by Mohsin Sumar | Oct 2, 2009 | General
I stumbled across this infographic on Information in Beautiful. It illustrates the Hierarchy of Digital Distractions. I’m quite amazed with this infographic and find it very true. How true do you find this? Click on the image to see this infographic in its...
by Mohsin Sumar | Oct 1, 2009 | Search Engine Optimization
After a really long time of absence in maintaining my own personal website, I decided to install wordpress blog to get my site back online quickly. Without going over the settings thoroughly, I was happy that my site was back online quickly. I started blogging and...
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 27, 2009 | SSH, Tips & Tricks
If you have a dedicated server or a VPS – or any Linux machine with SSH access, the following commands may be useful to you if you are looking to find some files quickly. PuTTY is a good telnet/SSH client if you don’t already have one. Let’s get...
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 27, 2009 | Javascript
Have you ever wondered how to setup your own cool rotating & autoslide banners with pagination – those small buttons with 1, 2, 3 to switch between your website banners – especially on homepage? If so, then jQuery Carousel is an excellent jQuery plugin...
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 25, 2009 | Tips & Tricks
Earlier this week, I was transferring all my important data from my external 120GB USB hard disk to my new laptop. During the process, the transfer became unbearably slow. I decided to cancel it and reboot my computer to get a fresh start. To my dismay, Windows Vista...
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 24, 2009 | MySQL
If you have an all-database MySQL dump, follow the instructions below to restore your SQL file with all database data & privileges. Please note that the following procedures require command line access and is assuming you are the administrator of the computer....
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 24, 2009 | MySQL
Recently, I bought a new laptop and was challenged to move my development sites over. Copying files and sites is all pretty easy, however, if you do not backup your MySQL server correctly – you will face quite a hassle recreating all the databases and...
by Mohsin Sumar | Sep 23, 2009 | General
It’s been a while, couple of years actually, since I updated my website. For those who do not know me, please see my biography page for more information about me. I have had my personal blog on my to-do list for quite sometime and finally, here it is. It’s...
