Revealer works with Windows 2000,XP, Vista and 7 with most programs and can save you a lot of time scouring through old emails or asking annoyed colleagues.

Let’s start off simple:

<?php
require("GTranslate.php");
try {
	$gt = new Gtranslate;
	echo "Translating [Hello World] from English to German => ".$gt->english_to_german("hello world")."<br/>";
	echo "Translating [Ciao mondo] Italian to English => ".$gt->it_to_en("Ciao mondo")."<br/>";
} catch (GTranslateException $ge)  {
	echo $ge->getMessage();
}
?>

Create a Function to Detect Language:
First Example for Ben’s Translator Plugin (Using a Session Variable):

<?php
function translateThis ($myText) {
	$pageURL = 'http';
	if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
		$pageURL .= "://";
	if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
		$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	} else {
		$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	}
	//return $pageURL;
	$myVal = substr($pageURL, 0, 28);
	if ($myVal == "http://welovecakephp.com/es/") {
		$_SESSION['pLang'] = "ES";
	} else {
		$_SESSION['pLang'] = "EN";
	}
	if ($_SESSION['pLang'] == "ES") {
		require("GTranslate.php");
		/*
			these variable can be used in conjunction with JS dynamic content to make translated content easier
			ie: change image folders/forms/etc basically things that WordPress plugins might screw up
		*/
		$myLang = "es";
		$myLangDir = "/es";
		try {
			$gt = new Gtranslate;
			$gt->setRequestType('curl');
			echo $gt->en_to_es($myText);
		} catch (GTranslateException $ge) {
			echo $ge->getMessage();
		}
	} else {
		$myLang = "en";
		$myLangDir = "";
	}
}
?>

Second example (Using a Cookie):

<?php if ($_COOKIE['pLang'] != "English") { $_SESSION['pLang'] = "ES"; } else { $_SESSION['pLang'] = "EN"; }?>

Sample Usage

<?php
	$myVar = "This is a test of language translation, not word by word but instead this translates the intended meaning";
	translateThis($myVar);
?>

Of course you can change settings within this to suit your translation needs and this is a single use setup but it suited the purpose for which I needed it. I hope this helps you out, cheers!

Onto the script!

# stop on errors
set -e

# set the site for which you want to setup the custom php.ini
SITE=yoursite.com

# copy the php.ini to modify
mkdir $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin
cp /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin/php.ini
cat << EOF > $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi
#!/bin/sh
exec /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi $*
EOF
chmod 755 $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin
chmod 755 $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi
chmod 640 $HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin/php.ini

# search and replace the php.ini
#!/bin/sh
INIFILE="$HOME/${SITE}/cgi-bin/php.ini"
rsync -a /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi "$CGIFILE"
perl -p -i -e '
s/.*post_max_size.*/post_max_size = 100M/;
s/.*upload_max_filesize.*/upload_max_filesize = 100M/;
s/.*max_execution_time.*/max_execution_time = 1200/;
s/.*max_input_time.*/max_input_time = 1200/;
s/.*memory_limit.*/memory_limit = 250M/;
' "$INIFILE"

# create the new htaccess or append the handlers to your current .htaccess
FILE=.htaccess
cat >> $HOME/${SITE}/${FILE} << EOF
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler php5-cgi .php
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi
Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php-wrapper.fcgi
EOF

Download the script

Warning: mktime() expects parameter 1 to be long, string given in/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap-core.php on line 2438

A solution for this was posted in the WordPress forums and is posted below:

1. Find and edit the plugin file sitemap-core.php then go to line number 2438
2. Comment out the old line:

   • //return mktime($hour, $min, $sec, $month, $day, $year);

3. Then paste this on the next line:

   • return mktime(doubleval( $hour), $min, $sec, $month, $day, doubleval($year));

4. So the two lines should look like this:

   • //return mktime($hour, $min, $sec, $month, $day, $year);
     return mktime(doubleval( $hour), $min, $sec, $month, $day, doubleval($year));

