PsicoTSI for Firefox 3.6
As you all know, after upgrading to firefox 3.6 , psicotsi does not work anymore for hattrick.
I wont share a version here. But if you navigate to here, you will find a working version in the reviews (review by sharkyslo on February 21, 2010) 
Firefox Collections for Hattrick
What are Collections?
Collections are groups of related add-ons assembled for easy sharing.
So I made one for our favorite game : Hattrick !
At the moment this collection contains PsicoTSI and Foxtrick, you have some suggestions, leave a comment then
Thank you!
What are Collections?
Collections are groups of related add-ons assembled for easy sharing.
PsicoTSI for Firefox 3.5
As you all know, after upgrading to firefox 3.5 , psicotsi does not work anymore for hattrick.
Due to previous complaints from CHPP ,I wont share an unofficial version here. But I will try to contact the author of the extension since all he needs to do is adjusting one file!
To be continued…
Update : A new version is available!
Write your own twitter mashup using the Twitter API
Thinking about writing your own twitter mashup using php ? But you don’t know how to get started ?
It’s easy , just download the following twitter wrapping class for PHP and have a look at the example code below :
This code will print out the latest replies you have received on twitter
<?
require_once(“lib/phpTwitter/twitter.php”);$t = new twitter(‘YOUR_USERNAME’,'YOUR_PASSWORD’);
echo’<pre>’;
$replies = $t->getReplies() ;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {$reply = $replies[$i][text];
echo $reply;
echo “</br></br></br></br>”;}
// Print out the complete replies array
//print_r( $replies );echo’</pre>’;
?>
Now you know already how to retrieve and print out your replies, then it will be only a matter of walking through Tijs his class to know what else you can do with his wrapper(class)!
Eg :
- updateProfileImage
- updateProfile
- getFriends
- getPublicTimeline
- …
I am sure you will have your script running within this and an hour !
Note : Formatting code in WP seems like a tough job , so you will have to do it yourself 
Hattrick – The New Design VS PsicoTSI / Foxtrick
Since the design of hattrick is renewed recently, it is necessary (again) to upgrade to the latest version of psictsi and foxtrick. Since I am not a Certified Hattrick Product provider , I can only provide you with the url where you can find the latest Firefox extensions …
If you should have any questions regarding the installation of these extensions, don’t hesitate to leave a comment ….
Happy Holidays!
How to monitor PostgreSQL processes
pg_top is ‘top’ for PostgreSQL. It is derived from Unix Top. Similar to top, pg_top allows you to monitor PostgreSQL processes. It also allows you to:
- View currently running SQL statement of a process.
- View query plan of a currently running SQL statement.
- View locks held by a process.
- View user table statistics.
- View user index statistics.
You can download it here…
How to install it :
- tar xvzf pg_top-3.6.2.tar.gz
- yum install postgresql-devel
- yum install ncurses-devel
- ./configure
- make
A quick example :
- ./pg_top -U username-d database -h localhost -W
More information :
- ./pg_top –help
An interestesting slideshare :
PsicoTSI Troubles resolved!
As you all may have noticed , PsicoTSI isn’t working anymore due to some changes hattrick made.
I will try to contact the original developer asap and I will keep you posted about the current status of this issue!
To be continued….
Update 06/09/2008 :
Foxtrick is already fixed, download the latest release here
And you can download here a fix for PsicoTSI thnx to psicotsi_user :
I had to delete the extension due to complaints from CHPP
/CHPP-IndianaRed
Update 30/09/2008 :
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MinimizeToTray for Firefox 3 | Minimize to Tray for Firefox 3
After PsicoTSI for Firefox 3 , I was only missing one extension anymore for Firefox 3 : MinimizeToTray.
Thanks to Dicks I found a download link to MinimizeToTray for Firefox.
MinizeToTray for Firefox 3
How To Backup / Rsync all your data to Bluehost
Last Saturday I ordered a new domain name at bluehost : http://www.wijndaele.com
Why Bluehost (Red marked = The most important for me) :
- UNLIMITED Hosting Space (NEW!)
- UNLIMITED File Transfer (NEW!)
- 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
- SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
- CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Free Domain Forever!
- 24/7 Superb Support
And this for (only) 60 €/Yr. (96$/Yr)
Because they offer unlimited hosting space I decided to start backing up al my files from my NAS to “my webspace“.
And since you have ssh access , you can use rsync (or something similar)
First I enabled SSH access on my nas. Then I enabled public-key authentication (How To) on my wijndaele.com account. When that was done I wrote the following script (combination of scripts I found on inet) and I placed it on to my NAS :
# This script does personal backups to a rsync backup server.# directory to backup BDIR=/volume1/photo/# excludes file - this contains a wildcard pattern per line of files to exclude EXCLUDES=/volume1/NetBackup/backup.exclude# the name of the backup machine BSERVER=YOUR_USERNAME@YOUR_IPTODAY=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`# remote directory where we would like to backup our data to RBDIR=/BACKUP##########################################################################OPTS="--force --ignore-errors --delete-excluded --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --delete --backup --backup-dir=/$BACKUPDIR -avz"# now the actual transfer rsync $OPTS $BDIR $BSERVER:$RBDIR/currentssh $BSERVER 'touch /BACKUP/current ; cp -al /BACKUP/current/* /BACKUP/`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` ; exit';
As you can see this is a small script that creates for every day a new subdir on your /BACKUP directory. Also at any time you can find the latest backup in the following directory : /BACKUP/current
And If you may wonder about the last step :
ssh $BSERVER 'touch /BACKUP/current ; cp -al /BACKUP/current/* /BACKUP/`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` ; exit';
Here is some more info about it :
- I create a remote ssh connection to wijndaele.com (ssh YOUR_USERNAME@YOUR_IP)
- I touch /BACKUP/current , that way I know when the last sync took place
- cp -al /BACKUP/current/* /BACKUP/`date ‘+%Y-%m-%d’` : I create a hard link from all the files in /BACKUP/current/* to the Dir of that day (eg /BACKUP/2008-08-04)
- When all that is done, I simply close the remote connection!
Download here the backup script : backup.sh
Monitor your website (For Free)
Do you have small website/blog ?
- Probably the answer is YES!
Do you have any clue about the uptime off your site ?
- NO but it’s higher then Twitter his uptime!
One week ago I asked myself the same question (had the same answers) and I decided to do something about it!
So cheap as I am , I decided to look for free monitoring tools :
I decided to go for option one, Mon.itor.us , since you have a lot of extra options/utilities.
mon.itor.us
If you think I made the wrong choice , feel free to add some suggestions, arguments,…
And If you are willing to pay a small amount, check out Pingdom!
