Ultimate guide to insta...

Problem #1: Help Me! How do I install Windows 7 in my macbook while retaining Mac OSX.
Problem #2: Driver issues! I can’t install my 64 bit bootcamp drivers in Windows 7!
Problem #3: Sound: My Macbook sounds very tinny and awful in Windows 7
Problem #4: Right Clicking: How do I right click in Windows [...]

Super Tip! How to Creat...

Help! I’d like to create a toolbar similar to facebook that is locked in the bottom of the screen.
Introduction Facebook is such a great website – usability, features, speed, you name it, facebook has it. One of facebook’s most useful feature is the toolbar that is being displayed to the bottom of the page. This [...]

How to: Fix OCUpload/On...

Problem: Help! I’m using the OCUpload, or One Click Upload Plugin for Jquery. IE7 and IE8 is requiring me to do a double click to display the upload dialog box!
Solution: The one-click upload technique uses a trick that sets the file input’s browse button directly in front of your mouse cursor. This is misbehaving in [...]

How to: Delete/Remove p...

Problem: I’ve decided to re-install windows because of some issues. My new install is ok but I can’t delete the directory of my old windows anymore!
Solution: The folder you are trying to delete has it’s administrative privileges locked from your previous windows. You could change the ownership of your folder by right clicking on the [...]

Super Tip: Pass Argumen...

Problem: Help! How can I pass parameters in my Bindings?
Solution: By using lambda functions in python(Check your PL’s manual for anything similar), you would be able to create on-the-fly functions that returns your bindings with the extra parameters/arguments you want to pass.
Example 1: Passing an argument to a wx Button Event

btn = wx.Button(self, [...]

Super Tip: Rasterize a ...

Problem: Help! My mask clipping isn’t working because of the my layer’s overlay effect! I need to rasterize my effects first but I don’t know how!
Solution:
Step 1: Select the layer with the effects you want rasterized.
Step 2: Press Control(CMD for Mac)+Shift+N to create a new layer.
Step 3: Add the layer from Step 1 to [...]

How to: Remove those na...

Help! I’ve pasted some text from Microsoft Word and saved it to my SQL database! Now whenever I output my text there’s a bunch of diamonds with a question mark symbols now appearing!

How to Fix: I’m u...

Problem: My Mac OSX is complaining that the files im about to copy or move doesn’t have sufficient privileges or permissions!

Unix Super Tip: How to ...

Problem: How do I set permissions to my files and/or directories without manually setting them up individually?
Note: You may need administrator privileges for these to work, if that’s the case simply add a sudo before typing the commands below.
If you want to chmod all your directories:
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
and for [...]

How to: Count your rege...

A solution in python for displaying the count of your regular expression matches.

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