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Comment on The 5 types of programmers by Allan

Allan — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:08:30 +0000

Duct tape. Just that simple.

Comment on Setting up an Ubuntu LAMP server. Part 1: Initial setup by Vik

Vik — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:30:15 +0000

Hi Steve

I am very new with setting up Ubuntu servers and have found your articles very helpful.

One problem, however, that I have had is that when I try to configure the SSH server to allow a new user to connect I see the message “Server refused our key”. I have been able to successfully create the new user, add him to sudoers file, and allow him access to SSH via the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, but I cannot get the user to connect. I can only connect with the ubuntu user. Any thoughts on how I should proceed. I have tried searching online, but to no avail.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Comment on The 5 types of programmers by یک برنامه نویس – قسمت دوم » من آزادم

یک برنامه نویس – قسمت دوم » من آزادم — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:27:22 +0000

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Comment on Custom link click tracking using Omniture by K.Adam White

K.Adam White — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:24:23 +0000

Resurrecting a somewhat old thread to thank you for posting this—I came across your article after implementing a similar system myself, and it was good to have that approach validated by such a thorough article!
The one addendum I will add is to link to my own version of that sb_tracklinks.track() function: I took a slightly different approach that takes a few more options, primarily to use an object-based approach to defining events, eVars and props but also to let you point events at an arbitrary tracking suite for debugging purposes. It’s a little heavier than your code, but for us it improved readability within our jQuery event handlers.
I posted the code at https://gist.github.com/2470993

Comment on Reset cascading style sheets are bad practice by Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:43:48 +0000

I think CSS reset files are a great way to save you a lot of debugging and browser testing time.
If you want small code, then just add only the styles you really wish to reset and leave all others out.

You have a point in the section Accessibility. But I always set the outlines to 0. Then later I can add accessibility by using :focus for example:

input:focus {
border-color:#0000ff;
}

The reset file I use in most of my projects is just under 400 Bytes, so that should’t affect performance much. Heres a link if anyone cares:

http://www.htmltweaks.com/Reset_Browser-Specific_CSS_Styles

Comment on How to set up a Team Fortress 2 dedicated server on Ubuntu by Todd

Todd — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:15:35 +0000

I am trying to transition to Linux from windows. I have a couple questions.

1. Does running srcds as a service restart the service if it locks up?
2. I also would like to know how to autoupdate in linux.

Comment on Comparison of popular social bookmarking widgets by hp

hp — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:05:17 +0000

Hi Steven,
This is a great effort…. Hope you would you be able to slip in some hours to redo the analysis for 2012….

Comment on The 5 types of programmers by LinkFest | rand(TALK)

LinkFest | rand(TALK) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:41:14 +0000

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Comment on The 5 types of programmers by Chris Oliver

Chris Oliver — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:04:26 +0000

The legendary programmer… The man nobody dares attempt to converse with.
His code can move mountains, and bring the population to their peasant knees.

Muahahaha!

Right?

Comment on The 5 types of programmers by Geoffrey Hale

Geoffrey Hale — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:35:04 +0000

I’m some combination of the anti-programming programmer, though really I’m just a hack, and the OCD perfectionist, though I don’t really know what I’m doing so it’s only gold in my world…