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Quick guide on how to take screenshots on a Mac

Posted on January 6, 2010
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I have been using a PC for so many years that I sometimes forget the command keys to use to take a screenshot when I use my Mac. Since I need to remind myself, I thought it might be a better idea to blog a quick guide so that my readers can refer to it when needed.

The main keys to use on your Mac keyboard is the Command & Shift key. There are three keys to remember when taking a screenshot. The Command, Shift & 3,4 (numeric keys).

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SQL xp_findnextmsg and xp_readmail

Posted on November 15, 2009
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If you use SQL mail, you can read the messages in the SQL inbox stack and do stuff with them. Recently I had to use SQL scripting to find messages in the SQL inbox, read the message, determine if it is a text or html email, then add the message to a table in the database.

This can be easily achieved using the xp_findnextmsg and xp_readmail procedures. To strip the html tags from the email, I used a UDF (User Defined Function) written by the SQL guru of http://blog.sqlauthority.com. Kudos to him for sharing the function.
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31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge!

Posted on May 13, 2009
Filed Under blogging | 5 Comments

I recently completed the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge run by Darren Rowse, the problogger (@problogger). I took away a lot of ideas that I will use to improve this blog and other blogs that I will create in the future.

What I thought of the challenge
A lot of what was said in the daily challenges are great reminder. I know what I ought to do at the back of my mind but to actually put them into action requires reminding for my part. For example when I created my blog, it was an experiment. It’s coming to two years now and I still keep some blogging bad habits and the challenges helped me remind myself that I should do things differently to grow my blog. Another example, It didn’t occur to me to think of an elevator pitch until I started the challenge. I was concentrating more on the content rather than telling others about my blog.

Reading the exchanges of comments during the daily challenges also gave me a chance to learn from other bloggers and realize that I am not the only one in the blogsphere facing the problems growing my blog. There are others out there too asking the same questions and facing similar challenges.

For those of you who missed the challenge, here is a summary of what was covered in the 31 days.

For your information, this challenge is not for beginners in blogging. It is more beneficial for bloggers who already have a blog and have been blogging for awhile.
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What is Joomla’s Community Builder extension?

Posted on May 12, 2009
Filed Under Software, open source | 3 Comments

This is the 2nd part to my post entitled Getting Joomla excited! In this post I will write about the popular Community Builder extension and how to install the extension.

In Part 3 I will look at implementation of the extension and how to add Community Builder plug-ins and finally I will also showcase what I have done on my website with the Community Builder extension. All of this was done without a line of extra coding so Joomla enthusiasts can implement the Community Builder extension without having to be a coder.

The Community Builder extension

The Community Builder extension is the brainchild of the guys at www.joomlapolis.com. It extends the capability of Joomla’s membership module and transforms the Joomla CMS into a full-fledged membership and community site. If you are using Joomla CMS without the Community Builder extension and try to build a community website or portal, you will experience a lot of limitations.

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Listen to your iPod while you drive

Posted on May 11, 2009
Filed Under Apple, Ideas, gadget | 3 Comments

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I’ve been able to save hours of reading time by listening to audio books while I drive to work. This is made possible by hooking up my iPod Touch to a FM Transmitter and when tuned to an unused FM frequency, you can listen to your music or audio books through your car stereo system. This is not new technology but it was previously illegal in the United Kingdom to use a FM Transmitter in your car. Since the law changed, I finally got around to buying a FM Transmitter to use in my car.

There are many brands of FM Transmitter you can buy from high street shops or even online and the prices range from cheap to expensive. I bought mine from Amazon.co.uk and I decided on the Belkin iPod TuneBase FM Transmitter with ClearScan. I decided on Belkin with ClearScan because it allowed me to charge my iPod Touch while I listened to my audio books and ClearScan made it easy to tune the gadget.
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