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Designing and Making a Tesla Coil Part 1

So, a friend and I decided to build a Tesla Coil. When we started, I wasn’t very familiar with how they worked, but I had plans for a 12″ spark Tesla Coil in Bob Iannini’s book, “Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius” Ch. 14, which promised a working Tesla Coil if we followed the plans.
However, [...]

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Sorting Version Numbers in PHP

UPDATE:
I found a php function which takes much of the hardest part of this problem and makes it easier. The function is version_compare().
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What’s the problem? Say you have a version number such as 1.2.3 stored in a MySql database as a varchar, and you want to sort this version number. Without any decimals, here is [...]

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Disabling the Wordpress Flash Uploader

Sometimes it can be finnigy — the wordpress flash uploader. When it works, it works nicely, but when it doesn't work it can be frustrating to troubleshoot and fix. If you ever decide that you don't want it anymore, there is a very simple snippet that will make it look like wordpress never had a [...]

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Integrating Zenphoto and Wordpress

Update: I am now using google picasa with the kpicasa plugin. I've determined that this is the best method of putting a complete gallery onto a post or page. This completely eliminates zenphoto. If you are committed to using zenphoto, and you have your theme set up exactly the way you want it, then this [...]

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