MacBook won’t boot – sometimes!

My MacBook has started misbehaving after 3 years of good service! Last Monday it did not boot. Came with “the folder with question mark”. Which means it did not detect the hard disk. Removing the battery and putting it back in fixed it for the day. I was able to work happily. Took a backup […]

Collaborating in web application using SVN

What would you do if you wanted to manage document versions in a web application? You wanted different users to edit a document simultaneously and then for everyone to get the latest copy? Something like Google Docs? This collaboration need is very similar to how developers use source code control systems. Here’s a typical flow […]

Choosing an Open Source CMS – Book – Now Available

My latest book – Choosing an Open Source CMS: Beginner’s Guide – is now available from PactPub, Amazon and others. I have also created a special website for the book – www.cmsbook.info. The website is dedicated to readers of the book. I will be writing about choosing a CMS, tips, book excerpts and useful resources […]

Debugging PHP for the first time in 10 years, and loving it!

I have been writing PHP code for 10 years now and have used a variety of ways to debug my code – except the actual runtime debugging! I have used echo statements and log files to debug and solve problems. I knew there is XDebug and Zend Debugger, but never tried them. Today, I downloaded, […]

Recursively unlock files on Mac OS X

I copied some songs from a CD and ended up with a folder full of locked files. iTunes can’t save changes to song info (ID3 tags) until I unlocked them. How can you unlock files recursively on Mac OS X? If you have a folder full of locked files on Mac OS X, you can […]