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I rejected VS.PHP as a viable solution for PHP debugging. It happened in 4 steps. (1) I was trying VS.PHP 2.8 with Visual Studio 2008, when I found that, for curl projects, it is needed to edit the file php-xdebug.ini located in the VS.PHP install folder, and then uncomment the use of the curl extension. This means [...]

SugarCRM’s integrated upgrade wizard, failed to update my Sugar 5.2 install. The diagnose stated that all requirements were met, but then it silently [no explanation given] redirected me to the homepage after the upload of the upgrade package, which in my case was SugarCE-Upgrade-5.2.0-to-5.5.0.zip. Tired of the failures, I downloaded the silentUpgrade-CE-5.5.1RC.zip. This file unpacks [...]

Minutes ago, on 2010–01–27, Apple’s Steve Jobs presented the IPAD – a tablet PC. As a write, the presentation still goes on, no price quote as been given, and very few people actually used the device, which it looks to me like Compaq’s Tablet TC1000, nearly 8 years later… The IPAD’s screen is smaller (9.7 inches [...]

“Reviving their secluded hot springs – The struggle of inn owners in Kurikoma Gotou” is a short documentary depicting the aftermath of the Iwate Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, from the perspective of inn owners, whose hot springs based businesses were severely affected.The program starts with aerial pictures of the village of Kurikomayama, showing the effects of [...]

1. Introdução e descrição O Marantz NR1501 é um “AV Receiver” compacto. Neste caso isto significa que é um amplificador áudio de 7.1 canais, com fichas para a ligação de equipamentos de vídeo, e um sintonizador de rádio AM/FM integrado, tudo num corpo com 9.5 cm de altura e 35 cm de fundo. Estes números [...]

The 2009-11-27 edition of “NIKKEI Japan Report” was about the weather and about Nippon Steel Corporation (TYO:5401). Both features were extremely interesting, following an approach that highlighted the Japanese particularities, but could easily be translated to other countries, namely the more volatile meteorological conditions and deflation, hands on with a stagnated or decreasing population. As [...]

Some folders of mine have hundreds to thousands of PDF files, mostly corresponding to conference proceedings and ebooks. I would like to browse these folders with the same ease I browse photos, using software like the free http://www.irfanview.com/ or the commercial http://www.acdsee.com/ . Unfortunately, these tools do NOT natively support PDFs. If you search, you’ll find a “solution” [...]

Times are CET (Central European Time). For Portugal and UK, discount 1 hour: for example, Jeff Bridges will be at 13:00 – 1h = 12:00. 11:00 Charlie Rose with Zynga CEO Mark Pincus & Michael Specter 12:00 Charlie Rose with Andrew Ross Sorkin 13:00 Charlie Rose with Jeff Bridges, Scott Cooper and Maggie Gyllenhaal 14:00 Charlie Rose with Kroll Founder [...]