Some Crystal Reports useful formulas

11.02.2011 computing

Creating a (unique*) time-based identifier (time-stamp), could be used to uniquely identify reports for example:

Pourquoi le RCD doit disparaitre

17.01.2011 blog

Le RCD compte plus de 2 millions d’adhérents (d’après le premier ministère – décembre 2010). Propagande diriez-vous ? OK, disons qu’il n’en compte qu’un million, disons que seulement 100,000 sont des militants. Vous vous rendez compte, dans un petit pays comme la Tunisie, ceci représente 1% de la population. Si on ne compte que la [...]

ANONYMOUS War Declaration

11.01.2011 blog

DEAR CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, The time for truth has arrived. A time for freedom and transparency. A time for people to express themselves freely and to be heard from anywhere across the world. Yet, the Tunisian government has decided it wants to control this present with falsehoods and misinformation and restrict the freedoms of [...]

Command Prompt Here registry tweak

31.12.2010 computing

After downgrading from Vista to XP, I remembered its lack of the “Open Command Window Here” (available by holding the Shift key while right-clicking on a folder) and had to look for that popular registry tweak to do the same, here it is. I’m calling it “DOS it” as in the screen shot, but you [...]

Managing Comments in WordPress

25.12.2010 computing

This post will describe SQL queries useful for managing conversation in WordPress. These queries could be run within phpMyAdmin or plugins like WP-DBManager. Enable comments for all published posts Enable comments but for registered users only Disable comments for all published posts Disable comments for old posts (older than 05/05/2007 in the example)

Cimy Swift SMTP Connection timed out problem

21.12.2010 computing

Cimy Swift SMTP is one of the coolest WordPress plugins that allow to send emails via SMTP, it is simple, powerful and most of all can handle Gmail. Recently, email stopped working on all my sites using Gmail accounts along with the same plugin. When trying to send a test message I get this:

4 registry tweaks for securing your media

18.12.2010 computing

Media in general and removable media like USB drives and flash memories in particular are one of the most important vectors of malware spread, especially at corporate level or in schools and universities. They also represent the easiest way of stealing vital data from a computer. IT people think about protecting their systems from the [...]

Sending non form data with cforms II

08.12.2010 computing

Cforms II from delicious days is probably the most powerful contact form plugin for WordPress. A friend using cforms II asked me for a way to send some non form data along with the regular user entered data. The reason was the use of the same generic form in a variety of posts and the [...]

Esclaves De La Consommation

28.08.2009 blog

Un essai pour cerner les pratiques usitées par la grande distribution et les grandes marques visant à tirer un max du pauvre pigeon qui viendra leur rendre visite et qu’on appellera « l’esclave ».

Casser la protection des fontes de caractères

18.06.2009 computing

Saviez vous que les fontes de caractères que vous avez dans votre ordinateur ne sont pas toutes libres de droits d’utilisation ? je veux dire que certaines sont seulement imprimables, d’autres éditables et d’autres ne peuvent être ni distribuées ni installées chez une tierce partie ?