Binary Expressions

Background Knowledge

The Search Plugin for TaskFreak! created by DaDaemon and xdu v0.0.1 (March 26, 2007) was designed to create a simple, quick search capability of the tasks title and description. As well it only searched through he current task view (tasks visible at the time) and tasks that are not completed. For some this was not what was desired and would rather have the Search Plugin search through all tasks weather completed or not and as well search through the comments of tasks along with the title and description. I’ll show you how this is done using Searcher, bchristie and davidlmansfield instructions posted on the TaskFreak! Forums.

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Background Knowledge

TaskFreak! does not show within the interface a unique ticket/task number. Depending on the use of TaskFreak! having such a value can have it’s benefits. Since this unique value does already exist in the back end, it will be fairly trivial to render this value within the task list and task details panel. I will show you how this is done using Searcher’s solution posted in the TaskFreak! Forum. There has been some modifications but not much.

Solution

1. Edit index.php in the root of TaskFreak!. Add the table header column just below line # 248 as follows.

   2	<th width="3%" onclick="freak_sort('itemId')" class="sortable" >< ?php echo $langForm['id']; ?></th>

2. Next add the table data just below line # 302 as follows.

   2	<td style="text-align:right;">< ?php echo $objItem->id; ?>&nbsp;</td>

3. Edit /include/html/xajax_panel_view.php just below line # 5 just before the priority column as follows.

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   <div id="fid"> <div class="flabel">< ?php echo $GLOBALS['langForm']['id']; ?></div> <div class="vid">< ?php echo $objTask->id; ?></div> < /div> </div>

4. Edit /include/language/en/freak.php just below line # 46 as follows.

   Note: Each interface language file will be required to be edited if you desire to use them. If you do not do so, you will receive error messages and it may cripple TaskFreak!

   2	'id' => 'ID',

5. Edit applicable skins’ CSS in this example /skins/redfreak/css/freak.css just below line # 550.

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   #fid { float: left; width: 80px; height:32px; margin-left: 3px; font-weight: bold; }

6. Edit applicable skins’ CSS in this example /skins/redfreak/css/freak.css ID #fpro and remove “margin-left: 3px;”.

Source: Unique Ticket/ToDo Follow Number – Further prioritizing

Background Knowledge

I was given an assignment to virtual layout our entire network server rack and equipment within the serve room. As well I had to make note of where each end of each network cable ended up at with the exception of cables going to the patch box.

I used Microsoft Visio to create the drawing. In many cases I ended up having to create my own stencils from images. Not exactly perfect but it did the job. In those case where I made my own stencil I just use Adobe Photoshop to touch up some free photos of a particular product and then inserted the image into my Visio drawing.

Resources Used for Visio Stencils, Icons and Add-Ins

• Cisco Stencils
• WatchGuard Icons
• Barracuda – Documentation
• Barracuda – Graphics
• APC Stencils (free sample)
• Riverbed Steelhead
• Netgear ReadyNAS
• Citrix MetaFrame
• Visio Cafe
• NetZoom Visio Stencils (free samples, entire access requires a subscription)
• VisioGuy (general Visio stencils, add-ins, etc.)
• Visio Virtual Server Add-In
• Visio Exchange Server Add-In
• Huge Library (non-English)
• Mimcrosoft Visio Toolbox
• Nortel Norstar BCM-450 Icons

This is a powerful poem and one I felt that should be shared.

I tried to track down the author of this poem but I was unable to determine who the author was. However there is some claim a little girl wrote this poem. If anyone can prove the author or further history please contact me.

Source: Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The Lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school each day,
T’wasn’t even in the rule.
It made the children laugh and play,
To have a Lamb at school.

And then the rules all changed one day,
Illegal it became;
To bring the Lamb of God to school,
Or even speak His Name!

Every day got worse and worse,
And days turned into years.
Instead of hearing children laugh,
We heard gun shots and tears.

What must we do to stop the crime,
That’s in our schools today?
Let’s let the Lamb come back to school,
And teach our kids to pray!

Keyboard Shortcut

Press Windows Key+Pause/Break key for the “System Properties”.

Command Prompt

1. Go to the Windows Start Menu and click on “Run” or press Windows key+R.
2. Type in the input field without quotes “winver”.

From the “Apple” menu click on “About this Mac”.

“If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always gotten.”

Jim Rohn
Motivational speaker and author

I was running a hard drive diagnostic using SeaTools for DOS v1.09PH on two exactly the same Maxtor hard drives, see details of the drives below. When I attempted to run a quick scan and then a long scan it received a warning “Overtemp–253″. After doing some research I have come to the conclusion that with certainty that this doesn’t mean the hard drive is running at 253 degrees Fahrenheit. My two drives are well ventilated and do not even feel warm to the touch. In fact this message apparently means according to Seagate that the hard drive does not support SeaTools reading temperatures.

• Brand: Maxtor
• Model: 6Y060L0
• FW: YAR41BW0

Source: Incorrect temperature values for a Maxtor disk

Finding free quality wallpaper is hard and its even harder to find quality wallpaper for Christmas. Here is a couple sources I came across with a pretty good selection. If you have any suggestions of other sources for the holiday season drop a comment.

Source: CSSBuilt – 29 Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers
Source: CSS Count – 30 List of Stunning Christmas Wallpapers

The country of Israel is broken up into 6 administrative districts with 15 sub-districts and 50 natural regions. It is my understanding according to the Isarael Central Bureau Statistics that the sub-districts are similar to what we call Provinces/States in North America and the natural regions are similar to municipalities/counties.

I’m not fully understanding the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Are they territories of Israel or a part of another country? How would one reference where you lived if you were lived in one of these regions (ie. West Bank, Isarel)?

This knowledge maybe helpful for those that need to reference contact information or allow clients to select their country and province/state/district.

Source: Israel Central Bureau Statistics
Source: Districts of Israel
Source: Wikipedia on Israel

I came across this amazing Mario figure made entirely out of Lego. The designer Keith Brogan, created the Lego Mario figure using NextEngine 3D scanner and a commercial software package called Modo.

Source: Luxology Forum

Print Free Graph Paper

http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/

Graph Paper
http://konigi.com/tools/graph-paper

PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer
http://www.pocketmod.com/