Author Archives: Maz

About Maz

A PHP and javascript nerd believe in web applications and open source goodness. Ex MS Windows user converted to linux fanboy and love gadgets. Coding in python and maintaining servers became his passion. Website performance and optimization geek.

Week in errors, programming, and IE bug

Error 1: Last week I was working on a project where I had to write a complex SQL query by joining multiple tables. So I wrote the query and it was working well until yesterday when I found out the … Continue reading

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Using ssh, terminal and manual installation of any app in iPhone4 [iOS 4.3.3]

[ The post works as log of things[hacks] I did to make some apps work at July 4th, 2011 ] Wanted to make my iphone4 which was running iOS 4.3.3 developer friendly. Things I needed was jail breaking it, install … Continue reading

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Programmers rant: Converting development religion, what I’m doing

131 days since I blogged, happened lots of things in development world, learned a lot, engaged with open source platforms, generated some ideas and converted my development religion. I will be documenting my last 5 months in no specific order. … Continue reading

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Learning git: Part 2

As a part of learning basic and introductory git tutorial, in this part we will be learning some basic stuff about git. It is recommended to read the first part before diving into this part of the tutorial. Branching: Branching … Continue reading

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Learning git: Part 1

I was learning git for couple of months now but I am still couldn’t master the art of using git, Although I was using sub version for years. There are lots of difference between git and other subversions namely tortoise … Continue reading

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jQuery 101, Part 1 : Objects and Functions

1. Objects: According to Rebecca Murphey “nearly everything in JavaScript is an object — arrays, functions, numbers, even strings — and they all have properties and methods.” objects are key value pairs. It can hold one or more values, these … Continue reading

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Configuring your wifi, headphone for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in lenovo ideapad v460

As a linux fan boy I always try to play with different version of unix system and I heart ubuntu of them all. Recently I bought a lenovo ideapad v460 what came with windows 7 by default. I had ubuntu … Continue reading

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Facebook old REST API and cURL Exception error

Few days back I was working on a facebook game development project. While developing and designing the code architecture for the application I was using my own server. It was working fine but when I port over it to new … Continue reading

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Create a google chrome extension for your blog.

I am a big fan of google chrome. Not because it is fast and you can search directly from your address bar but for it’s minimalistic design. I will describe in this post how we can create an extension for … Continue reading

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Welcoming FIFA 2010 World cup with Facebook App

A big ceremony, lots of people will be watching TV from every corner of the world, a festival time for all regardless of religion, ethnicity or culture. It has its own culture, it binds people with love. I am a … Continue reading

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