Author Archives: thesamet
Public Housing
Senior housing provides a safe setting where residents can discover new pastimes. However, in order for residents to find joy, education, and a sense of community, the solution must be built into the community itself. In addition to the day … Continue reading
WordPress MySQL Database Encoding Fun
How I transferred my latin1 encoded wordpress blog into a perfectly working database setup with UTF8 encoding. Continue reading
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Digital Radiography in Dentistry or Digital imaging is available for almost more than a decade. It has successfully replaced conventional Radiographic films. This post will discuss about what is Digital Radiography in Dentistry, its principles, how it works, types, applications, … Continue reading
Another Way to Stop Bot Registrations
Reported by Boris. Back in December I’ve posted about the technique I use to stop spam on phpBB forums. The following enhancement of this idea appeared today on xkcd webcomic blog: But it would not work, because even spambots cry … Continue reading
Are You Paying For “Protection” On Your Blog?
It is very common to hear stories in which criminals ask restaurant or shop owners to pay them money for the criminal’s “protection services”. Those who dare not to pay them, usually sorry for that few days after, when they … Continue reading
Girlfriend Discovers a DoS Vulnerability in Gaim
It will probably be hard for you to believe, but my girlfriend discovered a DoS vulnerability in Gaim. No, don’t worry. She is not a computer geek (One in a relationship is certainly enough). The story of my girlfriend’s important … Continue reading
Making a Flickr Killer With TurboGears – Part 2: A Flickr Clone in 37 Minutes Flat
This is the second installment of the lecture I gave at the Israeli Pythoneers Meeting. In case that you missed it, it is recommended that you read the first part of it. At this point, I closed OpenOffice Impress and … Continue reading
Hemp Seed Oil Uses
Hemp seed oil is also useful in treating other skin conditions, such ascradle cap,psoriasis, andacne. So why is hemp seed oil so popular? It has multiple beneficial effects on the skin. You can find oil from hemp seed in a … Continue reading
Making a Flickr Killer With TurboGears – Part 1: Introduction To TurboGears
One month ago, I gave an introductory speech about TurboGears at the Israeli Pythoneers Meeting. The discussion consisted of two parts. The first part introduced TurboGears, and the second part included live aucasinosonline coding of a Flickr clone. I hereby … Continue reading
Pumping Up Your Applications with Xapian Full-Text Search
What good is an application—not matter how much information it contains—if the inability to easily search it renders it useless? Xapian to the Rescue Xapian is an excellent open source (GPL) search engine library. It is written in C++ and … Continue reading