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Moving away from Google App Engine

saifuddin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:53:23 +0000

Google App Engine was good for small project, but the recent changes in the pricing policy have made many small app expensive to maintain. If you have more than 1000 users then you will run out of the free resources within few hrs.

This is the primary reason we have moved Namaaztracker.com out of Google App Engine and recode again in PHP. It’s now much faster and we feel much more in control both code + infrastructure point of view. Coding in Python with Google App Engine was fun .. but it’s not financially viable any more.

Namaaztracker.com was in development for more than a year, but we manage to port 80% of the features back in PHP within a week. We are really proud of our team to achieve this mammoth task in such a short period of time.

So we are back up no more server/quota issues. Enjoy Namaaztracker.com and we are really thankful to all our customers for giving us support and love at such a critical time when our site was down most of the time for full one week. It is because of your love and support that encourage us to port it so fast.

Love you all. And as always your feedback / suggestion are always welcome.

How to load game from usb for Wii

saifuddin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:47:33 +0000

This is just for educational purpose.

This work only after Homebrew Channel is install, for instruction on how to install Homebrew Channel click here.

You will require 2 softwares:

1.Download USB Loader GX (2.0 r1037) from HERE

2. WBFS Manager from HERE. (64-bit version of WBFS Manager, download from HERE; if you need MAC download HERE. )

Steps of installing:

1. Adding Software in Wii first:

USB Loader GX – Quick install information; after using WinRar, 7-Zip, or RarZilla to extract the USBLoaderGX rar file, there will be a number of folders that are to be copied to the SD card.
Copy the USBLoaderGX folder to the Apps folder on your SD card. This is the homebrew app version of USB Loader GX and will run from the HBC menu.
Wad folder-in the wad folder will be two files; to run USB Loader GX as a channel, copy the file usually named USB Loader GX rXXX-ULNR.wad to the wad folder on your SD card. Install this wad using Wad Manager.
Copy the folders named codes, config, images, and txtcodes unchanged to the Root directory of your SD card. Note that the images folders are where you will store game cover art.

2. WBFS Manager

After downloading run the setup and install the software. Run the Software and attach a usb HDD or atleast 4GB USB . The USB drive which you are going to use will be reserved for Wii and you will not be able to use it on a PC.

Now Click the Refesh Drive List and select the USB drive on which you will load the ISO.

Click on format and format the USB so that its now ready to be used as Wii USB drive.

Once Formatted load the drive.

On the right side choose the ISO which you want to load and transfer it back to USB.

Once done remove the USB and attach it to Wii.

Select USB Loader GX from home screen and you will see the games. Select a game to play. You can also download covers for the game. Enjoy

For any queries just post a comment and we will get back to you. Till than Happy Hacking

PHP Basics – How to disable notice and warning in PHP.ini file

saifuddin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:26:14 +0000

To disable notice and warning in PHP is quite easy to do, but easy to forget how to do it

Just open right php.ini file (VERY IMPORTANT to find RIGHT php.ini file) search for line error_reporting under “Error handling and logging” section and give variable as E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING

Line should look like this:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING

restart webserver (Apache in most case) and you are done. Now you will not get those pesky notice and warning messages

RSSpeedmail: Add Subscribtion List on your website

saifuddin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:22:25 +0000

Now in RSSpeedmail.com you can add Subscription List directly on your website.
Just go to Edit your list and copy 2 lines of code to your site and you can have subscription list directly build in to your email listing.

Steve Jobs Biography

saifuddin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:05:29 +0000

This is awesome book trying to explore how Steve Jobs mind works.
Steve Jobs professional life is worth a read and to learn from. But his personal life is deppressing.

Some of the lesson learned are:

1. Focus

2. Will power (never give up)

3. Speak up

4. Don’t worry about profits worry about the products

5. Think Different (for the crazy ones)

6. Re invent your self

7. Don’t fear about restarting from zero or cannibalizing your own products.

A must read. To get your copy click here
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Blackberry Tasbee Counter v4.0

saifuddin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:54:17 +0000

Tasbee Counter which will help you keep track of your tasbee count.

Now in this new version it remembers the counter even when you close the app

Also You can hide / show the tasbee counter so that nobody can peak into what you are doing

Click here to download it

Gladwell, Malcolm – Outliers, The Story Of Success

saifuddin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:32:01 +0000

In Outliers its showed how success is created. Success is amalgamation of various things like culture, parenting style, opportunities, luck and most of all opportunity to work hard. Outliers opens your mind in newer horizons. Also explain the law of 10,000 hrs required to become geniues in any field. A good read Check out now.

Admonere: Delete all reminders

saifuddin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:30:49 +0000

As per user request we have added new feature by which you can delete all your reminders at one go. Just got to List Reminders > Click on Delete all reminders. It will ask for confirmation and only then all your reminders will be deleted.

Admonere now you can login using Facebook / Gmail etc

saifuddin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:39:23 +0000

Now you dont require to create a new account to use Admonere. Now you can login using Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo or OpenID. So you dont have to remember one more login. So enjoy your favorite Personal Assistant for FREE. Login now at http://admonere.appspot.com

Start with WHY

saifuddin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:31:09 +0000

Start with why is book written by Simon Sinek. Simon talks about Golden Circle in which he shows how starting with why is a right approach in starting any thing. The only drawback is there is lot of repetition. But in general a nice read and will learn lot of things.

Some key points:

1. To keep the passion a live in any project make sure to remind your self WHY are you doing it.

2. Money should be the last WHY.

3. Inspire people around you and you will get better productivity.

4. Question your self and make sure the answer is the reason for it is align with the WHY .

A must read Check out now