Eclipse project for Silverlight

Silverlight plugin for Eclipse  http://www.eclipse4sl.org/

Install Apache Solr on Windows

Download and install lastest Java sdk

Download and install Tomcat 6

set JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME env variables

download apache solr

Unzip and copy solr-.war to %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/solr.war

Create Solr_Home where index will be stored ... for this create a JNDI entry solr/home

The easiest way is to copy 'solr' directory from the examples folder that came with your solr download.

start up tomcat and browse to http://localhost:8080/solr/

 

 

Tomcat 6 startup problem

Tomcat 6 server was not starting up.

Kept getting Java_Bind error  for port 8005.

Changed the shutdown port value to 8006 in conf/server.xml ... that solved the problem.

Flash Builder 4 Beta

Flash Builder 4 (formerly known as Flex Builder) Beta was made available at Adobe labs.

 

Get it from http://labs.adobe.com/

 

 

show html over flash

To show html elements over flash in Mozilla, set wmode to transparent.

codeigniter

Trying out codeigniter

ffmpeg-php

 ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org/ )  is a cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

 

The ffmpeg extension for php , ffmpeg-php ( http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/) lets you convert audio and video files.

 

how to use ffmpeg :

 

http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=64541&mode=threaded

 

 

 

Microsoft Surface launched

Microsoft surface

Tic Tac Toe

Embedding Flash in a .Net Form

Had been trying to get past the “Failed to import the ActiveX control. Please ensure it is properly registered” error while embedding a Flash object in a .Net form. Found help here