After upgrade to the new version of Linux (Mint 13, which is based on Ubuntu Precise) I’d found that my trackpoint is not working right (on Dell E6410), it was bit unresponsive and movement was not smooth. Touchpad was generally OK, but trackpoint really sucked. So I had to look into details of mouse setup in X and I was really surprised how many various parameters are there and how many aspects of mouse behaviour could be modified. So I’d like to share few tips how to set pointing device – apart of those obvious settings, which are available in desktop settings (Acceleration and Sensitivity).
In many scenarios it would be nice if we can provide some dynamic actions to report (classical) region, which can be handled via Ajax calls, rather then submitting a whole page – these actions could include:
I ‘ve recently created multiselect plugin for APEX 4.1 – there is still little information about how exactly write APEX plugins, and some aspects – like cascading LOV, I have not found explained anywhere, so I’d like to share my experiences here:
What You Need
To write plugin you will need:
Oracle Database and APEX running somewhere – the installation manual for APEX is very good and you can go step by step according to it
Knowledge of PL/SQL – it is good to have PL/SQL Reference at your hand
Some knowledge of APEX and also some basic knowledge of plugins – try some available tutorials you can find on web – this article will focus on rather specific issues within Item plugin.
Oracle SQL/Developer (or other development tool)- to write PL/SQL – optional, if you are PL/SQL god and can write correct code by heart – if you struggling with PL/SQL like me this is an invaluable helper.
Web server running on your local machine – to help to develop Javascript part of plugin
Visual Python or vpython is python library for simple 3D animation, especially useful for animation of simple physical scenes – like pendulum, ball on a spring, movement in gravitational field etc. It is fairly simple to use and gives quite nice animations, which can demonstrate some laws of physics. I actually spot this package, when I saw an article about physics in popular mobile game “Angry Birds – Space”. In that article they had been arguing about physics laws in the game and also referred to vpython, where they made some experiments. I told myself I have to try it myself, so I’ve created small program using vpython. Continue reading Having 3D fun with Visual Python→
In some places Internet access is available only via proxy, which in practice means that you are limited to HTTP and HTTPS protocols only. But if you have external email accounts like Gmail, this is bit limiting, because you cannot access your email via IMAP protocol from your email client.
However there can be a solution – if proxy support HTTPS protocol, it means also that it supports CONNECT method that tunnels a connection to remote server unchanged. This method could be used to tunnel any protocol, so basically it could tunnel also IMAP ( and SMTP for outgoing email). Continue reading Accessing IMAP/SMTP via HTTPS Proxy→
Aptana studia is a plugin to Eclipse, which contains many useful modules (like PyDev) and amongst many also GIT module. However this module is different than EGit ( and EGit cannot be installed because it conflicts with Aptana Git)so manual on Github is not applicable. So how does it work? On my recent project I’ve tried to use it and here is quick guide how to create project and push it to Github. Continue reading Aptana Studio And Git/Github→
When I was starting this site I was looking for a reliable solution to backup the site. I have been looking bit around and found this excellent plugin for WordPress: BackWPup
This plugin is absolutely awesome, with many features, just mentioning few key ones:
You can create backup job, where you can define what tables and what files will be backed up – thus you can basically backup all site, or selectively just critical data
You can store backup file to many locations: locally, to remote server or to many popular cloud services (Amazon S3, DropBox …) – so the backup available even when site is completely down.
You can schedule backups with any periodicity (cron like scheduler) – you can also run it manually
It works well even in limited hosting environments
One of customization I’ve done for this WordPress theme was to put label text over search input. I’ve found that quite nice design element and space saving optimization.
Bit more on my old site. Old site was created some 15 years ago, with intent of simple and minimalistic space for some of testing and playing SW projects of mine. It had served me well so I decided to keep a copy also on this server, however I will not transfer all content to new site – mainly because some stuff there is really ancient and I’ve lost interest in it. I may transfer some content, which I consider still interesting or something that I’ll return to..
After upgrade to the new version of Linux (Mint 13, which is based on Ubuntu Precise) I’d found that my trackpoint is not working right (on Dell E6410), it was bit unresponsive and movement was not smooth. Touchpad was generally OK, but trackpoint really sucked. So I had to look into details of mouse setup in X and I was really surprised how many various parameters are there and how many aspects of mouse behaviour could be modified. So I’d like to share few tips how to set pointing device – apart of those obvious settings, which are available in desktop settings (Acceleration and Sensitivity).
