The problem with manually copying all the information from the CD unto my USB memory was that I will probably be missing many of the hidden files in the CD as well as the bootable property. I needed to make sure I created an image from the CD unto my USB memory.

If you’re in a similar situation where all you need is to copy an exact image from a CD or any other storage device unto another storage device. The solution is simpler than you think, just do the following:

1. Open your command window: Start > Run > cmd
2. And write xcopy F:\*.* E: /s/e/f

F: is the origin drive and E: is the destination drive.

That’s all. You won’t need to wonder if you missed copying one or two files anymore, this will do the trick of copying everything for you in only two steps. Until next time!

Recently I published an article about Windows Vista Home Premium and the “problems” I was running into when installing my programs. Well, this time I run into another problem when I installed appserv-win32-2.6.0 . Everything seemed to work just fine, Apache was working well, but when I tried opening PhpMyAdmin for some reason it was displaying a blank page after I entered my login information.

The solution to this blank page problem is fairly easy. Simply modify this line in the phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = 'localhost';

to this:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = '127.0.0.1';

In the above code, you’re changing your name server to 127.0.0.1 in order to use TCP/IP connection. After this, you should be able to see your PhpMyAdmin page by opening in your browser the address http://127.0.0.1/PhpMyAdmin

Hope this helps!

Note: Whenever you specify “localhost” or “localhost:port” as server, the MySQL client library will override this and try to connect to a local socket (named pipe on Windows). If you want to use TCP/IP, use “127.0.0.1″ instead of “localhost”. If the MySQL client library tries to connect to the wrong local socket, you should set the correct path as Runtime Configuration in your PHP configuration and leave the server field blank.

Recientemente publique un articulo acerca de Windows Vista Home Premium y los “problemillas” con los que me estaba encontrando al instalar ciertos programas. Bueno, en esta ocacion me tope con otro problema cuando instale appserv-win32-2.6.0 . Todo parecia funcionar bien, Apache estaba funcionando bien, pero cuando quise abrir PhpMyAdmin por alguna razon solo me mostraba una pagina en blanco luego de pedirme mi informacion de logeo.

La solucion a este problema de pagina blanca fue algo simple. Solo basto modificar esta linea en phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = 'localhost';

to this:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = '127.0.0.1';

En el codigo de arriba, se esta cambiando el nombre de servidor a 127.0.0.1 con la finalidad de usar conexion TCP/IP . Luego de esto te sera posible ver tu pagina de PhpMyAdmin al abrir http://127.0.0.1/PhpMyAdmin en tu navegador.

Espero que este consejillo te haya sido util!

Nota: Siempre que especificas “localhost” o “localhost:port” como servidor, la libreria de MySQL sobreescribira esto y tratara de conectar a una soquete local (named pipe on Windows). So quieres usar TCP/IP, usa “127.0.0.1″  en lugar de “localhost”. Si la libreria MySQL trata de conectar a el soquete local incorrecto, entonces cambia la direccion correcta como Runtime Configuration en tu configuracion y deja el campo de servidor en blanco.

For the last couple of weeks I have been working on my new laptop that has Windows Vista Home Premium installed in it. Unfortunately, I run into a problem a week after I had it, I decided to install Dreamweaver CS3 and it wouldn’t start correctly. Dreamweaver would look as if it was starting and then close itself a few minutes later.

I tried running the program as Administrator, uninstalling and reinstalling, I tried installing other DW versions but still no luck.

Finally, I figured out that my Acer Aspire 5920 laptop had a program called Acer Empowering Frameworks installed that was blocking Dreamweaver. I still don’t understand why it would block a program, but it’s certainly a problem that Acer needs to solve soon.

So once that I identified the problem the solution was simple. Uninstalling Acer Empowering Frameworks Software from my Acer laptop was the solution, as simple as that. I believe this advice has been useful to a lot of people so there you have it. Hope this helps you as it helped me.

I’ve always been fascinated by typography designs, just the way the designer combines different typefaces and sizes to form something extraordinary.

Recently, I published a very interesting article over at Design Crash Magazine, that shares with you 27 beautiful hand-picked showcase of typography art designs, make sure you check it out!

