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	<title>Matt Gibson</title>
	
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		<title>Fix DD-WRT Lighttpd error  “(server.c.1105) fdevent_init failed” on Asus WL-500</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I was messing with my Asus WL-500 and was having trouble getting lighttpd to start. I found some post in russian that I was able to decypher thanks to my excellent linguist skills (haha). Anyway, it&#8217;s pretty easy.
# ipkg install nano
# nano /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
and then change
# server.event-handler = «freebsd-kqueue» # needed on OS X
to
server.event-handler = [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight I was messing with my Asus WL-500 and was having trouble getting lighttpd to start. I found some post in russian that I was able to decypher thanks to my excellent linguist skills (haha). Anyway, it&#8217;s pretty easy.</p>
<blockquote><p># ipkg install nano</p>
<p># nano /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf</p></blockquote>
<p>and then change</p>
<blockquote><p># server.event-handler = «freebsd-kqueue» # needed on OS X</p></blockquote>
<p>to</p>
<blockquote><p>server.event-handler = «poll» # needed on OS X</p></blockquote>
<p>After changing this, lighttpd started right up with fastcgi php. </p>
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		<title>Office 2007 and the Live Office Popup window keeps popping up. Here’s how to remove it.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MattG/~3/KSX1eS7MMrc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have office? Want to get rid of that annoying &#8220;have you tried live office yet?&#8221; popup, that just doesn&#8217;t go away?
Create a new file on your desktop, called &#8220;officefix.txt&#8221;
Paste this into it;
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OfficeLive]
&#34;FirstRunCredsDeleted&#34;=dword:00000001
&#34;FirstRunDontShow&#34;=dword:00000001

Then rename that file to &#8220;officefix.reg&#8221;
Double click it to add it to your registry.
Re-run word, powerpoint, or whatever.
Thank me in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have office? Want to get rid of that annoying &#8220;have you tried live office yet?&#8221; popup, that just doesn&#8217;t go away?</p>
<p>Create a new file on your desktop, called &#8220;officefix.txt&#8221;</p>
<p>Paste this into it;</p>
<blockquote><p>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00</p>
<p>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OfficeLive]<br />
&quot;FirstRunCredsDeleted&quot;=dword:00000001<br />
&quot;FirstRunDontShow&quot;=dword:00000001</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Then rename that file to &#8220;officefix.reg&#8221;</p>
<p>Double click it to add it to your registry.</p>
<p>Re-run word, powerpoint, or whatever.</p>
<p>Thank me in the comments.</p>
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		<title>Fixing MySQL Error 1064 with PHPList when selecting new criteria</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MattG/~3/YHeUGRJMhd0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we had to fix a clients PHPlist. There was an error in their mysql select statement for whatever reason &#8211; whether it was their setup (they had some really weird group names and country names) or something with PHPList. Took us a while to figure it out, but as it turns out someone else [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we had to fix a clients PHPlist. There was an error in their mysql select statement for whatever reason &#8211; whether it was their setup (they had some really weird group names and country names) or something with PHPList. Took us a while to figure it out, but as it turns out someone <a href="http://mantis.phplist.com/view.php?id=15182">else had the same issue</a>.</p>
<p>Basically the fix is this:</p>
<p># nano /lists/admin/send_core.php</p>
<p>Find this</p>
<p>if (is_array($_POST["criteria_values"])) {<br />
$values = join(&#8220;, &#8220;,$_POST["criteria_values"]);<br />
} else {<br />
$values = $_POST["criteria_values"];<br />
}</p>
<p>and replace it with this</p>
<p>if (is_array($_POST["criteria_values"])) {<br />
# The following code checks for null values in the criteria_attribute array and removes them<br />
$values = $_POST["criteria_values"];<br />
foreach ($values as $key=&gt;$value) {<br />
if (!$value) {<br />
array_splice($values, $key, 1); // Remove null value from array<br />
}<br />
}<br />
$values = join(&#8220;, &#8220;,$values);<br />
#  $values = join(&#8220;, &#8220;,$_POST["criteria_values"]);<br />
} else {<br />
$values = $_POST["criteria_values"];<br />
}</p>
<p>Now everything should work, with no more mysql errors!</p>
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		<title>Just returned from Microsoft Tech Days 2008 in Ottawa</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MattG/~3/g_55w5YshZw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I got a buttload of free stuff from Tech Days 2008. Including, but not limited to &#8211; a Microsoft sticker, a cool toque, a spoon that also functions as a pen, a technet 6 month subscription, tech ed dvd sets, vs pro 2008, expression web, and a bunch of demo software. All in all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I got a buttload of free stuff from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/canada/techdays/">Tech Days 2008</a>. Including, but not limited to &#8211; a Microsoft sticker, a cool toque, a spoon that also functions as a pen, a technet 6 month subscription, tech ed dvd sets, vs pro 2008, expression web, and a bunch of demo software. All in all it was a great day, but, I didn&#8217;t like the fact that it started at like 7:30 am, way too early for geeky people.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of the free stuff</p>
<p align="center"><img alt="tech crunch techdays 2008 o" src="http://www.mattgibson.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tech-crunch-techdays-2008-o.gif" width="400" height="252" /></p>
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		<title>Cool, looks like I’m in the PS3 Home Beta. Along with thousands of others no doubt.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MattG/~3/FfaxGg7IWa8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mattgibson.ca/2008/11/21/cool-looks-like-im-in-the-ps3-home-beta-along-with-thousands-of-others-no-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELCOME TO HOME BETA
Dear PlayStation®Network member,
Congratulations, you have been selected to help beta test PlayStation®Home!
We appreciate your help in making the PlayStation®Home experience the best it can be! Please log in to Home this evening from 6 pm &#8211; 8 pm PST for a big celebration of Version 1.0 and a load test of our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WELCOME TO HOME BETA<br />
Dear PlayStation®Network member,</p>
<p>Congratulations, you have been selected to help beta test PlayStation®Home!</p>
<p>We appreciate your help in making the PlayStation®Home experience the best it can be! Please log in to Home this evening from 6 pm &#8211; 8 pm PST for a big celebration of Version 1.0 and a load test of our new features.</p>
<p>How to download<br />
After you have signed in with your PlayStation®Network Account:<br />
- Go to the PlayStation®Store on the PLAYSTATION(R)3 system XMB™ (XrossMediaBar)<br />
- Select &#8220;Redeem Codes&#8221;<br />
- Enter the code (below)<br />
- Click &#8220;Continue&#8221;<br />
- The download will be available on the next screen</p>
<p>XXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX</p>
<p>Please note: The unique code is case sensitive and must be entered exactly as displayed.</p>
<p>Thank you for your continued support of the PlayStation®Network, and we look forward to seeing you in PlayStation®Home.</p>
<p>Yours truly,</p>
<p>The PlayStation®Network<br />
Sony Computer Entertainment America</p>
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		<title>The desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my desk in a blurry as hell photo. Enjoy.
&#160;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my desk in a blurry as hell photo. Enjoy.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img alt="IMAG0002" src="http://www.mattgibson.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/imag0002.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p>
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		<title>New World Record for Sending Camera to Atmosphere? The Great Balloon Chase sends camera up 37.28KM.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MattG/~3/60qXZtCq1U4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mattgibson.ca/2008/11/17/new-world-record-for-sending-camera-to-atmosphere-the-great-balloon-chase-sends-camera-up-3728km/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A buddy of mine helped to send a camera up this weekend in the Great Balloon Chase. Pretty neat stuff. They may have even beaten a world record, how cool is that.
From the Home Page

