Archive / 2009

December 2009

28 Dragon Age Origins netbook wallpapers (Games)
"This set includes six of the official Dragon Age Origins wallpapers, correctly modified to fit the common 1024x600 netbook resolution."

23 Add a retweet button to your sNews CMS articles and pages (Hacks & Mods)
"A simple and effective way to add a retweet button to your sNews articles and pages, without having to manually edit the articles or pages."

22 Use PHP cURL to get your Google Feedburner subscriber count text, with result caching (PHP Programming)
"Use PHP code to obtain your FeedBurner subscriber count for styling and placement in your web page, with a simple caching function to reduce the overhead."

11 Page caching mod for sNews 1.7 (Hacks & Mods)
"A page caching mod for sNews CMS 1.7. Easy to install, and reduces unnecessary database queries."

08 sNews Ajax Polls updated, works with my pending page caching mod (sNews CMS)
"sNews Ajax polls updated to version 1.0.2, to work with the pending sNews page caching mod. Upgrade now if you use polls."

03 Red Faction, a great first-person shooter for the Acer Aspire One (or any other) netbook (Netbook Games)
"Red Faction, a kick ass old school first-person shooter runs wonderfully on the 8.9" Acer Aspire One AOA-150. "

01 My one year anniversary with sNews CMS (General)
"Hey, it's been one year using sNews CMS already! Woohoo, time sure flies when you're having fun! Oh yeah, and I'm working on a caching mod for sNews 1.7 :P"

November 2009

28 Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, another RPG for the netbook (Netbook Games)
"The role-playing game Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader plays nicely on the 8.9" Acer Aspire One."

19 Atheros AR5007EG constantly drops connection on Windows 7 (Netbooks)
"Time for an upgrade... the Acer Aspire One's Atheros AR5007EG WiFi card constantly drops on Windows 7 when transferring large files."

10 Add individual RSS feeds for articles in sNews 1.7 (Hacks & Mods)
"Add individual RSS comment feeds to each of your sNews CMS articles with this mod."

05 Add a comment preview and delete link in the Admin section of sNews (Hacks & Mods)
"A small modification to sNews admin area, to display comment previews and a direct delete button."

October 2009

30 If it has an 11.6" screen, is it still a netbook? (Netbooks)
"Are 11.6" screens really netbooks, ultra-lights, notebooks? Comparing the AOA-150 8.9" netbook size against the Acer AS1410 netbook."

25 My Aspire One is now running Windows 7, and it runs pretty nicely too (Netbooks)
"Installing Windows 7 from DVD to the Acer Aspire One netbook."

September 2009

26 I'm not dead, I just feel like it... (General)
"I'm not dead! Just working behind-the-scenes."

August 2009

25 A couple of dark themed 1024x600 netbook wallpapers (Landscape & Nature)
"1024x600 netbook wallpapers, grunge looking abandoned barn and cottage."

23 An easy mod to create custom break titles for your sNews articles (Hacks & Mods)
"Add custom title to your sNews article page breaks with this easy little mod."

July 2009

17 Back from vacation in New Hampshire's White Mountains (General)
"Some pictures of Loon Mountain and the river along the Kancamangus Highway."

08 1024x600 netbook wallpapers, Dawn of Discovery (Games)
"Official Ubisoft wallpapers for Dawn of Discovery, modified to fit the 1024x600 resolution of most netbook screens."

07 1024x600 netbook wallpapers, Mass Effect 2 (Games)
"Official Bioware wallpapers for the game Mass Effect 2, modified to fit the common 1024x600 netbook screen size."

06 An enhanced word filter for sNews, with whole words matching (Hacks & Mods)
"An improved word filtering function for sNews, this function uses whole word only matching and replacement."

02 1024x600 netbook wallpapers, StarCraft II (Games)
"Official Blizzard wallpapers for the game Starcraft 2, modified to fit the 1024x600 netbook resolution."

June 2009

30 Download games straight to your PC, netbook, or laptop with these services (How-tos & Tutorials)
"A simple guide; where to download video games for your PC, netbook, or laptop."

29 Format your sNews article publish date to make it more reader friendly (sNews CMS)
"How to change the default article publish date format to make the article dates more human readble."

26 First impressions of Dawn of Discovery (aka Anno 1404) (Desktop Games)
"Game play footage of my first impressions of Ubisoft's Dawn of Discovery, aka Anno 1404."

15 Create useful, informative custom 404 pages for your users with this sNews CMS mod (Hacks & Mods)
"This mod adds cool useful dynamic suggestions for any 404 result page, for sNews 1.7."

11 Arx Fatalis, the perfect RPG for your netbook (Netbook Games)
"Downloading, installing, and playing the role-playing game Arx Fatalis on the Acer Aspire One netbook."

10 Obtaining an average per day value of a field with MySQL's DATEDIFF function (MySQL)
"Get an average number of views per day with MySQL's DATEDIFF function."

03 Spice up your internal sNews CMS search page with result descriptions (Hacks & Mods)
"This mod adds the meta description for search results for a page, category, or article for your internal sNews search engine."

