When I’ve tried to develop my own module to integrate SugarCRM and RT2 I was surprised SugarCRM dosn’t suport using more than one database at one time! I’m a new in PHP. That’s why I spent a time to find why SugarCRM didn’t work at all! Probably, it is not good solution to connect to the database directly instead of using some webservice. But RT2 […]
FC4: Finding modem
I upgrated my home computer up Fedora Core 4 and I was surprised when I tried to connect to Internet – my modem was not found (yeah, I still have dial-up connection but for me it’s enough). After two hours Google searching I found a way how configure the modem. I run a Linux utility wvdialconf and it found the modem on ttyS14. Then I […]
New Gmail Features
Gmail is one of the best places which offer free email box announced some new features: new languages for interface, rich text formatting with highlighting, integration with Picasa to send photos directly from PC, support for more browsers (that good tendency!), signature options etc. I like those guys! They are creative! But they really need to improve Gmail SPAM filter 🙂
Site Changes
I’ve changed a picture on the top of page. I’ve put there a photo of morning St Petersburg. It’s really beautiful!!! Hope it looks better than previous picture 🙂
PDF Merge
Recently I’ve faced with problem of creation one PDF file from many PDF files. I’ve found pdfmerge4unix. Basically, this is a simple Perl script which uses GNU Ghostscript to copy source PDF files into one PostScript file and then converts it into PDF. I’ve modified a little pdfmerge4unix: added possibility specify absolute path to the source files; added possibility to display some useful debug information; […]
The 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower
Mars joins the Perseid meteor shower for a beautiful display on August 12th. So, write down your wishes 🙂 because there will be many falling meteors. Perseid meteors fly out of the constellation Perseus, hence their name. The best time to watch is during the hours before sunrise when Perseus is high in the sky: sky map. Between 2 a.m. and dawn on August 12th, […]
Register you work time with myHours
Further to online calendar which was found by Leonid I’d like to suggest another useful (I hope) web tool. myHours is a web based system to register work time. There is a possibility to work with many projects, create a nice looking reports, print them, excport to Excel or send by email, create tasks etc. myHours has a very simple and functional user interface. Well […]
Managing your projects with Planner
All developers sooner or later face with a problem of planning they projects. Planner which is a project management tool for the Gnome desktop can make developers live easier. Recently I’ve discovered an interesting article from RedHat Magazine – Managing your projects with Planner is Planner. There are clear and helpful recommendations about using Planner to plan a project and trace its development. Basically, Planer […]