Blogging from 3G tethered connection on E51
The connection is pretty fast to work on...I will explain how I tethered my E51 in another article! PS: This is not a bullshit post - since I work f…
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MySQL Error while dropping tables: Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails
If you know what you are doing and you still want to drop a table containing foreign constraints, then you need to follow this procedure: SET FOREI…
Perl DBI - Connecting Perl to MySQL database
Knowing how to connect Perl with a database is imperative and very useful. Luckily there is a Perl module called DBI which makes our things easier. I…
Perl parallel tasks using fork
I am working on a Perl application which needs to do repetitive tasks. As such I am using the mighty fork() - actually to make things easier for myse…
Perl thread vs fork
After an extensive research on parallel processing with Perl I came to the conclusion when to use threads and when to use forks. 1. If you have a s…
From gedit to geany
I want to hit myself for not discovering geany earlier. This is a fantastic lightweight IDE/text-editor for Linux. Do yourselves a favor and install…
WhatsApp and Nokia Symbian phones
Many Nokia users (including myself) used to hate WhatsApp because it drains the mobile's battery almost after a couple of hours. This was due to …
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Introduction to pt-table-sync and pt-table-checksum
In this post I would like to introduce you to a couple of must-have tools from Percona which enable you to validate the table contents between two My…
What sort of music you listen when you work?
I personally like putting my media player in the background streaming classic rock, although at the moment I am listening to the whole Beatles discog…
Merge multiple Google Calendars
So yesterday I was complaining that my old Nokia E51 was only able to sync one calendar through the Mail for Exchange tool. This is a biggie for me …
Nokia e51 internet connectivity
I connect to internet on my E51 using one of these methods: 1. Wifi - this mobile has one hell of a signal strength, especially if you disable the …
Display multiple variables in mysql
Sometimes you might need to gather a handful of variables in one statement. This can be done by using the following syntax: james@ebony ~ $ mysql …
Bye Bye Iphone 3GS, back to Nokia E51
Yesterday's midnight swim was remarkably inaugurated by an accidental iPhone dive which I left in the swimming trunks pocket. Apparently this is …
Change your Youtube login email
Today I managed to reclaim back my original youtube channel . I had to wait for Youtube monkeys for more than a year to be able to give us the option…
Add workspaces in Linux Mint Cinnamon
Although the Cinnamon desktop environment is available to every Linux distro, it is much more widespread and popular among the Linux Mint users. One …
