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Magento Commerce Error Reporting Tip

B00MER — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:29:51 +0000

Whoops, our bad…
The page you requested was not found, and we have a fine guess why.
If you typed the URL directly, please make sure the spelling is correct.
If you clicked on a link to get here, the link is outdated.

What can you do?

Well, you can start by looking in /var/report/ and view the file that corresponds with the error ID on the web address.

This is just a merely nice page to display to end users as not to display any nasty php errors to them. However looking at these reports can lead useful if your needing to find out more details on whats causing the issues.

Didn’t realize this until tonight, I must be slow… but thought I would share.

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X-Cart creators release Gears based Ecwid E-Commerce Widgets in Beta

B00MER — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:15:47 +0000

It appears the people behind X-Cart (qualiteam) have just released a beta version of their hosted AJAX/Gears based E-Commerce package. The package is free however it is a hosted solution with Amazon’s cloud hosting or EC2 web service for data storage. Some of the cooler features is the Drag and Drop functionality for items to your basket. Mobile version with static HTML Catalog for SEO purposes as well. It is widget based so it can easily be dropped into any CMS system.

The biggest downside it seems to such a solution is there is no means currently to have a custom solution, via API or through Qualiteam themselves. The Cart is visually customizable via CSS within the admin but I’m guessing it won’t be very “in depth”. Also there is no manual.

On the plus to all these items though is it is FREE

Ecwid: E-Commerce Widgets.

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Combine H.264 MP4 Files and Add Audio via MP4Box and FFMPEG

B00MER — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:45:09 +0000

Some late night fun… Since I can’t sleep… I’ve successfully found a means to combine multiple video files and add audio to a combined video progmatically and documenting my findings, thought I would share…

First I had to install GPAC which contains MP4Box, using it allows to combine the video files pre-existing as we have them now into one single file (1.mp4 and 2.mp4 are video files captured with an AXIS IP Camera in H.264):

^?View Code PHP

1	MP4Box -cat 1.mp4 -cat 2.mp4 out.mp4

Next we determine the length in seconds of the video, this is where a custom PHP Script is involved that will determine the length:

^?View Code PHP

$output = shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i {$path}");
preg_match('/Duration: ([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([^ ,])+/', $output, $matches);
$time = str_replace("Duration: ", "", $matches[0]);
$time_breakdown = explode(":", $time);
$total_seconds = round(($time_breakdown[0]*60*60) + ($time_breakdown[1]*60) + $time_breakdown[2]);

With the example file, here’s what the PHP script would see:

^?View Code PHP

1 2	ffmpeg -i out.mp4 2>&1 \| grep Duration Duration: 00:00:13.60, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 875 kb/s

And then we cut the audio file accordingly, the above PHP script returned 14 seconds for our two combined videos, since 13.60 is rounded to 14 from MP4Box, so it starts at 00:00:00 and takes a total time of 14 seconds of the audio file and creates a new file to be used next.

^?View Code PHP

1	ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -t 14 -i music.mp3 final.mp3

Take the combined videos from MP4Box and add the newly created 14 second final.mp3 file and create the final file for viewing.

^?View Code PHP

1	ffmpeg -vcodec copy -i final.mp3 -i out.mp4 final.mp4

If your wanting to have progressive downloading for web playback:

^?View Code PHP

1	MP4Box -inter 0.5 final.mp4

END RESULT:

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Myers-Briggs Type: ISFP

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:51:36 +0000

What’s My Myers-Briggs Personality Type?

As an ISFP, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit into your value system. Your secondary mode is external, where you take things in via your five sense in a literal, concrete fashion.

ISFPs live in the world of sensation possibilities. They are keenly in tune with the way things look, taste, sound, feel and smell. They have a strong aesthetic appreciation for art, and are likely to be artists in some form, because they are unusually gifted at creating and composing things which will strongly affect the senses. They have a strong set of values, which they strive to consistently meet in their lives. They need to feel as if they’re living their lives in accordance with what they feel is right, and will rebel against anything which conflicts with that goal. They’re likely to choose jobs and careers which allow them the freedom of working towards the realization of their value-oriented personal goals.

ISFPs tend to be quiet and reserved, and difficult to get to know well. They hold back their ideas and opinions except from those who they are closest to. They are likely to be kind, gentle and sensitive in their dealings with others. They are interested in contributing to people’s sense of well-being and happiness, and will put a great deal of effort and energy into tasks which they believe in.

