Entries by Stefan Helander

Brain mouse for the brainiac

This is a cool mouse from emmys.dk for all of you brainiacs. If not for yourself, maybe as a gift for your nerd friend. They also have some funny female shaped mouses, which you of course has no need for as a cool nerd. Everybody knows that nerd is the new sexy and women stand […]

Ktools PhotoStore batch image regenerate

The Ktools PhotoStore software (www.ktools.net) automatically generates thumbnails, sample and large images with watermarks of the images in the database. If you change the settings regarding the image sizes only newly added images will get the new sizes. The following simple script regenerates / resizes the thumbnails, sample and large images from the original images. […]

PrestaShop module TECHNICAL ERROR

On a PrestaShop 1.3.2.3 installation I purchased the One Page Checkout 1.2.2 and installed it. After that I got the following error message when trying to add a product to the basket in the shop front end: TECHNICAL ERROR: unable to add the product. Details: Error thrown: [object XMLHttpRequest] Text status: parserror Solution: The reason […]

/tmp problem when installing plugins in WordPress

When you try to install a plugin in WordPress and get an error message like this: Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp//google-integration-toolkit.tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/XXX/) in/var/www/XXX/web/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2140 Warning: touch() [function.touch]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 12345 is not allowed to access /tmp owned […]

CSS letter-spacing bug in IE7 and solution

A very good and scalable way to set letter spacing in CSS is by using ’em’s as it works relative to the font size. If you for example specify letter-spacing = 0.2em the letter spacing will stay proportional even though you change the font-size. You can easily set the letter spacing for the entire site […]

Replacing the modular connector on HM-103

The ICOM IC-706 series comes with a HM-103 microphone with a modular plug as the connector. The disadvantage with these connectors is that the lock pin easily breaks. Replacing the modular plug should be quite easy with a modular crimp tool. However there are some caveats. If you need the schematics of the microphone you […]