#28: crontab settings for deploying Ultrasphinx
Solved!on March 28, 2009, 07:36 AM UTC — from 
yliu
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yliu
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the SelfSolved instance deployed uses Ultrasphinx for its full-text indexer and search provider. The sphinx indexer needs to be run regularly to index new text that appears on the site.
I need crontab incantations to set the indexer to create delta indexes...
#27: Please select a file before uploading
on March 24, 2009, 03:52 AM UTC — from 
vlad
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vlad
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I have a problem when allowing users to select a profile image on the registration form. The image is being lost between the confirmation page and the checkout page. So after submitting the form, I land on the first confirmation page without any problem. But...
#26: Switch a MySQL table charset to UTF8
Solved!on March 16, 2009, 11:17 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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I would like to switch a MySQL table or database to the UTF-8 character set, after it has already been created as Latin1.
#25: Create bookmarklet that uses an iframe to submit data
on March 13, 2009, 10:25 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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The current SelfSolved bookmarklet takes you out of page context (it redirects you). I want to create a bookmarklet that opens up an iframe on the current page. This, is of course, cross-domain.
#23: Compile tsocks 1.8.x on OS X
on March 05, 2009, 02:49 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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One persistent problem that I run into is that I need to access certain network resources through a SOCKS proxy server. This works great for web resources, but I also need SSH and Subversion access. SOCKS support in these tools are woefully inadequate or...
#22: Pylons - how to turn off caching completely
Solved!on February 27, 2009, 06:53 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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Using Pylons 0.9.6, it would be desireable to turn off template caching completely at the Beaker level so that template changes would be reflected immediately during development.
#21: Eclipse: exclude directories from file searches
Solved!
on February 21, 2009, 09:10 AM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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In Python / Pylons projects, there is often a data directory consist of semi-compiled text used for template generation. It would be useful if I can skip searching over these files while working in Eclipse. Eclipse has a functionality to search for strings...
#20: Subversion: ignore a version controlled file on commit
on February 18, 2009, 11:02 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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For my project, I have several runtime configuration files that differs on each machine it's installed on. Each developer that works on the project needs to make changes to the conf file, but I don't want the developer-dependent, custom settings in their individual...
#19: Performance Teknique Car Alarm ICBM-7071
on February 17, 2009, 01:18 AM UTC — from vlad
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vlad
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Installing ICBM-7071 car alarm in 2002 Ford Crown Vic.
Problem1 - Solved
The indicated trunk switch input on the 8 pin connector was mislabeled. The manual said that the third wire from the left should be a black wire for the trunk input but the actual wire...
#14: Setting up trac under mod_wsgi returns NULL result error
on February 12, 2009, 12:29 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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When accessing the trac URI, a text/plain document is returned with Python errors, ending with
SystemError: NULL result without error in PyObject_Call
#13: Compiling mod_wsgi fails with relocation error
on February 12, 2009, 08:09 AM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(node.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a: could not read symbols: Bad...
#12: Find all words that end in...
on February 11, 2009, 09:07 AM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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Given a list of words in a text file, one word per line (such as, /usr/share/dict/words on OS X) there should be a quick way to find all words that end in a substring.
Example:
Find all words that end in "me"
assume
consume
presume
...
#11: Python formencode doesn't run validations when input is None
on February 07, 2009, 11:29 AM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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Using FormEncode 1.0.1, validations don't seem to run when an input value of None is provided to the FancyValidator.to_python or Schema.to_python method.
Example
validation schema:
class ValidToken(formencode.FancyValidator):
def _to_python(self, value...
#10: How can I tell if a PNG has transparency?
Solved!on February 06, 2009, 12:22 AM UTC — from kevin
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kevin
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I have a PNG, and I want to know if the background (or any regions) are transparent.
#9: How do I increase the buffer in VLC?
on February 04, 2009, 08:34 PM UTC — from kevin
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kevin
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this streaming video i'm watching is skipping
#8: can't view cspan in browser: i want the direct URL
on February 04, 2009, 08:07 PM UTC — from kevin
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kevin
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the cspan.org streaming is sketchy in every browser that i use, i'd like to view the direct stream in VLC or another media viewer.
#7: New Nokia Phone Tethering in OS-X
on February 04, 2009, 07:59 PM UTC — from kevin
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kevin
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I have two unlocked Nokia phone an N95 and an E71, and it's a PAIN to get tethering working.
My scenario:
OS X (Leopard 10.5.6)
AT&T
#6: SVN directory is viewable through Apache
Solved!on January 27, 2009, 11:23 AM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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Contents of .svn directories, when located under an Apache web root, are viewable via a browser. This leads to potential exploits, as referenced by Adam Gotterer.
The hack obviously starts in .svn directory, specifically at the entries file. You can access...
#5: Firefox downloads hang with "a few seconds remaining"
Solved!on January 24, 2009, 12:43 PM UTC — from yliu
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yliu
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All downloads stop at "a few seconds remaining" but do not ever finish. The underlying TCP connection is already marked closed.
#4: Paster restart socket error
on January 22, 2009, 03:38 PM UTC — from 
hannes
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hannes
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After saving source files (with --reload option activated), sometimes paster can't restart and encounters the below error.
Mac OS 10.5
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Starting server in PID 58828.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/paster...