jesse crouch's log http://ifakedit.com/log the official log and website of jesse allen crouch Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:47:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The End! This blog is dead! I've left the country and now I'm blogging on jessecrouch.com about my trip. Catch you there =) http://ifakedit.com/log/2011/08/29/the-end/ maptimize alternative and so much more: google maps utility v3 google-maps-utility-library-v3 does some awesome shit like maptimize, but is open source. Marker coloring, marker clustering, marker labeling.. All sorts of stuff. If you hate SVN as much as I do, you can download it from the mirror I made on GitHub. http://ifakedit.com/log/2011/05/06/maptimize-alternative-and-so-much-more-google-maps-utility-v3/ Picking up the pieces I haven't posted here since summer of 2010. I went through every single entry I've ever made here and cleared out the ones I don't like. Now I feel like I can post again. I'm amazed with the amount I wrote. This thing has been around since 2005... ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2011/02/24/picking-up-the-pieces/ MySQL: Can’t get stat of You try to do: load data infile '/home/you/yourfile.txt' into table lol (username, foo); and it says: ERROR 13 (HY000): Can't get stat of '/home/you/yourfile.txt' (Errcode: 2) It's a permissions problem. Even if you chmdo 777 the file it still won't work. Move your file to /tmp and try it again: load data infile ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2010/07/19/mysql-cant-get-stat-of/ Introducing libgithub (and my CSS modification for it) My friend, Matt Sparks, today released libgithub (git repo), a javascript-based widget to show information (commits from projects, etc) from github accounts. I have modified the CSS for libgithub and made my own compact version. Here's a demo http://ifakedit.com/log/2010/02/12/introducing-libgithub-and-my-css-modification-for-it/ IE 6,7 and 8 limit the number of CSS files you can have How outrageous. I've been testing with a few different files and I'm finding it's 30 or 31 files is the most you can use. Now you may be saying, "Nobody needs 30 CSS files anyway". My two-part response: Yes, this is horrible for performance and, in general, very ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2009/11/12/ie-67-and-8-limit-the-number-of-css-files-you-can-have/ 30% of those earning $100,000 or more live paycheck to paycheck Incredible. 21% in 2008. I'm not posting this as a sign of hard times.. I'm posting this in amazement of how much people spend no matter how the economy is doing. Counting down the hours until payday? You're not alone. As the economic downturn trudges on, many workers are struggling ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2009/09/23/30-of-those-earning-100000-or-more-live-paycheck-to-paycheck/ Dvorak for handheld devices Dvorak, my favorite keyboard layout, has greatly improved my life in the regular full-sized keyboard world. I wish it were easier to do in the handheld world. Certainly not right now, but maybe soon enough. I recently picked up some free stuff while side-of-the-road dumpster diving. One item ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2009/08/09/dvorak-for-handheld-devices/ Casio EX-F1 manual focus problem I was trying to get my EX-F1 to use the manual focus the other day. Couldn't do it no matter how hard I pressed the focus button on the side of the camera. All the other buttons worked fine. I looked in the manual and couldn't find ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2009/06/18/casio-ex-f1-manual-focus-problem/ New camera - EX-F1 My last camera, the legendary Fujifilm F31fd, broke while on a tripod that got blown over on a very windy day. I bought a new camera to replace it: the Casio EX-F1. It can do high definition video as well as slow motion. On my martial arts ... http://ifakedit.com/log/2009/05/09/new-camera-ex-f1/