Web Development

Using Apache to intercept HTTPS traffic
Jun 18, 2011 · apache Linux security ssl
Due to the increase in processing power available, the use of SSL has become more widespread. This is obviously a good thing, especially with UK ISPs spying on ( and annoyingly, replaying ) web traffic recently, however this can be a showstopper when trying to debug a misbehaving application.
To get around this, and …

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Can’t connect to X11 window server using ‘:0’ as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
Apr 21, 2011 · Gentoo java netbeans
I’ve decided to try out Netbeans, as it had been recommended to me as a good IDE for PHP development, but while attempting to emerge it under Gentoo, I was greeted by this error:
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Convert Adobe CMYK Images to RGB on Linux
Jul 7, 2007 · cmyk gimp Linux rgb
In my job as a Web Application developer, occasionally designers send me images to place on web sites, which is usually fairly simple. However sometimes I receive images from print-orientated designers, who use Adobe Photoshop to create images in CMYK format. These images are great for printing, however they don’t work …
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