Just writing this so I can remember it later. Had a horrible time trying to figure out how to get my Canon Pixma IP1500 printer working in OpenSUSE 11. The trick was to find the right compat rpm which has the libpng.so.2 stuff.
The article is here
http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/archives-tips-tricks-tweaks/322220-canon-drivers-where-they-2.html
Hard to find the rpm file, so its here:
compat-200442-3i586
And you [...]
About a year or so ago, I got introduced to MythTV which is a fantastic linux based application that turns your computer into a full fledged home theatre PC. Among its many options, you get:
Video recorder
Movie player/DVD ripper (with support for all sorts of formats)
Music player/CD ripper
Weather
Games via emulators like MAME and SNES
Photo gallery [...]
I found a great little gem called RS-Discuss, a Wordpress forum plugin. Now, we don’t need to install complicated and bloated forum software for our blogs. RS-Discuss is a lightweight plugin that gives you all the basics for forums. The plugin was originally created by Robert Sargant, but seems like he has lost interest and [...]
There are definately some gotchas with Adwords that you need to avoid if you’re just starting out. First of all, there’s this voodoo bidding system that they use, which most people don’t understand. Add on top of that the dual mode, Content vs Search network ads, and enough vague rules to confuse even the best, [...]
I’ve written a very cool Wordpress Plugin and repackaged a pre-existing pack of 30 themes that will make your life a lot easier if you’re trying to use Adsense on your blog. The themes are very clean two column with middle content designs. What makes my package special is the layout manager which [...]
I’m putting together a release of Dolphin containing all of my patches which includes:
– RSS Feeds for blogs
– RSS Feeds for articles
– SEO article urls
– Adsense ad placements
– Free video player
– Free video upload
– Lots of bug fixes (so many I forgot what they were)
– CSS fixes (left justify text)
– Cell phone image capture (users [...]
By default, when you install a wordpress blog and start blogging, your home page displays all of your recent posts. However, with Adsense, you can only display 3 ads per page. Most Wordpress users put an ad at the end of each article. If you do this on your home page, you [...]
Heres a Tip for you Dolphin hackers
The title tags for Dolphin articles do not reflect the actual article title. This is important for search engine indexing. So here’s how to fix it:
This hack requires modifying two files, first:
articles.php
line 33:
$_page_cont[$_ni]['page_main_code'] = PageCompArticles();
The PageCompArticles() function is responsible for calling subordinate code that displays the article, [...]