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Second Hand Wedding & Bridal Wear
Attention Brides looking for a bargain!
Wedding Central’s Classifieds is has hundred’s of items for sale from wedding gowns to bridal accessories.
And best of all, it’s free to use. That’s right, there are no fees when it comes time to sell. And with thousands of Australian brides visiting Wedding Central daily, you’re sure to sell your […]
bzip2 - Howto Compress and Decompress .bz2 files
bzip2 (.bz2 files) is a free and open source (BSD-style license) lossless data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward.
Blu-ray & HD DVD Format Wars
Warner Brothers are now releasing movies exclusively on Blu-ray discs. It now appears that Blu-ray will be the winner of the format wars betweeen Blu-ray and HD DVD.
Movie titles released on Blu-ray from Hollywood Studios Blu-ray Sony/MGM, Disney, 20th Century Fox, New Line, Lionsgate and now Warner Brothers, will have over 70% of the DVD […]
Microsoft Desktop 7000 Wireless Review
I recently purchased the Microsoft Desktop 7000 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse because I got tired of changing batteries on my other wireless mouse which seemed to be every couple of weeks. I selected the Desktop 7000 because it was the only one available with a rechargeable mouse (the Desktop 8000 also has a rechargeable mouse […]
Howto tar and untar gzip files
Tar is a unix (linux, freeBSD, Sun Solaris etc.) command line program and file extension. It stands for Tape ARchive. If you have had the pleasure to work with tapes such as reel-to-reel or cartridges you know how frustrading it is to find and retrieve a file. Tar made life a little easier - sometimes. Now days, tar can be used to backup or archive files on any media including CD’s, DVD’s, USB storage devices, remote webservers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
3CX PABX and Engin VOIP
I found a great Windows program which runs a PABX (PBX). 3CX offers a free version of the PABX software (as well as a pro version with additional features).
3CX is easy to install and configure through a web browser GUI. Using Linksys IP Phones (SPA941), I have setup 2 ip phones to connect to […]
Bad Vista
The Free Software Foundation is running an educational program about the restrictions Microsoft Vista places on your computer. An interesting read - visit Bad Vista.
PHP Search Engine Script
Searching the net for php search script proved to be more difficult than I realised.
I was looking for a search engine script which ran on PHP (php4 or php5) using MySQL.
The search engine script had to handle multiple domains or sub domains. It also had to be customisable to suit the website.
Most importantly, it […]
Cpanel Custom Apache httpd.conf configuration
Cpanel has a new method of editing and configuring the httpd.conf config file.
See the following page which is quite useful:
http://www.jangro.com/a/2007/11/23/cpanel-easyapache-and-customizing-httpdconf/
Photo Gallery Error - .htaccess: RewriteEngine not allowed here
I currently upgraded Gallery which is a php photo gallery script - and a very good one, I highly recommend it.
I upgraded because I moved the site from an Ensim based dedicated server to a Cpanel based dedicated server. The site is hosted as a virtual host name.
I had some problems with Server 500 Errors […]



