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Install and configure pages for Drupal

Apache Solr 3 on Drupal 7 Turtorial with screen shots

This page will cover how to Install and configure all the Drupal 7 modules to an existing Solr 3

Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s Feature List

Ice Cream Sandwich

Here are some highlights of the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Version

  • Roboto: Goodbye Droid Sans, a new typeface called Roboto is here to rule the roost.
  • Landscape Controls: We knew that the Galaxy Nexus opted to move the classic Android buttons onto the screen, but they smartly disappear when viewing video or in widescreen mode.
  • Flexible Widgets: Ice Cream Sandwich’s stock widgets are resizable and more robust than previous versions. They also now occupy their own separate space in the app drawer.

Adding Swap Space to Linux without Rebooting

Today I got an error in MySQL "InnoDB: Error: connot allocate   bytes... you should increase swap"
I wanted to add more swap you can do it with a file like below or if you have space create a partition or logical volume (lv).

So, here's a simple step to add a swap space (Read more for details):

Galaxy Tab Pros and Cons

After using a prototype Galaxy Tab I wanted one.  Now that I have owned one for two weeks (actually it is all I had while on vacation for a week), I thought it would be good to review what I like and don't like about the Galaxy Tab.  What I have been looking for is a replacement for my laptop which I still need to use because of a list of things the Iphone is not up to doing.

Galaxy Tab Tips for New Owners

News: Samsung will Upgrade Galaxy Tab to Gingerbead 2.3 (In this order: UK, Europe, US, Asia). I got my 2.3.5 update Nov 5, 2011

Galaxy 10.1 Tips

I bought my wife a Galaxy 10.1 WiFi for home use, but for out on the town my 7 inch with 3G service is the way to go.  I find I use about 300 MB per month over the 3G the rest is WiFi at home or work.  Check out the Galaxy 10.1 Tips page.

Galaxy 7 and General Tips

I bought a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab on the first day they went on sale, and the next morning I left on a one week vacation with only the Tab, no laptop.  Here are some tips and tricks and other things I have learned:

  1. Menu key (bottom left) use it to get to settings and other options
  2. Home key use to exit out of any application.
  3. Back key (a bent arrow) to go back one screen.
  4. Press and hold on things to get more options, i.e. on fields to get a choice of keyboard to enter data.
  5. Turn OFF roaming, it is on by default and even works with maritime roaming when at sea on a cruise (don't ask, it is painful how much that mistake cost me).
  6. Flash on demand.  I recomend in the browser to use the on demand setting for Flash: use the menu key -> settings -> Enable plug-ins -> On demand.  This will cause the browser to not download a flash object unless you click on it.  (faster and less data hungery)

Drupal Sites

Here is a list of Government and other large sites using Drupal, with links and screenshots for each site.  These are great examples of the flexibility and power of Drupal as a Content Management System (CMS).

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