How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookieshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/_other-misc/how-to-make-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

30 September 2009 rounded tablespoons, onto an parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Leave about 2 inches between cookies - they'll spread out when they bake. Step 4: Bake Bake your cookies about 8-10 minutes, until they're golden brown, but still soft in the centers. Let...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Hobbies
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Mediawiki Extension for Camtasia Studio SWF videoshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/mediawiki-extension-for-camtasia-studio-swf-videos.html

08 October 2009 article shows you how to get your MediaWiki system to display your Camtasia Studio SWF files in it's articles. Why Camtasia when there are other free options? We tried lots of FLV players that were usually branded or not free. These were awkward to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MediaWiki
• Language: en-GB

Add Image Mouseover effect in AutoHotkey GUIhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/add-image-mouseover-effect-in-autohotkey-gui.html

25 January 2010 over other objects will no longer cause the search button to flicker. More...? How about having the cursor change to hand when you hover the mouse over the image: /* IDC_ARROW := 32512 IDC_IBEAM := 32513 IDC_WAIT := 32514 IDC_CROSS := 32515 IDC_UPARROW...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AutoHotkey
• Language: en-GB

Windows 7: System Clock is constantly going out of synchttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-system-clock-is-constantly-going-out-of-sync.html

28 January 2010 they have manually set the date/time on their computer, this gets changed by the windows time server (time.windows.com) when connected to the Internet and for some reason it doesn't display the right date/time. The Quick Fix First off, check there...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Anti-Spam override for all submitted datahttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/anti-spam-override-for-all-submitted-data.html

03 February 2010 by default. The file is index2.php in your Joomla root folder. Make a copy of it, back it up or do whatever you usually do when you modify a server-side file... ahem... The code by to look for (joomla default) should be as follows: $_REQUEST['tmpl'] =...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Creating a Top 10 chart with less codehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/creating-a-top-10-chart-with-less-code.html

18 February 2010 I've decided to put something in here as it took me an age to find out how I could do it. This is when using a MySQL query within a PHP script. The process is used often to do a statistics table or top ten chart of your data (eg. movies, music, etc)....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Personal Home Page
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Embed an FLV file into a web pagehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/html/embed-an-flv-file-into-a-web-page.html

09 March 2010 from playing automatically on page load?". Anna has since confirmed that the below code buffers her movie but only starts when clicked, ideal! Changes are: clip{ autobuffering, autoplay }

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Hypertext Markup Language
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Lazy stats: Yootheme / Gavick Pro / Rocket Theme Comparisonhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/lazy-stats-yootheme-and-gavick-pro.html

08 April 2010 So this is a comparison chart (at least in my opinion) of 3 major joomla template/extension providers. When I'm less caught up in work I'll try adding to this article. But here's some lazy stats: Package Comparison Table Personal Business Developer...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windowshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/remove-write-protect-from-pen-in-windows.html

13 April 2010 where I’ve been trawling through and I have found a utility that actually works on my pen!!! It said “repaired USB pen” and when I go to check the space, my 30Gb has returned!!! It’s called Urescue and it’s become my favourite program (despite the fact...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Windows 7 Aero Featureshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-aero-features.html

27 April 2010 as this was not my idea but quite ingenious and worth a mention. Did anyone else have any problems with Aero effects when they first installed Windows 7? What’s your favourite Aero feature or do you even use them? Let us know by leaving a comment.

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html

18 May 2010 (find somewhere on the C drive or other with space and real disks) It should go about creating a usable virtual hard disk. When it's done click on the small "Start" button below the "Remove" button (not your main Start menu button) As soon as it loads,...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Calculating Percentagehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/ecommerce/calculating-percentage.html

20 May 2010 = +25% ie. selling an $8 product at $10 is an increase of 25% eg. ($8 - $10) * 100 / $10 = -20% ie. selling a product at $8 when it usually costs $10 is a discount of 20% eg. ($7,562.50 - $8,281.80) * 100 / $8,281.80 = -8.69% To determine the amount...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: eCommerce Systems
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Webdeveloper-Speakhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/webdeveloper-speak.html

13 July 2010 I wanted to list up: "above the fold" or "before-the-scroll" The part of a webpage that is visible in the web browser window when the page first loads is described as being ‘above-the-fold’. "belt-and-suspenders" Just like the UK's idiom...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Web-Development
• Language: *

K2 Items disappearhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/k2-items-disappear.html

27 August 2010 TABLE jos_k2_items Note that I say "jos_k2_items" because by default that's what it is... If you changed the table prefix when you installed Joomla! on your site (default is "jos_") then you'll need to change this repair table command to match the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Change the login link in MediaWikihttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/change-the-login-link-in-mediawiki.html

22 September 2010 MediaWiki version 1.14. Some articles are available for public, some are restricted to staff and different localgroups. When users click on the 'Login' link, we want the system to automatically prompt them for their username/password. (Kerberos...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MediaWiki
• Language: en-GB

RokDownloads Manager does not list fileshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/rokdownloads-manager-does-not-list-files.html

28 October 2010 with the actual code and you can get to this file manager to work without changing your Joomla! setup. Watch this space for when I find a definitive answer!

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Passwords: Did-you-knowhttp://mail.joellipman.com/hardware/passwords-did-you-know.html

15 November 2010 become more popular in recent years: There are loads of nightmare stories by security companies but one of my favourites is when the company hired to hack the client’s network simply drops loads of free nice USB flash drives in the parking lot....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: IT Support
• Language: *

Connection Strings for SQL Serverhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/sql-server/connection-strings-for-sql-server.html

05 January 2011 Memory Name=MYSQL; This one is applicable only when the connection protocol value is set to "memory". eInfoDesigns.dbProvider Type: .NET Framework Class Library Usage: eInfoDesigns.dbProvider.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection Manufacturer: eInfoDesigns...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server
• Language: *

Accessing a MySQL Database with Business Intelligence Development Studiohttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/accessing-a-mysql-database-with-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

05 January 2011 viewable on a specified Reporting Server than you'll need to deploy the report. If you get the following error (like I did) when you view the deployed report on the Reporting Server: An error occurred during client rendering. An error has occurred...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MySQL
• Language: en-GB

SQL Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/sql-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

14 January 2011 screenshots: Design the Query: So copy the above text, click on query builder and "edit as text", then paste it into there. When you ok this you should be on the following screen: Select the Report Type: For this calendar we want matrix because we're...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• Language: en-GB