To create a tar from a directory using SSH on Linux punch in the following command

tar -vcf backup.tar mystuff/
Where “mystuff” is a directory and backup.tar is the target compressed file.

You can also create a file called archive.tar of all the files and subdirectories in the current directory with the following command

tar -vcf backup.tar *
Note: “v” flag is for verbose mode.

A very nice article on Reading and Writing Spreadsheet Excel files. Read it here.

Ever wanted to add new extensions to Dreamweaver? I am working on Zend Framework these days and I wanted Dreamweaver to be able to read and maipulate “phtml” files in design mode. Adobe Knowledge Base has an article that describes how to do it. A simple change in two files and viola! its done. Read the Knowledge Base article here.

Some one sent this cartoon, copyrights unknown (please let me know so that i can credit the creator of this cartoon).

Language is URDU

Enjoy

Eye-catching stock icons @ fasticon.com
more information and download: http://fasticon.com/freeware/index.php/web-2-icons/

Excerpts from PHPCommunity

I discovered a BUG in Wordpress Version 2.5.1, the forgot password sends you an email with the “key” that is supposed to generate a new email but the “key” itself contains characters like “&” which appends to the URL like query string and wordpress gives an error that the “key” is invalid.

Microsoft has introduced a new service called Microsoft Task Market which connects small businesses with skilled freelancers for help such as web development, graphic design, marketing, copy writing, document translation, and virtually anything.

Simply put, Task Market allows you to post a job in order to find someone who can do it for you. If you are a freelancer, it helps you to search for jobs for which you can get paid in return.

This service is similar to other famous freelance places like ODesk, RentACoder, GetaCoder, GetaFreelancer etc but with Microsoft on its backend, Task Market looks quite promising.

The interface is very easy and simple and you can login using a Windows Live account. Users have their own profile where they get rated on the amount of jobs they have posted/solved. All payments are done using Paypal. Hopefully Task Market will also start working with Payoneer, WireTransfers and Mail Checks etc just like its competitors.

What a programmer who has mentioned and probably coded many lines of code to check if the user has selected only “one of the given checkboxes”. I wonder why he could not think of using radio buttons instead. What a freak

All the logos of the companies are shuffled up in this screenshot. What a blunder from one of the Largest Outsourcing platform