02 Limit access to your sNews CMS login page by IP address (Hacks & Mods)
"Use this small hack to limit access to your sNews CMS login page by one or more IP addresses."

02 Another variation on the "time ago" PHP function, use MySQL's datetime field type (PHP Programming)
"A PHP time ago function for formatting the date on post comments or other timestamps."

May 2009

30 Playing the space sim Freelancer on the Acer Aspire One netbook (Netbook Games)
"Installing and playing the PC game Freelancer on your Acer Aspire One or similar netbook."

21 Modifying the self-test email notifications on APC Smart-UPS, Symmetra, & Matrix UPS systems (Technology)
"Modify or disable the self-test email notifications on APC Smart-UPS & Matrix by appending the hex code to the url."

18 Running 1503 A.D. on the Acer Aspire One netbook (Netbook Games)
"Installing and playing the PC game 1503 A.D. - The New World on your Acer Aspire One or similar netbook."

18 Adding a fixed "back to top" link on every page of your website (CSS)
"How to add a permanent back to top image link to every page of your website."

13 Calculating the median & average values of an array with PHP (PHP Programming)
"Calculate the average and median values of an array of numbers with PHP."

12 1024x600 netbook wallpapers, Corvette ZR1 (Cars)
"1024x600 resolution netbook wallpapers of the 2009 Corvette ZR1, in blue and graphite."

08 Setting your default timezone with PHP's date_default_timezone_set() (PHP Programming)
"Set your default timezone with PHP, without having access to the php.ini file."

07 sNews Ajax Polls mod now available (Hacks & Mods)
"A PHP Ajax polls mod/ plug-in for the sNews content management system."

06 sNews polls mod, admin section pics (Hacks & Mods)
"Status update and pictures of the admin section of the pending sNews Ajax polls mod."

01 Help me test my latest mod under development; sNews polls, with Ajax (sNews CMS)
"A request to help test function of my latest mod (Ajax polls) for sNews CMS."

April 2009

28 PHP to display something in sNews ONLY when viewing an article on it's page (Hacks & Mods)
"PHP to show something ONLY when viewing an article on it's page in Snews 1.7."

27 Converting accented characters for form fields as you type (Ajax & Javascript)
"Use javascript to convert accented characters to their ASCII equivalent ."

23 Update to the tags mod search and the default search function for sNews (Hacks & Mods)
"Update for the tags mod search and the default search function for sNews."

20 A simple spam filter for sNews CMS (Hacks & Mods)
"A simple spam filter for checking your snews comment forms, send possible spam comments to moderation."

08 Compact archives for sNews 1.7 (Hacks & Mods)
"Replace the default archives page listing for sNews with a nice, clean compact archive, with clickable dates."

March 2009

31 1024x600 netbook wallpapers, landscape, fields (Landscape & Nature)
"1024x600 netbook wallpapers, landscape and nature, pictures of fields."

29 Running Sid Meier's Pirates on the Acer Aspire One netbook (Netbook Games)
"Installing and playing the PC game Sid Meier's Pirates on your Acer Aspire One or similar netbook."

23 Stronghold running on the Acer Aspire One (Netbook Games)
"The Stronghold castle building game running on the Acer Aspire One netbook, with a live game video demonstration."

17 Use jQuery to clear and/or fill the search form instead of in-line javascript (Ajax & Javascript)
"Clean up your sNews CMS HTML search form markup with a little jQuery code."

16 An improved tag cloud for sNews 1.7 (Hacks & Mods)
"Add a popular tags cloud and tags overview page to your sNews CMS installation with this mod."

13 RSS Feeds are broken in sNews, fix it with this hack (Hacks & Mods)
"Fix the broken rss feeds in sNews CMS with this quick and easy hack."

11 Want to use 2 or 3 character tags with the sNews CMS tags mod? Now you can. (Hacks & Mods)
"This is a second tagsearch function to allow you to use 2 or 3 character tags with MySQL's REGEXP operator."

10 Debian Linux and Tux 1024x600 netbook wallpapers (Computer)
"A collection of 1024x600 Debian Linux and general Linux / Tux wallpapers sized for your netbook mini-laptop computer."

09 Fix duplicate meta description errors in sNews with this quick hack (Hacks & Mods)
"Fix sNews CMS meta description duplicate error with this quick and easy hack in the title function."

08 Admin styles for sNews 1.7 (Themes & Templates)
"Add styles for the admin interface of your snewscms installation with this little sheet."

04 Sticky comment forms for sNews (Hacks & Mods)
"Make your snews comment form sticky with this mod, allow your users to save their name and url info."

03 Force the trailing slash on your urls with mod_rewite and .htaccess (Web Development)
"Force the trailing slash on your urls with mod_rewite and the .htaccess file."

February 2009

25 Image / math hybrid captcha version 2, vastly improved (Hacks & Mods)
"Image / math hybrid captcha for sNews, use this mod to avoid comment spam bots."

25 The state of comments spam (sNews CMS)
"The state of comment spam with the sNews CMS and what to d about it."

24 MySQL backup mod for sNews (Hacks & Mods)
"An add on mod for the sNews content management system, this mod will allow you to backup and email your snews database from within the administration section."