An excellent mission where almost everything went right!  The prep, launch event, flight and chase could not have gone much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A buddy of mine helped to send a camera up this weekend in the <a href="http://greatballoonchase.ca/">Great Balloon Chase</a>. Pretty neat stuff. They may have even beaten a world record, how cool is that.</p>
<p>From the Home Page</p>
<blockquote>
<p>An excellent mission where almost everything went right!  The prep, launch event, flight and chase could not have gone much better, especially given the weather.   This was an excellent team effort.</p>
<p>We reached an altitude of  at least 122,323&#8242;or 37.28km (not official yet, there are reports of a higher altitude).  This surpassed a world record that stood for years before being broken by another group this past summer!  To view the track of the balloon:</p>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center"><img alt="img 7531-640x480" src="http://www.mattgibson.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/img-7531-640x480.jpg" width="400" height="300" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>You can view the map on Google Maps. It will show you the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=http:%2F%2Fsuprdelux.com%2FLASA-Balloon%2F2008-11-15%2FLASA%2520Balloon%2520Track%2520And%2520Pictures%2520(VE3REX-11).kmz&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=45.303871,-75.338745&amp;spn=1.0084,3.078918&amp;t=h&amp;z=9">path of the balloon</a>, and the <a href="http://suprdelux.com/LASA-Balloon/2008-11-15/allpictures.html">pictures</a> it took along the way.</p>
<p>If you just want to skip right to <a href="http://suprdelux.com/LASA-Balloon/2008-11-15/allpictures.html">the pictures</a>, you can also do that <img src='http://www.mattgibson.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Great work on <a href="http://greatballoonchase.ca/">this project</a> guys. Love to see stuff like this.</p>
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		<title>Getting Sendmail to work with Rogers and Smarthost settings</title>
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		<comments>http://www.mattgibson.ca/2008/11/10/getting-sendmail-to-work-with-rogers-and-smarthost-settings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t do this myself so I can&#8217;t vouch for it, but there was a recent discussion on one of the mailing lists I&#8217;m on about getting Sendmail to work with Rogers Smarthost settings.
Apparently this howto:

