Jelastic Java Host – Recommended by James Gosling !

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I recently came across an interesting tool. Jelastic is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider for Java. Basically, it’s a cloud for Java applications. The most interesting point about Jelastic (in my opinion) is the fact that it can run any Java application. There are no API to use or special change that have [...]



taskwarrior-php 0.1 : A simple PHP Frontend for Taskwarrior

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I released the version 0.1 of taskwarrior-php. This project is a simple PHP Frontend for Taskwarrior. For now, the frontend is quite basic. All the tasks are displayed and sorted by projects. The completion of each project is also computed. You can also insert a new task. For now, only the project and the description [...]



Enhanced Code Snippets with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

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After a long time of service, I decided to replace the old WP-Syntax plugin with a more modern one: SyntaxHighlighter Evolved. I thought that the style of the code snippets of WP-Syntax started looking a bit old. The new plugin has several advantages: The code snippets look better A useful toolbar is available on each [...]



A new theme for the site

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I changed the theme on the site. I used the Sleek theme from Studiopress. The main reason to change to this theme was that I replaced some of my addons. For example, the breadcrumbs are already included in the theme. There is also an included widgets for Twitter. Another reason is that I find this [...]



WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” released!

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WordPress 3.3 introduces some very interesting features, specially for the blogger itself. It includes a new drag-and-drop uploader, hover menus for the navigation, a new toolbar, improved co-editing support, and a new Tumblr importer. The admin interface has add a great cleanup too. More information on the official release notes : http://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/sonny/ I already updated the blog [...]



Packt Open Source Awards 2011

Packt launched the Open Source Awards 2011 contest. This is a contest that aims to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source projects. This contest has been running since 2006. The nominations started the first of August and finished on the 9th of September. The finalists of each category are available on the website. You [...]



Google+ is now open to all

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After about 90 days of trial on invitation-only mode, Google+ is now open to everybody. For those who don’t know, Google+ is the social network platform of Google, with several interesting features like Circles, Hangouts, … For example, you can see my page on Google+. Personally, I find this social network very interesting, but there [...]



Upload files to FTP using Bash

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This morning, I wanted to automatically update a little website from my computer without using Filezilla. So I searched a little bit and found that there is a very useful tool called nftp. To install it, you only have to use apt-get : This tool can be used directly from bash to upload files to [...]



Save time with the Gmail Priority Inbox

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Hi, Some days ago, Gmail released a new feature, the Priority Inbox. Actually, the feature is not released on all accounts, but if it is released on yours, you can see a message “Try Gmail Priority Inbox”, in top right high corner, just after your user name. Once you activated this new inbox, you will [...]



Top 15 Best WordPress Plugins

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When working on a WordPress site or blog, it’s essential to install several plugins to optimize the site readibility, accessibility, performances, … Here are 15 plugins that I think the best of the WordPress plugins and that I use everyday. The list is not in interest order but in alphabetical order. Akismet – Avoid spam [...]