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phpMyDiff – Compare mysql database schema and data

By Cohen | Published: February 23, 2010
At work I’ve been maintaining a number of development areas and needed a way to compare database changes so that I didn’t overwrite a clients changes with my new/updated data from developing a new feature. There seemed to be many ways of comparing the schema of two databases, but nothing to compare the changes in data [...]
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Change volume key step size in Ubuntu

By Cohen | Published: February 19, 2010
At work we often listen to music off of my computer, so when the phone rings I have to quickly adjust the volume. Using the volume keys on my keyboard I could have the music either really loud or too quiet. So, to change the effect the volume keys have: Press Alt+F2 to bring up the “Run” [...]
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Ubuntu 9.10 Rhythmbox requires GStreamer element autoaudiosink to play mp3’s

By Cohen | Published: November 24, 2009
I recently upgraded my work PC to Ubuntu 9.10 and in doing so lost the ability to play mp3s in Rhythmbox. When trying to play an mp3, rhythmbox would ask for a new plugin, but after looking, say it couldn’t find “GStreamer element autoaudiosink”. After reinstalling gstreamer and rhythmbox a few times I turned to the [...]
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jQuery plugin to disable text selection on elements

By Cohen | Published: July 17, 2009
It took my a while to find a bit of script that worked cross browser, but the jquery plugin at http://code.jdempster.com/jQuery.DisableTextSelect/ does the job! When working on the UI of a web application text would often get selected by the browser incorrectly, for example while dragging an element, or clicking on an element with an onclick [...]
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Get 5.1 surround sound in ubuntu with Realtek ACL662

By Cohen | Published: April 23, 2009
Just switched over to Ubuntu as my primary OS and been working (hard) get to get everything working properly. Still worth it thought. Anyway, one of the more difficult problems was getting 5.1 sound out of the sound card in Ubuntu. The motherboard has a built-in 5.1 sound card, the realtek ACL662. Some people have little [...]
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