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Como diseñadores, nosotros entendemos lo importante que es escoger el tip de fuente correcto al crear nuestros diseños. Sin embargo, algunos diseñadores llevan el valor de las fuentes a un nivel mas alto al momento de diseñar un diseño de tipografia.

Siempre he considerado fascinantes los diseños de tipografia, simplemente la manera en que el diseñador combina diferentes tipos de fuentes y tamaños para crear algo simplemente extraordinario.

Recientemente, he publicado un articulo muy interesante en Design Crash Magazine, que comparte con ustedes una coleccion de 27 hermosos diseños que hacen uso de tipografia, asegurate de checkearlo!

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I would like to present to you Design Crash Magazine.

So, what is Design Crash Magazine?

Design Crash Magazine is a blog formed by me and graphic designer Mitch Myers with the contribution of a group of talented professionals. Design Crash Magazine’s main objective is to bring to you as many resources as possible; resourcers such as feeds that will help the web designer, graphic designer and artist in general to get inspired with the  compilation of latest trends.

So, make sure to check out the blog and drop us a line anytime!

Y con ustedes Design Crash Magazine.

Qué es Design Crash Magazine?

Design Crash Magazine es un blog formado por mi en compañia del diseñador grafico Mitch Myers con la contribucion de un grupo de profesionales muy talentosos. La meta principal de Design Crash Magazine es traer a ustedes la mayor cantidad de recursos posibles; recursos que ayudaran a desarrolladores web, diseñadores gráficos y profesionales en general a inspirarse con la compulacion de las ultimas tendencias diseño.

Asi que sin mas preambulos, asegurense de dar un vistazo al blog y dejanos un comentario!

This is the second part of my previous post called How to Create, Develop and Maintain a Successful Online Identity.

Build and Maintain a Good Online Reputation

Regardless of what the purpose of your profile/website/ blog is, it’s important to keep a clean online reputation  – even if you are not planning on doing business online.

Have you tried “googling” yourself? Try it and see what comes up. What you will see is what’s your online identity today.

Brand Yourself with Gravatar

There are some really good tools you can use if you are trying to create a successful online identity. One of them is Gravatar.  To quote from the website “A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things…”

Benefits of using Gravatar

Avatars allow people to recognize you  easier whenever you comment or post something on websites, blogs and web forums.

How to Create an Avatar

All you need to do is just go to Gravatar and create an account. You can create different avatars for different email addresses, this can come in handy if you have different businesses and you decide to create different avatars according to the business you are promoting.

Use a Self Portrait

It’s recommendable to use a portrait of yourself in your blog, and as avatar.  A portrait of yourself will help people relate to you easier and feel more comfortable when reading/commenting – plus it will help increase your online identity and reputation.

…but above all, make sure you have fun meeting new friends!

I don’t know about you, but I’m really happy Spring is here.  I know we’ve had spring for about a month already, but it just didn’t feel like Spring to me until this past week. We’ve had a tough winter but it’s all gone – at least it seems.

So I figured, brand new Spring calls for a brand new design for the blog. This time I wanted to make something quite different from all the designs I’ve had in the past for this blog. I think you will notice that the main change was the background which is black when in the past I’ve tried to keep the background of a light color, preferably white.

Old Times ..Good Times

First, let’s reminisce a little in the various designs Karina Myers’ Blog has had. At the beginning, I decided to have a very playful approach using different colors and the result was…

I though it was cute and I like that I had my sponsors link in the top of the page. But, a designer’s mind never stops working so guess what…I came up with a second design.

For my second layout I wanted to include my twitter account, so I added a status post in the header which ended up looking like this:

I love swirly brushes, and I was pretty happy I was able to implement it in this design.

For the design that came after that I wanted to make a pretty innovative design with some fire or neon glow somewhere in it. Here is an image of what the header layout ended up being:

Red is one of my favorite colors and I still love that KM logo I made…good times!

The new and improved layout for Karina Myers’ Blog… that’s me

For this new design I decided to give it a rest to my digital web character. I hold the design very close to my heart and I’ll probably implement it in my future design… who knows? what do you think?

Let’s start with the logo. I must say, I’m really happy with the results. This new logo has a fresh look to it and I like that I was able to implement the various colors that I like in it without making it look bad, and guess what.. I’m using neon colors which look beautiful with the black background!

