Here is the background of the problem: Recently I added SSL certificate (purchased from a CA) to my Apache server. After making configuration changes, opening the port and restarting the server, the ...

An unlikely place to look for an Amazon S3 issue 29 Aug 2011 | 06:59 am

This has driven me nuts for a few hours so I have to share just in case someone else has similar issue. Basically I have a PHP script to access Amazon S3 using its SDK for PHP lib, and it runs from a...

A PHP class to read Microsoft Access Database 7 Feb 2011 | 04:35 am

A friend of mine recently asked me to help out building a data warehouse based on some Access database files. Here is a PHP class that I created to read database record from Access.

Using Sphinx as a site search engine 9 Aug 2010 | 11:17 am

A website, especially a content oriented one, needs good search functionality. This can be implemented locally, or outsourced to a search engine like Google. The former obviously requires a lot of wor...

Only a developer can understand this joke 1 Jul 2010 | 04:23 am

Sending email using Google App and PHP Swift Mailer 24 Jun 2010 | 08:19 am

Not very long ago I converted one of my site to use Google App email service. Using a third party email service can reduce the load on your own server and eliminate the responsibilities of configuring...

Plug those Javascript memory leaking holes 30 Apr 2010 | 02:55 am

Recently I built a Javascript app that uses Gmap API, Ajax and JQuery to display the location information on a web page. It retrieves information from server using Ajax and the returned json object, t...

When do we need “smooth scrolling” 6 Apr 2010 | 02:58 am

Recently I discovered this little javascript hidden gem: smooth scrolling to an anchor link on the same page. Basically it creates smooth scrolling effect when a user clicks on an anchor tag that poi...

Build your own Linux VPS 27 Feb 2010 | 05:57 am

5 years ago if you ask me to build my own Linux VPS for my websites I would’ve shaken my head and said it was too much for a non-sysadmin like me. Now I’m pretty comfortable of doing it. I want to sha...