21 Clean theme for sNews, quick update (Themes & Templates)
"Internet explorer conditonal statement update for the sNews clean theme."

20 Clean theme, a free css / xhtml compliant light-weight, professional theme (Themes & Templates)
"Clean theme, a lightweight professional CSS/ XHTML templates for sNews CMS or a static HTML website."

18 Bug fix, tags mod for sNews, version 2 (Hacks & Mods)
"This is just a simple bug fix update for the sNews CMS tags mod version 2, easy to implement."

17 Command & Conquer Generals, and the Zero Hour expansion on the Acer Aspire One netbook (Netbook Games)
"Installing and playing Command and Conquer Generals and the Zero Hour expansion on the Acer Aspire One netbook."

17 Update to tag cloud function for the tags mod (Hacks & Mods)
"An update to the sNews CMS tags mod, allows for alphabetical sorting of tag results."

13 Live comment previewing using the jQuery library (Ajax & Javascript)
"Easily add a live comment preview to your sNews CMS install."

13 Acer Aspire One 10.1" available at Amazon.com for $349 (Netbooks)
"The Acer Aspire One 10.1" netbooks are now available for order at amazon.com."

13 Dawn of War II 1024x600 netbook wallpapers (Games)
"1024x600 netbook wallpapers for the game Dawn of War 2."

10 Gravatar mod for sNews 1.7 (Hacks & Mods)
"A tutorial on how to modify sNews CMS 1.7 to use gravatars within the comments section."

10 1024x600 netbook wallpapers of Evangeline Lilly (Females)
"1024x600 netbook wallpapers of Evangeline Lilly, free to download."

09 sNews page navigation mod, a mod to hide pages from the navigation menu (Hacks & Mods)
"sNews page navigation mod, a mod to hide pages from the default navigation menu."

06 Tag Cloud, an add-on for the tags mod (Hacks & Mods)
"Add a WordPress style tag cloud to your sNews CMS installation with this handy mod."

05 Upgrading from tags mod version 1 to version 2 (Hacks & Mods)
"If you want to upgrade from my sNews tags mod version to version 2, follow this tutorial."

04 Find out what your users are searching for internally with analytics and the SEO search mod (sNews CMS)
"Find out what your users are searching for internally with analytics and the SEO search mod."

03 Tags Mod for sNews version 2 (Hacks & Mods)
"Tags mod verion 2, a mod for the sNews content management system, with SEF links."

02 IE vertical scrollbar and overflow:auto (CSS)
"Internet Explorer vertical scrollbar when using overflow:auto in css."

January 2009

31 Google flags everything as suspicious / malware this morning (Technology)
"Google's search results for google.com shows it as malware."

30 New netbook wallpapers, nature and landscape (Landscape & Nature)
"1024x600 netbook wallpapers for your Acer Aspire One or other mini-laptop, landscape and nature."

30 Social Bookmarks Mod updated (Hacks & Mods)
"sNews social bookmarks mod, version 1.7.2."

29 Fixing the email notification formatting in sNews (Hacks & Mods)
"Stripping the ugly slashes from the sNews email notifications."

28 SEF / SEO search for your sNews website (Hacks & Mods)
"An SEF SEO friendly search for your sNews CMS installation."

27 Dropping mootools in favor of jQuery (Ajax & Javascript)
"Moving mdj.us from the mootools Ajax framework to jQuery."

23 Tags list, an add-on to my tags mod (Hacks & Mods)
"Building a tags list (or tag cloud) for sNews CMS, using the meta_keywords field."

22 New sNews CMS theme in the works, and an sNews specific feed added (sNews CMS)
"sNews CMS theme switcher mod, category specific RSS feeds."

20 Acer Aspire One power up problems? Try this. (Netbooks)
"A possible fix for the common acer aspire one hibernation problems, when the unit won't power up or reboots during start-up."

16 Using css frameworks (CSS)
"Using the 960 Grid System CSS framework to create web site layouts."

14 New archives, search, and tags here on my site (sNews CMS)
"Adding SEO friendly search, tags, and a much better archives page or snews cms. "

12 Stop diluting your Google Adsense and Analytics when browsing your own sNews site (Hacks & Mods)
"How to block yourself from seeing Google adsense and analytics on your own site."

11 Solo Tech Netbook Mini Instant-Messenger netbook bag review (Netbooks)
"Solo Tech Netbook Mini Instant-Messenger bag review."

09 Related Articles mod for sNews CMS, public beta release (Hacks & Mods)
"A smart related posts mod for the sNews CMS system, using mysql full text and scoring threshold cut off."

08 Adding additional comment spam protection to sNews, the math/image hybrid captcha (Hacks & Mods)
"sNews CMS mod, math and image hybrid captcha, add additional comment spam protection to your sNews install with this mod."

07 Demoing the beta related articles plugin here now (sNews CMS)
"Update #1, snews related posts plug-in demo install on display now."

05 Planning my next mod; Related articles in sNews CMS (sNews CMS)
"Planning out a related articles mod in sNews CMS."

01 Cool Black theme updated (Themes & Templates)
"Cool black sNews CMS theme update #1, minor bug fixes to correct the themes appearance in Internet Explorer 7."