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PHP on Linux (Ubuntu 11.04 – Natty Narwhal)

These are some of the codes that helped me getting started in using Apache server on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Finding out the user group <?php // outputs the username that owns the running php/httpd process // (on a system with the “whoami” executable in the path) echo exec(‘whoami’); ?> (often it is www-data ) source : http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Check you have the permission. If not change the pormissions for the var/www folder on Linux (in …

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Ubuntu – How to Disable Pidgin Notifications in Ubuntu

Tool -> Plugins (Ctrl + U). Select ‘Libnotify popups’ then Configure Plugin. remove ‘Buddy signs on’ checkbox. Done.

Abaqus (V 6.10, 6.11) installation on Ubuntu (10.04 and 11.04)

I installing Abaqus (both versions 6.10 and 6.11) on Ubuntu (versions 10.04 and 11.04) This was not a trivial task. Here are the links which helped me do this : Abaqus 6.10 on Ubuntu 10.04 Details on installing Abaqus 6.8 on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid-Lynx) can be found here : http://sites.google.com/site/abaqus2010/help_0 Using the same details, I …

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WordPress › Internet Blackout Day on January 18

WordPress › Internet Blackout Day on January 18.

Getting Organized – how to include your Gmail calendar in your TiddlyWiki

There is a simple way to embed your Google Calendar anywhere in your pages (Note: the calendar is displayed only when you are logged in) [html] [/html] This is an iframe element. You can control the height and the width of the calendar in the html code

Mathematica – specifying 3D vertex coordinates for a 3D graph

This is specific to Mathematica 8.*, where Graphs are atomic expressions There was no simple way to assign the 3D vertex-coordinates to the vertices of a graph. Whereas a 2D graph’s vertex-coordinates can be initialized as follows : [text] vertices = {1, 2, 3}; coords = {{0, 0}, {1, 0}, {2, 0}}; connectivity = {1 …

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Installing GD image manipulation capabilities in PHP on Ubuntu 11.04

I wanted to enable the image manipulation functions using Php. It was documented that the that GD library is included in Php versions 4.3 and above. I had PHP version 5.3.5 on my Ubuntu 11.04. I tested the GD support using the code: [php] < ?php echo "GD Info : “; var_dump(gd_info()); if (imagetypes() & …

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My first 3D jigsaw puzzle

Today I was strolling the malls with my friend. We went into a gift shop to buy a hat for my friend. I cuaght sight of some puzzles that were there. One of them that caught my attention was this 3D jigsaw-puzzle. I have seen one of them before, but that was a simple one, …

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TiddlyWiki

This post is about a nice program I stumbled upon TiddlyWiki – a reusable non-linear personal web notebook This is comparison of a few tools that I used (NOTE USED not REVIEWED), which I think could help someone out there who is looking for one I believe that human-memory/thinking is highly nonlinear. And I was …

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A collection of my Academic blogs n links

http://www.technologyreview.in/ (MIT’s technology review) http://biocurious.com/ http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/ Does one have to be a genius to do maths? http://love-python.blogspot.com/ http://calnewport.com/blog/ http://college.alltop.com/ http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/articles/ http://nanopolitan.blogspot.com/search/label/Free%20stuff http://twitter.com/sciam http://www.blogger.com/profile/01044958813811039891 Tweets by Wolfram_Alpha About