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Fast MySQL Backup Restoration
http://loopj.com/2009/07/06/fast-mysql-backup-restore
Fast MySQL Backup Restoration. Posted July 06, 2009. If you take regular backups using mysqldump, you’ll know that backing up a large database can often take a few minutes to complete. What most people don’t think about when creating these type of backups, is that restoring your database from mysqldump backup files takes much much longer. How Can I Speed Up This Process? By setting a couple of flags before you import your database dumps, you can dramatically speed up the restore process:.
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Android Smart Image View
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Android Smart Image View. Load Images from URLs or Android Contacts with Caching. Version 1.0.0 (latest). Or fork me on github. Is a drop-in replacement for Android’s standard. Which additionally allows images to be loaded from URLs or the user’s contact address book. Images are cached to memory and to disk for super fast loading. If you are also looking for a great android crash reporting. Service, I’d also recommend checking out my company, Bugsnag. Load images from a URL. Class is easily extendable.
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Flash Preloaders Don't Show with HTML Anchors
http://loopj.com/2009/08/05/flash-preloaders-dont-show-with-html-anchors
Flash Preloaders Don't Show with HTML Anchors. Posted August 05, 2009. If you use HTML anchors on your webpages (for example. Http:/ www.example.com/index.html#anchor. And also embed flash files, beware of a flash player bug which might cause preloaders on your swf files not to appear! Why does this happen? This flash preloader bug. Flash 6 has had the support for named anchors within swf files. If the swf file and preloader are outside your control, you’ll simply have to. I'm the co-founder of Bugsnag.
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The Original Microblogger
http://loopj.com/2008/06/13/the-original-microblogger
Posted June 13, 2008. I’ve just been reading an article about the diarist Robert Shields. Who sadly passed away last year, describing his amazing condition . Robert was thought to have hypergraphia. An overwhelming urge to write, and detailed every action of his life meticulously in a collection of diaries. The entries chronicled every 5 minutes of his life. Every mundane, boring detail, such as the following gem:. July 25, 1993. Tweeting every insignificant detail of their lives.
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Removing Gaps Under Images In CSS
http://loopj.com/2008/06/16/removing-gaps-under-images-in-css
Removing Gaps Under Images In CSS. Posted June 16, 2008. CSS veterans will probably already know this, but here’s a fix to a problem which has been bugging me for ages. If you have something like:. You may see a gap below the image on some browsers, a gap which cannot be removed by setting the padding/margins to 0:. This means your image will no longer act like flowing text and will no longer have a gap below it! James Smith, British entrepreneur and developer based in San Francisco.
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Unfinished TV Web App Looking for New Owner
http://loopj.com/2009/07/13/unfinished-tv-web-app-looking-for-new-owner
Unfinished TV Web App Looking for New Owner. Posted July 13, 2009. What is WeGot.tv? I’ve been working on a web app in my spare time for a while called wegot.tv. Which is intended to help people track their TV viewing online. I recently joined the team at Heyzap. And my focus has shifted away from wegot.tv, so I’m looking for someone to pick up the reigns and take it forward! You can see the current state of the the site at http:/ beta.wegot.tv. The Grand Vision ;). How Can You Help? Framework, TV show d...
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Python API for TheTVDB.com
http://loopj.com/2009/05/06/python-api-for-thetvdbcom
Python API for TheTVDB.com. Posted May 06, 2009. Is user contributed TV show and episode database which is used by many popular home theatre applications, such as XBMC. To look up details of TV shows. I’ve written a simple Python interface to their Programmer’s API. Which makes it possible for developers to extract the TV data they need from TheTVDB with minimal effort. Let me know if you find this useful, or you use it in any real projects! Yourself, and modify the import line at the top of the file.
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Extract GET Params from a JavaScript Script Tag
http://loopj.com/2010/06/12/simple-way-to-extract-get-params-from-a-javascript-script-tag
Extract GET Params from a JavaScript Script Tag. Posted June 12, 2010. Here’s a simple trick to extracting HTTP GET style parameters from a script tag, from within the script itself. We create a variety of games widgets that publishers can embed on their sites to instantly get great game content. Publishers can choose which games appear on their widget by supplying a custom embed key to the widget. Typically, you’d supply extra context to a javascript embed as follows:. Shut up and show me some code.
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jQuery Simple Slider
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Version 1.0.0 (latest). Or fork me on github. Drag the slider above. More demos can be found here. Simple Slider is a jQuery plugin which allows your users to select a value from a numerical range by simply dragging a slider. If you are also looking for a great JavaScript error monitoring. Solution, I’d also recommend checking out my company, Bugsnag. Configurable without editing any JavaScript. No external dependencies, apart from jQuery. Compact size, only 4kb. Unobtrusive JavaScript, activate using.
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NVD3 Erased From Existence
http://loopj.com/2012/11/16/nvd3-erased-from-existence
NVD3 Erased From Existence. Posted November 16, 2012. The following message was sent to admins of the nvd3 organization on GitHub:. Good day to you, admins of GitHub organization nvd3 . I’m writing on behalf of Novus Partners, the company that developed nvd3. This code has been released in open source form by mistake. The employee who put it out never obtained proper permission from management. Best regards, Max Afonov, Novus Partners, Inc. You can check out the discussion on the D3 Google Group.
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