Installing Zint Barcode Generator in Ubuntu 10.04
download from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/
$ sudo ap-get install g++
$ sudo apt-get install cmake
$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ sudo tar zxvf /home/{username}/Downloads/zint-version.tar.gz
$ cd zint-version
$ sudo cmake .
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install
DNS Server Basics
A description of DNS server functionality, and the steps required to remove a domain from one.
What is a DNS server?
DNS (Domain Name System) is the protocol that is used by computer networks to translate IP (Internet Protocol) addresses into domain names. A DNS server is a computer specifically set up to be queried by other computers for the IP-to-domain translations. There are many kinds of records that can be associated with a specific domain name, but the ones of primary interest for this document are A records (used to point websites to the computers that host them) and MX records (used to point email to their appropriate server). The result of a DNS query is a resolved IP address. Every time a web page is loaded or an email is sent, at least one DNS query has resolved by a DNS server.
What is required to remove a listed domain?
For a DNS server to stop answering for a domain, records associated with the specific domain must be removed from the list of records the DNS server has. In most situations, the minimum numbers of records associated with a domain for a website and email to function is 4. One record for each of the following:
1. A record domain.com XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ip address)
2. A record www.domain.com XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ip address)
3. MX record domain.com {name of email server} {priority 1}
4. MX record domain.com {name of email different server} {priority 2}8
How can having incorrect DNS entries affect domain and email queries?
When a potential contact sends an email to a company with a hosted email service ({user}@domain.com), the email leaves the client machine (by email client such as Outlook, or web client such as Gmail) and arrives at their email server for processing. First, the email server checks itself to see if it is the destination. If it is the destination server, the email gets delivered to the appropriate domain and account. Otherwise, the email server then performs a DNS query and resolves the address of the hosted email server and delivers the message to it.
When a queried server does not answer for a domain, it should return a result of Unknown or Failed. When a queried server knows the result, it returns the requested record type.
Root on comet
So I used z4root to exploit my t mobile comet and gain root access, used setcpu to enable frequency scaling to improve battery performance and rebooted. Then I mounted the filesystem read write and removed telenav and a bunch of other bloatware. SGS toolbox, astro file manager, autorun manager, root uninstaller, app2sd, superuser, advanced task killer and a few other tweaks and I am averaging 54 mb free of ram on boot. When I purge everything extra but leave the phone fully in tact, I reach up to 72 mb free. Seems pretty awesome considering the annoying apps are gone, it runs faster, and the battery life has drastically improved. I hope we start to see more manufacturers enabling cpu frequency scaling in the future so we the consumer dont have to risk our new phones safety for this must-have feature.
Photoshop express for android
Still early on my testing but I am finding that the android market free adobe photoshop express does a lot of great simple and common edits to pics I take. Great for formating blog and site content on the fly
T mobile comet
So far I am digging the phone. It is far from the nicest android lon the market, but it does everything that I ask it and some. More to come soon
My 2011 Plugin List
So I start just about every WordPress install with these plugins before I even install my custom themes. It speeds up overall development to be including future features early, and it allows me to test the site under actual “plugin load”
i’ll prob add links tomorrow, but all of these are available in the wordpress plugins directory.
all in one seo pack
calendar
contact form 7
exec php
fluency admin
follow me
google analyticator
google xml siotemaps
hl twitter
my category order
my page order
nextgen gallery
really simple captcha
theme my login
w3 total cache
wordpress db backup
wp e-commerce
wp e-commerce dashboard
wp epcommerce featured product widget
