LDAP Authentication for Cakephp 24 Mar 2011 This article is going to help you using LDAP to authenticate users rather than relying on a users table with a password column. I will be assuming you will be using cakephp 1.3 and that you have completed Auth and/or ACL setup on your application similar to the…
Picture Frame Tablet PC 23 Jan 2011 Backstory A few years ago when the local Circuit City was going out of business I decided to stop by to see if there where any good deals. Unfortunately most of their inventory was at a very low discount (if at all). However they where getting rid of some of…
PHPRepo 21 Dec 2010 This is about a piece of software I wrote over a year ago to fit a need I had at the time. It probably will not receive any updates but I have released the source to anyone is free to do as they please with it. Background PHPRepo is a…
Install Debian on Android 06 Oct 2010 This is a minimalistic how-to to get a Debian environment running on almost any (rooted) android phone. I adopted the method here:http://www.saurik.com/id/10to be more universal and added some new features. Preparing the Debian Image You will need access to a computer dunning a Debian…
HTC Incredible Virtual CD-ROM Hack 02 Oct 2010 The official HTC Incredible 2.2 update added a new feature to the ROM. When the phone is connected to a computer via USB, even if the memory card is not mounted, it will act as a virtual CD-ROM. It basically just acts as a CR-ROM drive with the disk…
Use EventGhost to Make a XBMC Hulu and Boxee HTPC 21 Sep 2010 The PC I wanted a HTPC that I could use to play anything, and that could do anything. And since it was going to be hooked up to a big TV, it might as well be powerful enough to play some modern games on the big screen. I chose to…
Use Active Directory for Linux logins 04 Sep 2010 This is a simple how-to on using Microsoft’s Active Directory for user authentication on Linux systems. The method described in this guide should work for Cent OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Fedora. Debian based distributions do not the the tools used in this method and require a…
Build Your Own Car Power Inverter 28 Aug 2010 A car inverter will take the 12 volts DC from your car; usually from your cigarette lighter and turn it into 110 volts AC, which is what you get out of your home power outlets. This allows you to plug household electronics into your car. the most common would probably…
N810 as Computer GPS 21 Aug 2010 This guide will tell you how to let a windows computer make use of your N810’s GPS as if it was its own. While the Nokia N810 does not have the best GPS in the world it is still better than no GPS. On a recent road trip I…
HTC Incredible Video Out 02 Jun 2010 I recently got a HTC Incredible to replace my aging LG Chocolate. One feature of the Incredible was video out. Specifically the ability to output composite video to a TV. The cable was first demoed by WireFly here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJyt463AoOAAnd since thenthreads [http://www.droidforums.…