Category Archives: work

Linux Crontab helpful hints

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Sheldon Lendrum

* * * * * command to be executed ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───── day of week (0 – 6) (Sunday=0 ) │ │ │ … Continue reading →

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Calculating memory used by PHP to generate that page

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Sheldon Lendrum

Do you know how much memory those loops are using ? Why is this page taking so long to load ? Well with this simple PHP code you can daily benchmark different versions of your script to use the least … Continue reading →

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PHP Dump/Debug script.

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Sheldon Lendrum

Ever use PHP’s var_dump() or print_r() to debug what is going wrong with that $data you have ? Well, this simple script acts as the above functions, yours first parameter is your data, and the second optional parameter is stoping … Continue reading →

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Webkit custom scroll bars

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Sheldon Lendrum

Webkit browsers such as Safari and Chrome support some superb CSS3 styling. They are ( even thought I use firefox as my primary browser ) the most advanced browsers. For a while now I have created custom scroll bars using … Continue reading →

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Mootools Gallery ZoomBox Plugin

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Sheldon Lendrum

I needed a simple lightweight Mootools Gallery Lightbox, and after a few googles, I found nothing that suited my needs with out all the extra ‘captions’ and grouping and bloat. This is a simple zoom from start position type lightbox … Continue reading →

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BounceBox Version 1.2 with Mootools 1.3 support

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Sheldon Lendrum

After around 19 months of inactive development I have updated my Mootools BounceBox class to support The current selector method and fix an Event issue in some browsers when opening the Box. Try out the demo at http://bouncebox.lendrum.co.nz and download … Continue reading →

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Update for Sheldon.Lendrum Search Rank checker

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Sheldon Lendrum

I have made an update to my search rank checker for http://sheldon.lendrum.co.nz to paginate the results. With over 4500 records, the list was getting a bit long. I have paginated it by rank’s rather than equal pages. Check it out … Continue reading →

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Use PHP to find your mobile browser

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Sheldon Lendrum

I needed a quick way to include different files based on the if the visitor to a site is on a mobile device or a regular browser/computer. Every browser has a user agent depending on the operating system, browser and … Continue reading →

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