Ultra simple SFTP server for Windows

Core FTP mini-sftp-server interface

Was going to test some code the other day which needed to talk to an SFTP server. Stumbled over a small gem which was super simple to use. It’s called Core FTP mini-sftp-server. No installation, no tricky stuff. Just download and run. Great stuff :)

PHP: Generating transparent PNG fillers

So, I was fooling around the other day with an HTML table and wanted to make the odd rows slightly darker. Figured I could use for example an 80% transparent black PNG to do that (or could have just assigned a darker color, but where’s the fun in that?). Either way, ended up making a little something that I thought I could share just for the fun of it. I learned a few things, so maybe someone else can too :)

So, here’s how to make a small transparent PNG filler image on-the-fly using PHP :)

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WP Latex test page

So, as my brother noticed in my last post, I have some cool equations here. The brilliance behind it is something called LaTeX, which can be used in WordPress blogs thanks to the WP LaTeX plugin.

I am a total LaTeX newbie though, so I often struggle a bit with… getting it right. Trying it out by previewing WordPress posts is sloooow, so I decided to create myself a simple test-rig. A simple web page with a form and a button.

Let me know if you like it: tools.geekality.net/wp-latex 8)

Helpful Unix and Mac commands

I am for the most part a Windows user. I was kind of moving towards Linux, Ubuntu in particular, but that ship pretty much sailed when I got my hands on Windows 7. Awesome, awesome operating system. But, I still have to use some Unix and Mac systems once in a while. And then there are certain commands that I often use, but always forget since it usually goes a bit of time between times I do it. So, what follows is basically just a list of commands that I keep forgetting, but keep having to look up again.

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