Fbloggs Geekdom http://www.fbloggs.com Duncan's musings on tech related topics Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:29:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Instructions for using a RAVIOLCASA 12 http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/07/24/instructions-for-using-a-raviolcasa-12/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/07/24/instructions-for-using-a-raviolcasa-12/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:21:17 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=359 This post is for a different kind of technology – a ravioli template for making raviolis from fresh pasta. I have a hand-crank pasta machine that I use occasionally for making homemade pasta- usually fettucini. This weekend I purchased a…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/07/24/instructions-for-using-a-raviolcasa-12/feed/ 2 How To Write an SQL Trigger for IBM i http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/04/24/how-to-write-an-sql-trigger-for-ibm-i/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/04/24/how-to-write-an-sql-trigger-for-ibm-i/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:45:29 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=352 In Product Development at our company we are considering a new approach to writing transactions functions (used for shopping cart applications, etc.) which suggests a use for database triggers.  We want to update the transaction header with the current timestamp…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/04/24/how-to-write-an-sql-trigger-for-ibm-i/feed/ 0 Tip for getting Gmail email attachments into Google Docs with Chrome http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/02/25/tip-for-getting-gmail-email-attachments-into-google-docs-with-chrome/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/02/25/tip-for-getting-gmail-email-attachments-into-google-docs-with-chrome/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:54:00 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=347 If you use Gmail and Chrome as your browser you can take advantage of Chrome’s clever file upload functionality to include Gmail attachments in Google docs. Chrome has drag and drop functionality that lets you drag a file from anywhere…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2011/02/25/tip-for-getting-gmail-email-attachments-into-google-docs-with-chrome/feed/ 6 New Version of jQuery UI Feedback plugin http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/09/24/new-version-of-jquery-ui-feedback-plugin/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/09/24/new-version-of-jquery-ui-feedback-plugin/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:06:26 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=340 The jQuery UI Feedback plugin I wrote lets you show an informational or error message next to a UI component on your page. Its primary intended use is for AJAX-driven applications, where you want to provide some…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/09/24/new-version-of-jquery-ui-feedback-plugin/feed/ 0 How to access cross-domain data with AJAX using JSONP, jQuery and PHP http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:21:49 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=310 I’m guessing that if you are reading this post you have already encountered the problem of the same origin policy with regards to retrieving data with AJAX from urls in other domains than your’s (the requesting domain). This…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/07/09/how-to-access-cross-domain-data-with-ajax-using-jsonp-jquery-and-php/feed/ 8 How To Assign The Current Date and Time to a MySQL Datetime Field using PHP http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:50:49 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=295 This is a no-brainer, but I always forget how to do it. MySQL datetime fields are stored in this format: 2010-02-18 10:33:18. Here’s a trivial example showing you how to populate a datetime field with the current date in the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/18/how-to-assign-the-current-date-and-time-to-a-mysql-field-using-php/feed/ 1 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 2: How To Create Widget-style Boxes http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:05:21 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=280 This is the second post in a series on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.    Here’s the first one.

Today I’ll show you how to create a nice looking box that has…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/03/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-2-how-to-create-widget-style-boxes/feed/ 7 How To Embed A Google Calendar Gadget In Your Web Site http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/02/01/how-to-embed-a-google-calendar-gadget-in-your-web-site/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:28:40 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=277 Google provides two simple ways, other than you writing your own client code to talk to their APIs, to embed a calendar in your web page. One method is easily found by http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=269 This is version 1.0.1. It corrects a bug where the ‘above’ and ‘below’ options did not work, and it also lets you place a message immediately above an element, with the left side of the message area aligned with the…

]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/22/new-version-of-jquery-feedback-plugin-released/feed/ 0 The jQuery UI CSS Framework – Part 1: Intro and How To Style a Button http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/ http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:39:43 +0000 fbloggs http://www.fbloggs.com/?p=252 This is the first in a series of articles on the jQuery UI CSS Framework.. This is a powerful suite of CSS selectors that you can use to build web applications with a consistent UI. The main ]]> http://www.fbloggs.com/2010/01/20/the-jquery-ui-css-framework-part-1-intro-and-how-to-style-a-button/feed/ 7