5. Save the file and attempt to rebuild sitemap once more and this time it should work like a charm!

AT&T U-verse

Great fiber optic package with combined internet, TV and VOIP services with solid uptime. AT&T is a corporate defender of net neutrality. They also have reasonable DSL speeds for lower cost and their tech support are some of the smartest I have been on the end of the line with. I previously had their Elite DSL package and regular phone while living in Costa Mesa, CA and never had the net connection drop once. Plus they allow you to run a web server out of your home if you feel so inclined. This is not the story with Comcast which can be helpful for setting a small gaming server or creating a local web server to show off updates on projects without having to upload to a development site or email links. This also allows your clients to see the most recent version of their projects, which my clients loved.

Verizon FiOS

True fiber optic connection until the fiber optic line hits your residence where the signal is converted to copper wires but it hauls and is well worth it. If I remember correctly for internet and VOIP services the bill came out to around $80 a month and once the ‘Spicoli’ installers replaced a bad conversion box it never went down and remained a solid service. I think with the TV services our bill would have rounded out to around $125 so its not a bad deal. Unfortunately, I had some issues using port forwarding for my home web server, Verizon does not support Net Neutrality (Obama does though) and their tech support is rather poor. But once things are setup its very self maintaining, just use your own router and use theirs to act only as modem.

Option 1:

1. Close Winamp and Google Talk (also any other music player type programs)
2. Download and run one of the following files:
   • For Windows Vista 32 bit (x86), Windows 7 32 bit (x86), Windows XP (x86) and earlier versions of Windows
   • For Windows XP 64 bit Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 bit versions
3. You’re Done! (hopefully)

Option 2:

1. Close Winamp and Google Talk (also any other music player type programs)
2. Go to the Start Menu (bottom left corner of your screen), click on “Run” and paste in the following: C:\Program Files\Winamp\ then hit Enter or click “Ok”
3. A new window will open and inside of this new window select “File” then “New” then “Text Document”
4. Change the new text document’s name to “winamp.m3u” and re-open Winamp and Google Talk

Hope this was helpful, cheers!

EDIT: 2010-04-20
I have added versions for 64 bit versions of Windows (XP, Vista and 7)

A simple vertical jQuery accordion with much room for growth. In future version I would like to use a few additional lines of JS to create a cleaner structure but even if only as an example this is a good start. I made a horizontal accordion as well but all things will be made public in due time.

This script creates a cooking and remembers which section was last opened therefore making it a great homepage piece or miniature site navigation.

Cheers!

One day Firefox stopped asking if I wanted to restore my tabs when the program closed. After being annoyed for quite sometime I thought about restoring FireFox to its defaults settings.

Windows XP/2000/Vista:

firefox -safe-mode

“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode

OR

Start > All Programs > Mozilla Firefox (folder) > Mozilla Firefox Safe Mode

Linux:

/path/to/firefox/firefox -safe-mode

Mac OS X:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -safe-mode

Now, while it is true that somewhere along the way I may have inadvertently unchecked “No, don’t ask me again” the problem was nonetheless frustrating. So, if Firefox does not remember what tabs you had open before on closing it just follow those steps above.

That is unless you don’t want it to remember what tabs were open, browsing history, passwords, cookies, etc because you were looking at skeevy porn or browsing the Jars of Clay ‘Eternal Fanclub of best Friends Forever’, then you probably shouldn’t be using Firefox. Use Internet Explorer and get the viruses God intended your computer be infected with.

<?
photosets_getPhotos($photoset_id, NULL, NULL, 15, 1);

	// create a random interval for the timer between 6 and 10 seconds
	$randomnumber= rand(6,10);

	// create an array to output as xml
	$xml_output = "\n";
	foreach ((array)$photos['photo'] as $photo) {
		$xml_output .= "buildPhotoURL($photo, "medium") . "\" ";
		$xml_output .= "/>\n";
		$i++;
	}
	$xml_output .= "\n";
	echo $xml_output;

	// you're done!
?>

Simple and straight forward.