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Programming Resources

  Resources Overview
Here is a collection of programs, scripts, and websites that could be useful for your average System Administrator or Programmer. If you are not a tech person (i.e. nerd), this page will probably be of no interest to you. Do you have a unique function or script that could benefit others? If so, please submit your script!
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Strip SSL Password Remove password from SSL, stop Apache from asking for a password on startup. 532 05.23.08
Linux Recursive Delete Sift through a bunch of directories and delete only specific files. 261 05.23.08
BMP & GD PHP Support The missing imagecreatefrombmp that php doesn't include. 508 11.10.07
Create Bookmark JavaScript for IE and FF to create bookmarks with a user click. 625 07.20.07
Detect Scrollbar Widths JavaScript for IE and FF to detect a users scrollbar width in pixels for advanced webpage development. 665 07.20.07
PHP Seconds Conversion Convert seconds to days, hours, minutes and seconds human readable format in php 1797 01.10.07
BASH For Loop A bash script to loop 1 through 20 easily with seq. 1329 01.04.07
Cisco Auto Login An expect script to automatiaclly log into cisco routers. 1284 12.27.06
PHP CSV Parsing A great way to parse csv files easily. 1908 08.23.06
PHP JPEG Progressive Check A PHP script to determine if a jpeg is progressive (Flash 7 can't display progressive pics) and if so, it resaves it in a non-progressive format. 1047 06.01.06
Perl Wireless Connection Script A simple Linux Perl script that loads in the background and connects your wireless card to the internet. If no AP is found, it connects to ethernet. Includes automatic AP roaming support and ping detection. 1494 05.01.06
PHP Page Load Time Display the time in miliseconds that a certain page takes to be created. Useful for determining database load time. 3592 04.19.06
PHP Geocode Calculator With these two functions, you can calculate the distance between two latitude and longitude decimal coordinates as well as the bearing in degrees. 1968 03.04.06
PHP 301 Redirect By using 301 redirects, you preserve search engine placement and indexing -- that is not losing rank! 1035 02.23.06
Browser Window Close Confirm Do you want to confirm with the user that they are leaving your site *before* allowing the window to close? This beauty uses the onBeforeUnload handler which supports the latest IE and Mozilla based browsers. 2516 01.13.06
PHP XML Generation Quick and easy way to generate an xml feed from a database and read them back into an array. 1305 12.28.05
PHP Register Globals Use .htaccess to turn on or off PHP Register Globals without editing your php.ini. This is a great way to enable older php scripts to run without making your whole site insecure. 2218 10.28.05
PHP Encryption Very secure php encrypt and decrypt function. Uses gzip to have a little fun with the algorithm as well. 1112 10.12.05
.vimrc config A powerful .vimrc configuration file that I use for all my editing needs. 1810 10.08.05
PHP Email Validation Verify an email address in PHP by first checking for proper format. It then checks the domain mx records. Lastly it connects to the domain and verifies that the account exists. 1325 10.07.05
Linux Search & Replace A recursive search and replace linux command, for those massive file changes you don't feel like doing by hand. 2362 10.06.05
Browser Info Coding some DHTML or javascript and need to see the browser info you are currently using? 1166 09.29.05
PHP String Diff Need a PHP based function like the diff command? Look no further, Compare two strings with ease! 2549 05.18.05
ANSI Color Codes Neat little BASH script that shows the ANSI colors and their corresponding code numbers. 2895 01.23.05
ANSI Code Table A little ANSI Color Table taken from the MS-DOS days. 2401 01.23.05
HTML Color Sheets Very nice hex and decimal charts that show web colors. 1099 01.23.05
Linux Console Fading While poking through the linux kernel source code, I found a hidden way to fade in and out on a pure linux console. 1127 01.23.05
BIOS Logo Changer Have one of those OLD motherboards with an EPA Logo in the top right? This little guy lets you alter the logo. Comes with a linux .epa console viewer. Use at your own risk! 1098 01.23.05
Display ASCII Characters The proper way to display high ASCII characters on a linux console. 1613 01.23.05
Linux .bashrc Convient functions and a nice colorized prompt that anyone can benefit from. 1559 01.23.05
Lower linux filenames Rename all files in a directory to lowercase. 1248 01.23.05
CAT5 Wiring Guide CAT5 cabling guide on how to wire a straight pair, crossover, and t1 crossover cable. 2411 01.23.05
VI Tutor Need to learn VI? This howto taught me over 8 years ago. 1007 01.23.05
HTML Characters A nice chart of characters and their coresponding HTML based codes. 1173 12.29.04
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