Monthly Archives: April 2009

Some new (upcoming) PostgreSQL features

These are some random new PostgreSQL features that I'm interested in: The EXECUTE USING feature in PostgreSQL 8.4 will allow the use of more secure dynamic SQL in PL/PgSQL. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on April 15, 2009, at 22:04 | No comments

Blog posts don’t need a point

I take blogging very literal. For me, the primary use of a weblog is to keep a log of (complicated) thoughts and activities. The reason to keep a log is very self-evident: to be able to find out how and why I came to some solution or how far I was in the problem-solving process. This becomes ever so clear to me when I find myself confronted with finding out something which I'm sure I already did. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on April 15, 2009, at 21:04 | No comments

Writing a MediaWiki Gravatars template

This is a tutorial for MediaWiki users who want to learn how to create and use templates. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on April 15, 2009, at 21:04 | No comments

Finding a decent GeSHi plugin for WordPress

I like GeSHi (enough even to have written a language file for it). For ages now, I've used a WordPress plugin by Dan Peverill. But for as long as I've been using the plugin, I've been looking to get rid of it. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on April 13, 2009, at 16:04 | 2 comments

wmsystray, a notification area DockApp for WindowMaker

Many X apps these days require a system tray. GNOME and KDE have system tray applets enabled in their panels by default. WindowMaker doesn't have a panel. It supports DockApps, which are, of course, much cooler. :-P Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on April 08, 2009, at 22:04 | No comments

Increasing (encrypted) disk image size with dd

When you have a raw disk image file, you may need to increase its size at some point. With dd, you can do this: Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on April 03, 2009, at 10:04 | No comments