XAMMP not working on port 80 on vista???

Well i was extremely perplexed, seeing as i do most of my php development on XAMPP on VISTA i was midly upset to see one day that i was unable to launch my trusty XAMPP as it would just flicker

Apache Started [port 80]

and the switch to

Busy…

After looking at the ports on the command line i kinda figured was going on. Basically its Continue reading »

Justfares.com Blog

So finally a whole year has gone by and now it is the politically incorrect Christmas Holiday!! yipeee! however, despite that here i am still toiling. However luckily for me i shall be basking away in the sun down south instead of stuck here in the Seattle rain.

Now that the initial phase of development is complete and the crux of the project complete we have now finally got up the blog for Justfares. What is great is Continue reading »

Black friday…not so black

So i guess after fattening on some turkey and stuffing that it is now the custom to lose one’s mind and sit in some line in sub zero temperatures to try and get some so-called deals. i guess i am just lazy or just not as foolish. so here was the usua l $299 deal which is awesome but i for the system even i am not that Continue reading »

Helio vs Iphone!!! Helio… in 1 round!

So it seems that i have finally come to the end of my cell phone contract so it was time for me to switch. Sooooo… what was the final verdict??? i tried all them T-Mobile’s, ATT’s and what not and none of them tickled my fancy, too much of the same trash just repackaged and re-labeled. I needed something Continue reading »

PRADO Application Framework and why i switched from CakePHP

Now i am not even going to bother with getting into this very “abstract” debate so i am just going to put a link to the interview i did with one of the lead programmers at PRADO. This is why i chose PRADO and if you are a Solar, CakePHP, Symfony, Seagull etc…. fanatic good for you.

This is PRADO territory!
prado interview

Enjoy

Installing prado php framework applications on godaddy

This is a quick and dirty one for anyone that has ever tried to deploy their application on godaddy using the php application framework Prado. I personally like it for its versatility but i had a problem when i tried to deploy the application on the remote host.

I began by slimming down the actaual Prado application folder to the main files in the root directory, and only keeping the test, framework and requirements folder.

I then copied over the folder that contained my application and made sure than the base path in the index.php was correct which it was. However, when i went to the url for the site i got this error… Continue reading »

Installing Adobe Flex on Ubuntu

Well its been a while but i have been XTra busy finishing off the ATW application for the folks over at Justfares, but i guess my side of developing the application is about finished, not it is up to them to do what they want with the elements that surround the actual app.

Well i decided to install flex on Ubuntu and give it a chance, and it wasn’t as hard as i imagined. It basically used the main components that are readily available and fairly common. These are:

• Adobe Flex SDK.
• The Java Runtime Environment.

1.

So to begin i installed the JRE by firing up the terminal and entering :

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

And sitting through the install.

2.

When that was done i then installed the Continue reading »

Installing mono, apache, mod_mono and deploying applications in Ubuntu

Ok so i was kinda perturbed by the lack of documentation on how to install mod_mono on Ubuntu, and get it working on Apache so i decided to do some tinkering. So we will basically continue from the previous post that went through installing Mono on Ubuntu using XSP. So you ask??? Why should i even bother installing mono on Apache when it works perfectly well on XSP?

Well the answer is simple check out Continue reading »

Configure mono, xsp asp.net applications in Ubuntu

So i was fiddling around on the Internet and i ran back into Mono again, and seeing as i spent some time with C#, windows and ASP.NET b4 switching to Ubuntu, PHP, Ruby, Rails i decided i would check out mono and try install it. Initially had two options. Synaptic or the apt-get…. And apt-get it was. So this is how i got mono and monodevelop running on my Ubuntu Feisty box.

1.
Fire up the terminal and type in.

$ sudo apt-get install mono mono-gmcs mono-gac mono-utils monodevelop monodoc-browser monodevelop-nunit monodevelop-versioncontrol


This will install the Mono base and get you ready to actually use mono but as for the testing and deployment of WEB APPLICATIONS that is another story. Enter XSP the C# based web server that you can deploy your web apps.

2.
To install the ASP.NET 2.0 environment Continue reading »

Ubuntu Feisty » increase screen resolution & blue screen error

So i just remember something very important, when playing around with your screen resolution on your Linux box please know what you are doing. Anyhow this is how i managed to resolve two of my problems on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.

Problems:

1. How do i increase my screen resolution?

ANS: Well there are a number of variables to consider, but i have an Nvidia graphics card so that is the basis. At the time i could only get only get “800 x 400″ at a refresh rate of 60Hz, and this just wasn’t cutting it.

2. I messed with the graphics or default keyboard settings on my Ubuntu box and now there is an error and i am getting a blue screen!!!!?!?

ANS: Do not panic. The screen reads something like “gdm is not Continue reading »