http://www.newthink.net/2007/05/18/smarthost-authentication-with-sendmail/

Will get you going, but there is one critical change you must make as determined by the Hugo on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t do this myself so I can&#8217;t vouch for it, but there was a recent discussion on one of the mailing lists I&#8217;m on about getting Sendmail to work with Rogers Smarthost settings.</p>
<p>Apparently this howto:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.newthink.net/2007/05/18/smarthost-authentication-with-sendmail/">http://www.newthink.net/2007/05/18/smarthost-authentication-with-sendmail/</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Will get you going, but there is one critical change you must make as determined by the Hugo on the mailing list.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to use <strong>smtp-rog.mail.yahoo.com</strong> in authinf and <strong>not smtp.broadband.rogers.com</strong>!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Also, if you want to use an external authinfo file, add this to your sendmail.mc file.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>FEATURE(`authinfo&#8217;, `hash -o /etc/mail/authinfo.db&#8217;)dnl</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Again, I didn&#8217;t try this myself, but I know some of you use Rogers and this may come in handy.</p>
<p>Another Reference on <a href="http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.mail.sendmail/browse_thread/thread/fe30c6b628c60e0e?pli=1">SMTP and Rogers Smarthost with Sendmail</a> is here.</p>
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		<title>Illustrator or Photoshop “Unknown Error” when saving or can’t use type tool. Fixed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No thanks to Adobe, even after numerous complaints going all the way back to Creative Suite 1, if you have a bad font on your system, you may have issues saving as an .ai in Illustrator. You&#8217;ll get the dreaded &#8220;an unknown error has occured&#8221;.
If you disable PDF compatibility, it will save, but that&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No thanks to Adobe, even after numerous complaints going all the way back to Creative Suite 1, if you have a bad font on your system, you may have issues saving as an .ai in Illustrator. You&#8217;ll get the dreaded &#8220;an unknown error has occured&#8221;.</p>
<p>If you disable PDF compatibility, it will save, but that&#8217;s not good enough!</p>
<p>You may also have a problem in Photoshop, where whenever you try and type on the canvas, it says an unknown error has occured in the font rendering engine or something to that effect. Again, similar error, stupid Adobe.</p>
<p>Turns out if you go to your fonts directory, hit CTRL-A to select all items, then go to the file menu, &#8220;copy fonts to&#8221; and select a folder on your desktop. Copy all the fonts to this folder, wait till it&#8217;s done.</p>
<p>Now go ahead and download a free trial of <a href="http://www.insidersoftware.com/">Font Agent</a> for Windows. And let it analyze all your fonts. It will tell you which fonts are bad.</p>
<p>Go back to your windows font directory, delete the bad fonts. Restart Photoshop, or illustrator, and you should be able to save again.</p>
<p>This comes after probably 6 hours of trying different fixes with the transparancy settings, the font cache, font .lst files, adobe presets deleting, app setttings deleting, etc this is the only thing that fixed it.</p>
<p>Maybe it&#8217;d be nice if Adobe included a little &#8220;verify my fonts&#8221; checkbox and alerted us to bad fonts. That&#8217;d probably be too easy though.</p>
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		<title>The Gimp is better than Photoshop when it comes to Arabic or other Right to Left typefaces.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently we had to do some work in Arabic for a client of ours. We had never used Arabic in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator before. So when the client asked &#8220;you can do Arabic&#8221; the response was &#8220;oh yeah of course&#8221; without giving it a second thought. Windows supports Arabic, so in turn Adobe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently we had to do some work in Arabic for a client of ours. We had never used Arabic in <a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe Photoshop</a> or <a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe Illustrator</a> before. So when the client asked &#8220;you can do Arabic&#8221; the response was &#8220;oh yeah of course&#8221; without giving it a second thought. Windows supports Arabic, so in turn Adobe will right?</p>
<p><strong>Wrong.</strong></p>
<p>Adobe does not support Right to left languages like Hebrew or Arabic. Instead you must purchase the separate &#8220;<a href="http://www.fontworld.com/me/photoshopme.html">Middle Eastern</a>&#8221; version of Creative Suite, Photoshop or Illustrator. There are also a couple plugins available that we found that claim to enable Right to Left typefaces in Photoshop. When we actually found them, it turns out that most are for Mac, or just dont&#8217; work past Photoshop 7. We use CS3, so we were out of luck.</p>
<p>So, after much searching, trying, etc. What did we end up doing? What we should have done in the first place.</p>
<p>We downloaded <a href="http://www.gimp.org/windows/">The Gimp</a> for Windows, created a new artwork, typed our arabic text in, and used a proper Arabic font. Then we saved the item as a 600 DPI psd file and imported it into photoshop. It&#8217;s not editable like real text, but, it&#8217;s good enough for us.</p>
<p>Might save someone else some hours of frustration. Good luck.</p>
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