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Why Opera mini do not allow access to local web pages?

heshan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:15:09 +0000

Download Opera Mini : Opera Mini Download Page

This is like a small limitation but we cannot straightly tell that is quite a limitation of the Opera Mini browser. Seems Opera mini do not allow you to access local web server, lets say your connecting through Wifi and trying to connect with your local machine which also in same local network, then you cannot access your local machine web server.

Video Module 6.x.3-dev Release

heshan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:04:43 +0000

Drupal video module has long history with Drupal, initially it started only with simple file upload and now it has many great features like ffmpeg support, auto thumbnail support and Youtube API support etc.

I'm happy to see every week the video module is increasing its download count now about 4000 per week. I'm really really happy to see ppl are using my module.

Ubuntu Software Center

heshan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:25:18 +0000

Ubuntu Software Center was initially known as Ubuntu Software Store. The initial version (0.1) was released on 21 August 2009. The package was renamed the Ubuntu Software Center in version 0.4.0 on 25 September 2009 following a discussion with Ubuntu community members. In most English-speaking countries outside the USA it will be known as the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Different Ways to Play wav Sound from a Web Page

heshan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:54:02 +0000

There are many ways to embeded audio/video files on a web site. What we called "trend" is embeding flash player and play files, in my case I coudn't find any flash player to play wav files, but there are many mp3 flash players free and open source.

Follow following if you want to play any audio/video without using known flash, my self I also highly recommed to use flash, cause it is the standard today.

Using simple hyperlink you can allow browser to handle stream file play :) as simple like below

Installing Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 9.10

heshan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Recently I couldn't post any blos items cause of lack of time due to Drupal works, and some Java read more

Fast Private File Transfer with X-send file in Drupal

heshan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:51:49 +0000

Why xsend module is made for?

xsend is a simple module to help you to speed up your private file transfer, normally Drupal private file transfer is quite troublesome and not secure if files folder locate at public_html, not only that but also this module will help you to protect your files from unauthorized access too.

Why you need this?

- If your still using Drupal public file transfer your not secure at all, every one can get your files.

- If your using Drupal private file transfer, your secure. But files transfer to the client is very slow.

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Beta

heshan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:39:58 +0000

The beta release of Karmic Koala, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, just arrived on the net. Wondering what's new inside the open-source operating system?

Try it by yourself .. :o)

Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04

Open shell type

How to install Netbeans 6.7.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

heshan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:42:06 +0000

Reference from netbeans.org

1. What is NetBeans?

NetBeans is an open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) you can download and use for free. NetBeans is also an extensible platform which you can use to build OS-independent applications. Finally, NetBeans is a thriving open-source community with hundreds of thousands of experienced developers located all around the world.

More information

How to install Skype on Ubuntu 9.04

heshan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:18:22 +0000

Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calling between computers and low-cost calling to regular telephones that aren't connected to the Internet. Included in the free service is a softphone application that can be downloaded to any laptop or desktop computer, or other computing device running Windows, Macintosh, Linux, or Windows Mobile operating systems. A function called SkypeOut enables calls to regular telephones; these calls are charged to a prepaid account or to a flat-fee annual subscription.

Here we go ....

How to export a mysql database via the linux command line

heshan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:20:58 +0000

Prerequities:

You need to have MySQL client installed.

Dumping a database is usefull when moving data and backup data.

These examples shows you how to export a database. It is a good idea to export your data often as a backup.

First connect to the mysql server that has the database and use this command line.