O'Reilly Answers

Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

Welcome

Help

O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). More »

Send us feedback
Feed icon

O'Reilly Answers Feed
Twitter icon

@oreillyanswers

Top Contributors

adfm

123 Answers
carlaschroder

86 Answers
simonstl

47 Answers
msilver

41 Answers
MikeH

41 Answers

View all members »

Ask

Find

Recent Answers | Popular Answers

Sliding and Fading Elements in and out of View with jQuery

By adfm : Today, 03:49 PM
DHTML effects used to be painful to implement, but these days they're standard practice. You can add the visual cues to your layout that really make it snap by by taking advantage of effects available...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
Mac "clipsaver"

Asked by kaybar : Today, 10:27 AM

Answered by msilver : Today, 01:53 PM
I use a few things, depending on what it is. Snippets of text, URLs that I don't necessarily need bookmarks for, I put into Notational Velocity. A new feature they just introduced is syncing with... full answer >

3Answers

0Comments
What notebook bag should I buy?

Asked by msilver : 02 February 2010 - 04:46 PM

Answered by bjepson : Today, 01:29 PM
I absolutely love the Laptrap. It's got a freakishy clever design that lets you open it up into a mini lap desk: [attachment=612:LT001seated.jpg] full answer >
Tags:
2Answers

0Comments
Google Buzz: 5 Things You Need to Know

By macslocum : Today, 11:00 AM
Google Buzz brings status updates, links, videos and other shared features into the Gmail interface. If you've updated through Facebook or Twitter you'll be comfortable with the process: enter a quick...
Tags:
6Votes

0Comments
How to get an iPhone to automatically add an apostrophe

By nanbarber : 03 February 2010 - 06:02 AM
Here's a great tip from UK reader David Knox: "So there's a number of words that iPhones can automatically apostrophise for example if you type "isnt" it will drop the apostrop...
Tags:
7Votes

2Comments
How to Find Similar Users with Python

By adfm : Yesterday, 06:00 PM
Collaborative filtering techniques enable online retailers to recommend products, services, and media for the majority of commercial websites you visit daily. When you purchase something at Amazon....
Tags:
1Vote

0Comments
Use Zimbra to send huge files

By msilver : Yesterday, 01:06 PM
As I showed in a previous hint, if you have an account in an instance of Zimbra Collaboration Suite, you can share any of your existing folders to other accounts hosted in the same Zimbra instance. Y...
Tags:
- howto zimbra briefcase
2Votes

0Comments
Should I buy an iPad when it comes out?

Asked by adfm : 28 January 2010 - 03:10 PM

Answered by macnlos : Yesterday, 12:56 PM
I have had an iPhone since they came out. I currently have a 3G and my wife has a 3GS. I also have a Blackberry that mandated by my company, they do not allow/connect iPhones to their network. Will... full answer >
Tags:
3Answers

8Comments
What's your experience with Solr?

Asked by anoren : 09 December 2009 - 05:03 PM

Answered by jaydonnell : Yesterday, 11:52 AM
It depends on you. If you are not an expert in information retrieval and just want a good full text search for your app without a lot of fuss then solr works great. If, on the other hand, you are an... full answer >
Tags:
2Answers

0Comments
which web address app is better? Plaxo vs Unyk vs what?

Asked by dgomba : 30 January 2010 - 03:48 PM

Answered by adfm : Yesterday, 11:17 AM
If you can't make your mind up between Plaxo and UNYK and need a couple of opinions to help you come to a decision, let me help you get the ball rolling. Some Plaxo users really enjoy their Outloo... full answer >
Tags:
1Answer

0Comments
word to xml conversion

Asked by pradeep-p : 07 February 2010 - 08:32 PM

Answered by adfm : Yesterday, 10:17 AM
If you're looking to convert a Microsoft Word file to XML using Visual Basic you might want to check out this article. As requested, it provides sample code. As for mapping tags, I'd suggest s... full answer >

1Answer

1Comment
A tricky XSLT Transformation

Asked by boetke : 17 January 2010 - 04:50 PM

Answered by Infant Programmer : Feb 07 2010 10:48 PM
I have worked on a (almost)similar example before and Muenchian method is all fine for this case .. use this condition .. ObsGroup[not(ClsItem[@name='MARITAL_STATUS']=preceding-... full answer >
Tags:
1Answer

0Comments
Some new techniques for a circuit bending newb?

Asked by andstone : 05 February 2010 - 03:43 PM

Answered by CollinMel : Feb 05 2010 11:23 PM
You can also find a bunch of useful info for bending over at Casper Electronic's Finished Pieces section and the GetLoFi blog. full answer >

2Answers

0Comments
What is the best live streaming service? Livestream, UStream, Stickam, Justin.tv, Kyte, Twitcam, BlogTV - the list goes on!

Asked by filmbilly : 27 January 2010 - 06:02 PM

Answered by andstone : Feb 05 2010 03:23 PM
A friend of mine once showed me Qik, an amazing app available on most mobile phones. What Qik allows you to do is conduct a live stream from your phone to your Qik profile on the web. You can send &#... full answer >

1Answer

0Comments
Perl and Python manipulation of Excel files ( and Numbers too)

Asked by donfox : 31 January 2010 - 06:03 PM

Answered by adfm : Feb 05 2010 10:50 AM
If you are interested in comparing how others have accomplished manipulating an Excel spreadsheet using each language, then I would refer you to this article about reading and writing Excel files with... full answer >
Tags:
1Answer

0Comments
Adding Functionality to jQuery with Plugins

By adfm : 05 February 2010 - 09:35 AM
In this excerpt from jQuery Cookbook the authors show you how to extend the functionality of the jQuerry library using plugins. The jQuery library is a small, slick, powerful Javascript...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
nmap on the iphone

Asked by mike-loukides : 20 January 2010 - 08:54 AM

Answered by msilver : Feb 05 2010 08:09 AM
If you search for "nmap" on the Apps Store you find IP Network Scanner For iPhone which seems like it is what you're looking for. There's a light version which only shows you five ma... full answer >
Tags:
1Answer

0Comments
Resetting SharePoint Passwords

Asked by laurelruma : 30 September 2009 - 09:14 AM

Answered by meetdux : Nov 11 2009 06:42 AM
Hi, Laurel - Yes there is an easy way. However, it involves installing third party tools from companies like Bamboo Solutions. Once the admin installs this, users can reset or change their password... full answer >
Tags:
2Answers

1Comment
Collaboration Challenge

Asked by jonjohns65 : 12 November 2009 - 10:54 AM

Answered by aferrate : Nov 12 2009 07:51 PM
I believe that Google Wave is a viable solution for your collaboration challenge, especially as you are already familiar with many of the elements that are integrated into Google Wave (email, IM, wiki... full answer >
Tags:
1Answer

1Comment
xml processing

Asked by pat1975 : 05 November 2009 - 06:23 AM

Answered by bmclaugh : Nov 16 2009 05:07 PM
It's a little weird to see that you have a .NET app but "dont have any access to .net code." You've actually got a huge array of Java and XML options. Wander around XML Apache and yo... full answer >
Tags:
- xml
- java
2Answers

2Comments