ISFPs have a strong affinity for aesthetics and beauty. They’re likely to be animal lovers, and to have a true appreciation for the beauties of nature. They’re original and independent, and need to have personal space. They value people who take the time to understand the ISFP, and who support the ISFP in pursuing their goals in their own, unique way. People who don’t know them well may see their unique way of life as a sign of carefree light-heartedness, but the ISFP actually takes life very seriously, constantly gathering specific information and shifting it through their value systems, in search for clarification and underlying meaning.

ISFPs are action-oriented individuals. They are “doers”, and are usually uncomfortable with theorizing concepts and ideas, unless they see a practical application. They learn best in a “hands-on” environment, and consequently may become easily bored with the traditional teaching methods, which emphasize abstract thinking. They do not like impersonal analysis, and are uncomfortable with the idea of making decisions based strictly on logic. Their strong value systems demand that decisions are evaluated against their subjective beliefs, rather than against some objective rules or laws.

ISFPs are extremely perceptive and aware of others. They constantly gather specific information about people, and seek to discover what it means. They are usually penetratingly accurate in their perceptions of others.

ISFPs are warm and sympathetic. They genuinely care about people, and are strongly service-oriented in their desire to please. They have an unusually deep well of caring for those who are close to them, and are likely to show their love through actions, rather than words.

ISFPs have no desire to lead or control others, just as they have no desire to be led or controlled by others. They need space and time alone to evaluate the circumstances of their life against their value system, and are likely to respect other people’s needs for the same.

The ISFP is likely to not give themself enough credit for the things which they do extremely well. Their strong value systems can lead them to be intensely perfectionist, and cause them to judge themselves with unneccesary harshness.

The ISFP has many special gifts for the world, especially in the areas of creating artistic sensation, and selflessly serving others. Life is not likely to be extremely easy for the ISFP, because they take life so seriously, but they have the tools to make their lives and the lives of those close to them richly rewarding experiences.

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Same site, shorter domain: mbliss.com

B00MER — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:01:14 +0000

Out of curiousity I wondered if mbliss.com was available last night and to my surprise it was available, it hadn’t been in quite some time, since most have trouble spelling the word molotov, I decided to scoop the domain up. I’m still not sure if I will keep it pointing here or if a seperate entity will appear on it and the blog would stay here, I’m mainly concerned with back links and 301 redirecting everything properly. I am also concerned with the domain being parked here if Google will start penalizing me for duplicate content. Anyone have any thoughts, on what would be the best use for this new shortened domain?

Hopefully the thought process will end up like this:

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Old ANSI Art

B00MER — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:16:59 +0000

Stumbled upon SixTeenColors.net and found some of my old ANSI Art I had done back around 1994-1996 mainly for the group Relic and thought I would post them up for nostalgic purposes, since I’ll be turning 30 tomorrow!

I really hate SVGallery anyone know of a better one for WordPress?

Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery.

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Google Chrome Extensions in Beta

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:48:01 +0000

Chrome Extension HOWTO ‎(Chromium Developer Documentation)‎.

It appears my favorite browser is getting closer and closer to having extensions! The current beta release has some extension support as there are some things you still can’t do in Chrome Beta, that you can in FireFox, so until the day comes I’m still gonna have to keep opening up FireFox every so often for greasemonkey, seo and web dev tools. But for general Browsering you can’t be the self contained tab browsing, garbage collection and its Javascript quickness!

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Repeat after me: I am free!

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:46:51 +0000

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Bad times spawn great start-ups

B00MER — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:11:19 +0000

Old Article but still makes alot of sense, especially in todays economy!

Contrary to popular wisdom, business start-ups soar when the economy sours. That’s because laid-off workers like Disney and restless employees like Diamond and Lamb, convinced they’ve got great ideas, pursue self-employment and benefit as start-up costs tumble. That boosts the entire economy, because small businesses create 75% of new jobs and usually lead the USA out of hard times.

via USATODAY.com – Bad times spawn great start-ups.

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MagentoCommerce vs OSCommerce vs X-Cart

B00MER — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:32:40 +0000

SnapShot of magentocommerce.com (rank #12,293), oscommerce.com (#14,769), x-cart.com (#38,446) – Compete.

It appears Magento Commerce has now surpassed even OSCommerce in Unique visitors!

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