Category Archives: Technical

“Rational” IT related entries.

WordPress network with any domains and paths, no plugins required

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

Goal: host several blogs from a single WordPress installation. Each blog should be reachable from a any domain and directory. For example: http://example1.com/blog http://example1.fr/blog http://example2.com/something-else http://example3.com … etc. It turned out to be possible without 3rd party plugins. You’d only … Continue reading →

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NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac vs. ATi Radeon HD 5870 for Mac

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

Just had a chance to compare NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac (2GB memory) and ATi Radeon HD 5870 for Mac (1GB memory) in games. I didn’t bother much making a “real” and precise benchmark — if you need that, visit specialized websites.

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Where does StarCraft II save screenshots in Mac OS X?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

When you press F13 to take a screenshot in StarCraft II, the game saves it as a JPG file to: /Users/<your OS username>/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/StarCraft II/Accounts/<your SC2 account ID>/<some subfolder>/Screenshots

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The cause for all your Mac OS X mouse annoyances

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Dae

…are 32 milliseconds. The main problem of mouse movement in Mac OS X is not acceleration — it’s lag.

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Switch input language by caps lock in Windows

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dae

(Эта статья также доступна на русском языке). One and half years ago I wrote an article called “Select input language by Caps Lock in Mac OS X” and later it started appearing in Google results for users searching the same … Continue reading →

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Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Windows

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dae

(This article is as well available in English). Полтора года назад я написал статью «Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Mac OS X», и так получилось, что поисковики в своей выдаче показывают ее не только макинтошникам, но и пользователям … Continue reading →

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Apache / mod_auth: use both require group and require user

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dae

Consider the following configuration in .htaccess/httpd.conf (or wherever): AuthName “My Super Secret Area” AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd AuthGroupFile /path/to/htgroup Require group bestmates Require user randomguy Where user randomguy does not belong to the group bestmates.

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ExtJs 4: password validation + random password button

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dae

This one is simple.

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ExtJs 4: dealing with messages (and errors) from an Ajax or REST proxy

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dae

When sending Ajax or REST requests, a proxy of ExtJs 4 typically expects a response with the following parameters: data, success and message. The message parameter is optional, but it may come in handy when you want to show the … Continue reading →

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ExtJs 4: submit form on enter

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dae

It’s a shame that such a powerful framework as ExtJs 4 does not have this feature built-in.

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