I’m also using different dark tones and thin light borders that you will probably need to take a close look to the design in order to notice it.

In the top right of the page you will also find a beautiful box that holds every link  you will need in order to connect with me online through any of the various social networking sites out there; links like my twitter profile, digg, technorati and of course links that will allow you to subscribe to receive the latest updates in my blog via RSS or via email updates, your choice. So in case you haven’t added me yet, make sure you do it soon.

A new addition to the blog are the networking tools that I have added for my beloved readers like yourself.

You can find this box in the sidebar located at the right side of the blog. TwitterRemote is a fun way to connect with your friends from Twitter and also get to know new people with similar interest as yours.

Another very new option added to the site is Google Friend Connect. This widget allows anyone to join the site with one click by using their existing Google, Yahoo and other accounts, that way you will be able to connect and network with your friends from this blog.

There are a couple things that I’m still keeping from the old design and that is the subscribe via email form:

And last but not least, the translate this page option for anyone who likes to have more options that just english.

I hope you enjoyed this short tour and find it entertaining. Is there any tool or widget that you would like me to add to the blog? Let me know your comments below.

Navigation
j/k        : next/previous item
space        : next item or page
<Shift> + space    : previous item or page
<Shift> + n/p    : next/previous subscription
n/p        : item scan down/up (list only)
<Shift> + x    : expand folder
v: view original
<Shift> + o    : open subscription or folder

Acting on items

s        : star item
t        : tag item
e        : email item
<Shift> + s    : share item
<Shift> + d    : share item with note
v        : view original
o/enter        : expand/collapse item (list only)
c        : add comment
<Shift> + c    : view comments
m        : mark item as read/unread
<Shift> + a    : mark all as read

Jumping

g then h    : go home
g then a    : go to all items
g then s    : go to starred items
g then <Shift> + s: go to shared items
g then u    : open subscription selector
g then t    : open tag selector
g then <Shift> + t: go to trends page
g then d    : go to discovery page
g then f    : open friend selector
g then <Shift> + f: go to friends’ shared items
g then c    : go to comment view

Application

r        : refresh
u       : toggle full screen mode
1        : switch to expanded view
2       : switch to list view
/        : move cursor to search box
a       : add a subscription
=       : increase magnification
-        : decrease magnification

via: Google Reader

Lately, I’ve been working in some small details in my blog – as some of you might have noticed.  This time, I just wanted to post a quick tutorial about how to customize your comments in your WordPress blog.

How to Change the Style of the Author’s Comment in WordPress

You probably have seen this before, whenever you are reading the comments of a post and you notice that the author’s comment is highlighted in a particular way, just so it’s different than the rest. Well, there are many ways to get this done.

An easy way to do it is by going to Appearances -> Edit -> style.css and add the following class:

.author_comment {
background-color: #F1C056 !important;
}

This simple class will just change the background of the author’s comment box. Here you can customize the style of your author’s box by changing the border color, etc.

Finally,  you need to make a small change in comments.php,  so go to Appearances  -> Edit -> comments.php. Once you are in the page, look up the line

<li <?php echo $oddcomment; ?>id="comment...

Change it to this:

<li class="<?php
/* Only use the author_comment class from style.css if the user_id is 1 (admin) */
if (1 == $comment->user_id)
$oddcomment = "author_comment";
echo $oddcomment;
?>" id="comment…

That’s all, if you followed this two simple steps correctly, your author’s box should be displaying with an improved and personalized style.

How to Change the Avatars Sizes in Comments

This is really easy, the kubrick wordpress template resizes the images to 32×32 by default. In order tyo change the sizes, go to Appearances  -> Edit -> comments.php and look up

<?php echo get_avatar( $comment,

You will find a line that looks like

<?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 32 ); ?>

In order to make the image bigger just try changin the number 32 to 50.  That’s all.

I hope you enjoyed this small tutorial.  Until next time!

Here is how you can find the Model and Serial Number, you just need to follow this steps:

1) Go to  Start -> Run -> cmd

2) Once you are in the command line, enter wmic bios get serialnumber this will return the serial number of your computer.

3) And if you enter wmic csproduct get name, this will return the Model Name of your computer.

As you can see, this works well in computers with a popular name like DELL, HP, IBM, etc. Pretty easy, huh?

via: Kabytes