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Removing trailing spaces with vim
After recently reading about how great VIM is for the three hundredth and fifty second time (I kept count), I decided to take a look.
It really is quite cool! I've also decided to try to log any cool tips I learn about it. Here is the first which I found after running the coder module on one of my modules (Page Title 2) and it threw hundreds of errors about too many trailing spaces on empty lines.
Generate random string in MySQL
Have you ever wanted to generate a random string in MySQL, say for assigning a random password to a list of users? Well here is a usefull tip!
Synergy for OSX Leopard
I recently setup my PC in the living room with my TV so I could play games and watch streamed video from the net (eg, BBC's iPlayer). Unfortunately this always meant having a keyboard and mouse attached.
Then came along Synergy.
Global Redirect Update
One of my most popular Drupal modules - Global Redirect - has just had an update from 1.2 to 1.3. This update includes several fixes for the following:
My First Drupal Theme
I have just finished commiting my very first theme to the drupal community! I'm not a designer by nature - I prefer to be deep in the code. Thats why I commited this theme - it contains very little design (in terms of Photoshop work). This design is, pretty much, image free! On top of that - its SEO friendly too!
I say 'Pretty much' because it is still using 3 core image files for the bullet points. But what I'm pleased about is the curved CSS-only corners with a slight gradient on them AND the fact that if you remove content from a column, the content fills out over it automatically.
American Boy Remix
My mate and Kasha have done a REALLY nice remix of the fairly recent song American Boy by Estelle. You can hear it on KashaMusic.co.uk…